April 16, 1969: The Elektra label drops Detroit's MC5 from their roster
after an infamous ad in a local music zine, replete with Elektra logo, advised buyers to "Stay alive with the MC5
-- and Fuck Hudson's." (Hudson's was a Michigan record chain that had refused to stock the band's latest album Kick OutThe Jams, due to the lyric
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| Motherfuckers! |
Check out the ORIGINAL recording at Detroit’s INFAMOUS GRANDE BALLROOM…
For WHATEVER reasons, the “MOTHERFUCKERS” was bleeped out of this live performance at Detroit’s (WSU) Tarter Field concert, but check it out anyway…
And one more time (What, they thought losing Electra would be the end of The Five!?!)…
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| Kick out the jams, Motherfuckers! |
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