Kick Out the Jams

Recorded live at Detroit's Grande Ballroom, 'Kick Out the Jams' documents MC5's notoriously raw, high-energy performance, merging the foundations of garage rock with free jazz and psychedelic flourishes to create a definitive proto-punk statement. The album's incendiary political rhetoric and revolutionary themes were crystallized by the controversy surrounding the title track's uncensored profanity, which led to the band being dropped by Elektra Records but ultimately cemented the record's landmark influence on rock music.