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Jun 12, 2004 12:00 a.m. - KINGBLIND: Music, Art & Entertainment
DKT/ MC5:: The Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI (Concert Review)
My hangover prevents me from letting you wonderful Kingblind readers and MC5 fans know the precise set list.... but the sonic memories of last night’s MC5 show in Detroit are pretty vivid. First of all, I had my doubts. Is it the MC5 without Sonic and Rob Tyner? Not really, but the core of Wayne Kramer, Mike Davis and Dennis Thompson are stronger than ever - muscular, adroit, powerful... you get it. These are real men playing real rock. Marshall Crenshaw sang the opening number and brushed away all my memories of him as the 80s version of Buddy Holly. He was gritty and rocking on both vocals and guitar. Mark Arm really held his own -- and delivered a pretty good version of "Call Me Animal," I just wished that he had played guitar. Evan Dando. Not a good choice in my book. His indie-rocker girlish charm didn’t sit well with me, but the crowd like him just fine. You might too. Local soul man, garage rock godfather, Mick Collins STOLE THE SHOW. "Lookin at You." Mick Collins, wearing a t-shirt with the numbers 313 (Detroit’s telephone area code), his typical blue jeans and jean jacket and black wrap around shades. He crooned, he belted, he oozed soul and sex and he performed. Those scissor kicks you love when he wields a guitar with the Dirtbombs are even more dramatic when he’s just holding a mic. The should could have ended here for me. In my drunken stupor, I did call Mblind on his cel phone and tried to broadcast this. I think he hung up on me. (Editors Note: I didn’t hang up. I was in a crowded club on the other side of the U.S. and I lost signal! BUT I DID HEAR SOME OF IT!) What did the 5 do? Uh, you name it. They played it all: Teenage Lusk, Ramblin Rose, Kick out the Jams, Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa... everything you wanted to hear, they played it. They aimed to please and they did. They kept coming back for encores. Wayne Kramer is as powerful a warrior as ever. His guitar playing gives me the strength and confidence to go out and kick George Bush in the head. Dennis Thompson is rock solid and Mike Davis and Thompson together lock a groove so tight you can’t believe they’re white boys. They’re not. They’re White Panthers from DETROIT MOTOR CITY. John Sinclair did a short blues set with his poetic ramblings. People dug it. Cobra Verde opened the night with their Ramones meets MC5 in a bar brand of rock. Kick out the jams, people. (Review by: T.K. The queen of rock)
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