MC5 – ’66 Breakout! – Review

January 1, 2000

At one time, the legendary MC5 were just another somewhat wholesome pimply adolescent garage band playin’ junior high dances, BBQs, and bar mitzvahs.

Old Skars and Upstarts – Review

January 1, 2000

A punk rock party record with, as the title implies, favorite oldsters and young bucks, near thirty tracks in all, cuz someone thought it was a good idea.

The Pink Fairies – Do It! – Review

September 1, 1999

Wrongheaded but righthearted politics aside, with their space excursions, gritty proto-punk aesthetics, and loud guitars, the Pink Fairies flat out rocked.

Motor City Blues – Review

April 1, 1999

Back in 1973, ex-MC5 manager John Sinclair co-organized the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival. This was recorded at that series of shows.

MC5 – Starship – Review

January 1, 1999

Recorded a scant four months before Kick Out the Jams, Starship is virtually the alternative (read: “less listenable”) take of their first record.