MC5 To Release First New Album In Over 5 Decades; Heavy Lifting Includes Guests SLASH, TOM MORELLO, WILLIAM DUVALL And More; "Boys Who Play With Matches" Single Streaming
"...MC5 will release Heavy Lifting, the first new album from the band in 53 years, on October 18 via earMUSIC. Pre-order the album here, and listen to the first single, "Boys Who Play With Matches", below.
"The MC5 represents a kind of uncompromising vision of the future and that is eternal…the flame keeps burning on." – Wayne Kramer
Led by founding member Wayne Kramer and recorded with iconic producer Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, KISS), the album features original MC5 drummer Dennis 'Machine Gun' Thompson on two tracks along with special guests including Slash, Tom Morello, William DuVall (Alice in Chains), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Don Was, and Tim McIlrath (Rise Against)...."
