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The MC5 and Social Change: A Study in Rock and Revolution

The MC5 and Social Change: A Study in Rock and Revolution

Paperback

Pop/RockMusic Reference

ISBN10: 0786440376
ISBN13: 9780786440375
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Apr 28 2009
Pages: 209
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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.

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