Full Description
The MC5's 1969 live album Kick Out the Jams was a new measure of the relationship between music and cultural and political change. As the "house band" and central organizing force for the White Panther Party, which advocated an end to capitalism and supported the Black Panther Party's initiatives and aims, the MC5 formalized the threat, promise, and parity of music within larger societal spheres. Using the band's career as a case study in evaluating the relationship between rock music and social change, this book examines how the inherent rebelliousness of rock afforded both media producers and consumers a safe space in which to question social mores and ideas.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Rock and Revolution—The MC5 and Music's Political Life
1. Fighting in the Streets: Understanding the Undercurrent of Rebellion in Rock
2. Revolution on Your Headphones: Charting Social Location in the Rise of the MC5 and the White Panther Party
3. Motor City Burning: Rock and Rebellion in the WPP and the MC5
4. Sonic Anarchy: The Making of the MC5
5. Guns and Guitars: Revolutionary Style and Substance?
6. Managing the Legacy of the Sound and the Fervor
7. Up Against the Wall: Music's Place in Revolution
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
