Ye Olde Metal: MC5's Back In The USA

The 2014 Martin Popoff short ebook about the making of the MC5 album, Back In The USA.


Detroit’s Motor City Five took a shocking left turn when it came time to crafting their first studio album, 1970’s Back In The USA. The record was a retro-rocking affair with a thin, high-strung mix and all sorts of references to ’60s garage rock and ’50s original rock ’n’ roll. Weird to say the least, but all is explained here as we talk with mad axeman Wayne Kramer, Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson and band manager John Sinclair about this odd salvo that struggled to keep the revolution alive.