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Finally saw the documentary MC5: A True Testimonial, and good god y'all...this is the best non-fiction rock & roll movie ever made. Unfortunately it's been pulled from circulation due to a dispute between the filmakers and Wayne Kramer. Anybody else catch it?

lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Current interviews with the 3 surviving members and everybody's favorite marijuana guru John Sinclair are intercut with absolutely amazing performance footage from the late 60s/early 70s.
Includes a full-length version of "Looking at You" from 1970 that captures the band at their post-psychedelic peak and a full-frontal freakout rendition of the feedback-improv "Black to Comm" from a local Detroit TV show in 1967. During the latter I kept muttering "Sonic Youth!" to myself. On the whole, this documentary fills in the blanks left by the band's less-than-perfect albums.
Are you gonna be part of the problem or part of the solution?

lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)

saw it at the raindance film festival in london a couple of years ago. it's truly excellent. real shame it's being sat on. i spoke to the guy who made the ramones film a couple of weeks ago and he was terrified the same thing would happen to 'end of the century'. where did you see it? i'd love to get a copy.

Pete W (peterw), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)

totally agree, it really brings the band to life.

Pete W (peterw), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

While we're on the subject, is the Wayne Kramer who made 'The Cooler' the same Wayne Kramer?

'Macy and bello shaine in WK's terrific and suprpisingly sexy tale of a Vegas loser whose luck begins to turn when he meets a cocktail waitress'

I have seen a MC5 DVD on sale, but I thought it was the reformed Levis-sponsored MC5.

PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, that dvd's not so good. it's the recent 100 club concert plus some kinda decent tv stuff from back in the day. there's also some FBI archive from when the band were monitored for being all subversive.

it's not the same wayne kramer unfortunately.

Pete W (peterw), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Shame :-(

PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:54 (twenty-one years ago)

MC5 - A True Testimonial

Sang Freud (jeff_s), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)


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