~ PRESS RELEASES ~
Updated on January 3, 2008


The Sun ~ 1967, US ~ by John Sinclair
"Interview with Rob Tyner"

Detroit Free Press ~ Feb. 17, 1967, US ~ by Loraine Alterman
"The MC-5: More Like One Big Musician"

Fifth Estate
~ June 19 - July 1, 1968 ~ July 4 - 18, 1968 ~ July 18 - 31, 1968 ~ August 1 - 14, 1968, US ~ by John Sinclair
"Rock & Roll Dope"

Ann Arbor Sun ~ July 27, 1968 ~ August 7, 1968, US ~ by John Sinclair
"Flash! . . . "

Ann Arbor News ~ Aug.16, 1968 , US ~ by Doug Fulton
"Gallup Park - - Where The Sunday Action Is"

Fifth Estate ~ Oct. 3 -16, 1968 ~ Dec. 12 - 14, 1968, US ~ by John Sinclair
"Flash! Elektra buys 5!"
"White Panthers On the Move"

The Village Voice ~ Nov.?Dec. 1968, US ~ by Richard Goldstein
"Kick Out The Jams"

East Village Other
~ Dec. 1968, US ~ by Dennis Frawley and Bob Rudnick
"Kokaine Karma"

Rolling Stone
~ Jan. 4, 1969, US ~ by Eric Ehrmann
"Detroit's MC5 : Kick Out The Jams!"

Circus ~ Vol.4 #6, March 1969, US ~ by Harley Madison
"Actions Speak Louder Than Words - MC5"

East Village Other ~ April 14, 1969, US ~ by Lita Eliscu
Kiss ~ April 1969 ~ by Dean Latimer
Billboard ~ May 17, 1969, US ~ by Fred Kirby
" MC5 Opens All Sound Throttles"

Newsweek ~ May 19, 1969, US ~ by Hubert Saal
" Kick Out The Jams"

Changes ~ June 15, 1969, US ~ by William Aronstein
" MC5 - Kicking The Great Neck Jams"
Jazz&Pop ~ #9, July 1969, US ~ by David G.Walley
"Interview with MC-5"

Creem ~ Aug. 31, 1969, US ~ by ???
"MC5 On The Cusp"

Circus ~ Sept. 1969,
US ~ by Jonathan Kundra
"The MC5 - Get It On"
Go Magazine ~ Sept.19, 1969, US ~ by Chris Hodenfield
"Real Cool Time - MC5 and The Stooges"

Circus ~ Oct. 1969, US ~ by Jonathan Kundra
"MC5 : Muscle Music and Politics"

Berkeley Tribe ~ Vol.1 #21 Issue 21 Nov.27 - Dec.5, 1969, US ~ by Sundog
"MC5"

Countdown ~ #1 Feb. 1970, US ~ by Richard Goldstein, John Sinclair, Dean Latimer
Respectively "MC5" "The MC5 is a Whole Thing" "Brother John Sinclair in Darkest America"
Changes
~ April 1, 1970, US ~ by Alice Polesky
"Incendiary Symphathy"
Circus ~ April 1970, US ~ by David Harris
"The MC5 again: Less Revolution...More Music"

Melody Maker ~ August 8, 1970, EN ~ by Richard Williams
"MC5 - Still The Bad Boys Of Rock"

Strange Days ~ Sept. 1970 ~ by Chris Hodenfield
"Rough Trade From Venus"

Fusion ~ Oct. 30, 1970 ~ by Robert Somma
"Fusion Interview: Jon Landau Writer-Producer Part 2"

It
~ Oct. 7 - 21, 1971 EN ~ by Dave Marsh
"Back On Shakin' Street"
Flash ~ #2, 1972 ~ by Wayne Davis
"MC5 / Back In The USA"
NME ~ Feb. 19, 1972, EN ~ by James Johnson
"The MC5 On Shock Rock"

Cream ~ March 1972, US ~ by Charles Shaar Murray
"Teen Outrage In Croydon"
Frendz ~ March 31, 1972 ~ by Nick Kent
"MC5 - Interview"

Best ~ Spring 1972, FR ~ by Christian Lebrun
"A La Une : MC5"

Beat Instrumental ~ April 1972 ~ by Steve Turner
"MC5 - No more Violence"

Actuel / Novapress ~ April 1972, FR ~
in "Exit Les Superstars" - interview MC5 & Up

Superhebdo
~ April 6, 1972, BE ~ by Michel Dreyfuss
"MC5, les révoltés de Détroit"
Rolling Stone ~ June 8, 1972, US ~ by Ben Fong-Torres
"Shattered Dreams in Motor City"

Suosikki ~ Sept. 1972, FI ~ by ???
"Rock-Pommi : MC5!"

Gulcher ~ #0, July 1975 ~ by Eddie Flowers
Rock News ~ #6, July 1976, FR ~ by ???
"MC5"
Cowabunga! ~ #11, 1977, US ~ by John Koenig
"Thunder From The Motor City"
Cowabunga! ~ #12, 1977, US ~ by Jim Heddle
"The MC5 : A Motor City Phenomenon"
Zigzag ~ July - August, 1977, EN ~ by John Sinclair

"The MC5 : How the Jams Were Kicked Out!"

Goldmine ~ May 1979, US ~ by John Koenig
"Interview with Dennis Thompson"

Nineteen ~ June 1986, FR ~ by Alain Feydri
"Quintet"
End Times ~ #8, Winter 1986, US ~ by Eric Lorey
"Michael Davis interview"

Hartbeat! ~ #9, 1989, GE ~ by Hans-Jürgen Klitsch
"John Sinclair's Warriors"

Musician ~ #145, Nov. 1990, US ~ by Dave Marsh
"The MC5's Holy Spirit"

Your Flesh ~ 1992 ~ by Brendan Burke
"Total Assault On The Culture : The Truth about John Sinclair"

Goldmine ~ April 17, 1992, US ~ by Rick Clark
"Wayne's World - Wayne Kramer Talks About the MC5"

Rolling Stone ~ June 11, 1992, US ~ by Eric Ehrmann
"Toking down With The MC5"

Das Reich ~ October 1992, AU ~ by Harry Butler
"MC5 and Related Bands"

Freakout U.S.A. ~ Spring 1993, US ~ by Efram Turchick
"Breaking Through The Terminal Stasis - MC5's Michael Davis"

Juke Box ~ July - August, 1994, FR ~ by Bernard Masanès
"Motor City 5 - Le rock dur de Detroit"
Rage ~ Issue #9 Nov. 1994, FR ~ by Henri Charpin
"The Motor City Five- La Théorie de Sinclair"

Maximumrocknroll ~ June 1995, US ~ by Chris Davidson

"The MC5 - Pioneers of punk"

The Wire ~ June 1995, UK ~ by Edwin Pouncey
"Motor City Madness - MC5 Meets Sun Ra"

Do The Pop ~ Nov. 1995, US ~ by Alan Wright

"Wayne Kramer & the MC5"

DISCoveries
~ Dec. 1995 ~ by Ralph Heibutzki
"Edge of the Switchblade : To hell, and Back, with the MC5"
Freakout U.S.A. ~ 1996, US ~ by Efram Turchick
"John Sinclair Sincerely Clears the Air - A rap with a revolutionary"
Mojo ~ May 1997, EN ~ by Jann Uhelszki
"Hello, Goodbye : Wayne Kramer & The MC5"

Goldmine ~ March 10, 2000, US ~ by James Thompson
"Kickin' Out The Jams"
"Wayne Kramer - Rockin' on after The MC5"

Black To Comm
~ 2000, US ~ by Ken Shimamoto
"Michael Davis at the center of the universe"
"A true testimonial : Dennis Thompson, Phantom Patriot"
Mojo ~ Sept. 2002, EN ~ by Ben Edmonds
"The Battle Of New York"
Arthur ~ Issue #9 - March 2004, US ~ by Steffie Nelson , James Parker , Ian Svenonius , The Seth Man
"High Five"


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