{"id":27311,"date":"2025-10-25T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27311"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:02:13","slug":"mc-50-announce-new-album-for-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27311","title":{"rendered":"MC 50 announce new album for December"},"content":{"rendered":"
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earMUSIC proudly announces\u00a010 MORE<\/em><\/strong>, the explosive new live album from\u00a0MC50<\/strong>, out on\u00a0December 5th<\/strong>, capturing the unrelenting energy of the 2018 world tour that reignited the spirit of one of rock\u2019s most radical and influential bands.
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The album \u2013 a companion piece to the\u00a010 x MC5<\/em>\u00a0record included in the bonus version of the 2024\u00a0MC5\u00a0Heavy Lifting<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0release \u2013 is available for\u00a0preorder<\/strong>\u00a0via online retailers, and to\u00a0presave now<\/strong>\u00a0and on all major digital platforms.
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Formed by\u00a0MC5<\/strong>\u00a0founding member\u00a0Wayne Kramer<\/strong>\u00a0to celebrate the 50th anniversary of\u00a0Kick Out the Jams<\/em><\/strong>, the\u00a0MC50<\/strong>\u00a0lineup united an all-star ensemble of rock innovators \u2013\u00a0Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)<\/strong>,\u00a0Brendan Canty (Fugazi)<\/strong>,\u00a0Billy Gould (Faith No More), Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Marcus Durant (Zen Guerrilla)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 carrying forward the revolutionary power that made\u00a0MC5<\/strong>\u00a0a lightning rod for change in the late \u201960s and \u201970s.
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Captured live during the 2018 anniversary tour,\u00a010 MORE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0roars through MC5\u2019s most iconic songs \u2013 including\u00a0\u201cThe American Ruse,\u201d \u201cCall Me Animal,\u201d \u201cRocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa-Fa-Fa),\u201d \u201cLooking at You\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cStarship\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0With recordings from live shows in Seattle, WA, Cincinnati, OH and Hamburg, Germany, the album spans tracks from all three original\u00a0MC5<\/strong>\u00a0albums \u2013\u00a0Kick Out The Jams, Back In The USA\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and\u00a0High Time<\/strong><\/em>, along with a cover of Ray Charles \u201cI Believe To My Soul,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>which was a staple of the band\u2019s sets in the late 1960s. These performances recall the same urgency that once echoed through Detroit\u2019s underground, where\u00a0MC5<\/strong>\u00a0fused rock, free jazz and political protest into a sound that challenged America\u2019s status quo.
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Following the acclaimed 2024\u00a0MC5<\/strong>\u00a0studio album\u00a0Heavy Lifting<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 produced by\u00a0Bob Ezrin<\/strong>\u00a0and released shortly before MC5\u2019s induction into the\u00a0Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a010 MORE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0continues the story of one of rock\u2019s most influential bands with a powerful live recording that celebrates their lasting impact and uncompromising spirit. Stay tuned, new music is coming before the full release in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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earMUSIC proudly announces\u00a010 MORE, the explosive new live album from\u00a0MC50, out on\u00a0December 5th, capturing the unrelenting energy of the 2018 world tour that reignited the spirit of one of rock\u2019s most radical and influential bands.\u00a0The album \u2013 a companion piece to the\u00a010 x MC5\u00a0record included in the bonus version of the 2024\u00a0MC5\u00a0Heavy Lifting\u00a0release \u2013 is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[8900,1818,2052],"class_list":["post-27311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-mc-50","tag-new-album","tag-vinyl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27315,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27311\/revisions\/27315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}