When Kick Out the Jams was released in 1969, the MC5 found themselves at the crux of a contradiction that rock has yet to resolve: how do you subvert the values of corporate America when you are subsidized, packaged, and promoted by them? The MC5 thought they had a license from Elektra to shout Motherfucker! and preach militancy. They quickly discovered otherwise. Here is the story of one of the most hyped, controversial, and polarizing albums in the history of rock music, by a band hailed as a primal influence on everything from punk to metal, from Rage Against the Machine to the White Stripes and Eminem. Part of Continuum's 33 1/3 series of short books about specific albums of the last 40 years.
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