On this day 1991, Rob Tyner lead singer with the American hard rock band MC5 died. The enigmatic singer with MC5, (shortened from the Motor City Five), formed in Detroit, in 1965, they released their first album, ‘Kick Out the Jams’ in 1969. It was Tyner who issued the infamous rallying cry of "kick out the jams, motherfuckers" at the MC5's live concerts.
In 1977 Tyner launched "the New MC5" which later operated as the Rob Tyner Band and laid the seeds for "Rob Tyner & the National Rock Group", a project which was prolific but never able to secure a deal for any releases.
The MC5 were one of the first protopunk bands. Hard rock it was.....
here's "Kick Out The Jams"
