Punks who know their pedigree and metalheads worth their mettle know all about the MC5, one of the loudest, most ferocious rock bands ever to emerge from Detroit, but this exhaustive, bracing biopic is still required viewing. And it's a guaranteed eye-opener for neophytes with no idea who screamed "Kick out the jams, motherf****s" from the stage of Detroit's famed Grande Ballroom. Thundering out of working-class Detroit suburb Lincoln Park like a Pontiac GTO with 400 horsepower under the hood, the band honed their sonic assault at countless V.F.W. halls around Michigan before taking up residency at the Grande (pronounced "grandee"), Motor City's answer to the Fillmor...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
119 mins