ix, 200 p. : 23 cm

"The MC5's 1969 live album Kick Out the Jams was a new measure of the relationship between music and cultural and political change. Evaluating the relationship between rock music and social change, examines how the rebelliousness of rock afforded both media producers and consumers a safe space in which to question social mores and ideas"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index

Rock and revolution : the MC5 and music's political life -- Fighting in the streets : understanding the undercurrent of rebellion in rock -- Revolution on your headphones : charting social location in the rise of the MC5 and the White Panther Party -- Motor city burning : rock and rebellion in the WPP and the MC5 -- Sonic anarchy : the making of the MC5 -- Guns and guitars : revolutionary style and substance? -- Managing the legacy of the sound and the fervor -- Up against the wall : music's place in revolution

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