rockstrongo
Retired Footballer
Nice to see ,great pics brother.Brother rockstrong, are you ready to testifyyyyy? Great to know you are a fan as well!
Yeah, they sure were "dangerous" for the powers that be at the time. They were affiliated with John Sinclair, the leader of the White Panthers (white revolutionary people supporting and sharing Black Panther's ideals). Such a fantastic band that didn't last long but still managed pave the way for all the other gritty bands that came afterwards. Have you seen the documentary "MC5: A True Testimonial"? Really good stuff:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0333847/
Yes, they were married and had two children together, both of them playing presently in Patti Smith's band I actually just saw her live 2 weeks ago in Budapest, let me share some photos:
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The guy with the hat playing guitar and the other lady (pianist) to the right of him in the last photo are their children. Both great musicians.
Yeah, that was a weird angle ehehe. Tickets were sold out and they ended up opening the organ seats behind the stage at the last minute so we got the chance to get hold of some tickets. Never ever had experienced watching a gig from the back of the stage.
I need to get into The Hellacopters. I have heard good things about them and actually liked the few thing's I've heard (I saw some footage them playing in some MC5 tribute I think, or maybe just the singer) but never really had a chance to give them a good listen. What do you recommend me from their discography as starter?
I'd recommend all the Hellacopters albums ,the first two were a bit more punky ,but my favourite Is "High visibility" you can hear Sonic's/MC5/Roky influences very well on that album.
To me they're one of the greatest rockbands ever.
I searched for years for one of their live recordings made by the great John Peel and his "Peel sessions" finally found it ,the vocals arent the best here ,but it's a great recording.
From my YouTube
And a recording they made for the Swedish radio with invited people during the farewell tour in -08
A tour I saw.