After being nominated six occasions, MC5 had been lastly inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame final 12 months. Sadly, their induction got here a bit late as the entire members of the band handed away earlier than they had been honored.
In a latest interview, Ted Nugent admitted that he needs he might have been the one to inducted MC5 into the Corridor of Fame over Rage In opposition to The Machine guitarist Tom Morello.
“Tom Morello [gave the speech] and that’s so unlucky, as a result of he by no means noticed them,” Nugent informed UCR. “I used to be the one clear and sober man there to really grasp the fireplace and the dynamic musical authority of the MC5. They set a bar for tightness — and their musical dynamic, once they performed ‘It’s a Man’s World’ by James Brown and Rob Tyner slammed to his knees as Fred [“Sonic” Smith] and Wayne [Kramer] performed the violin components.
“I’m sorry, I really like Tom Morello, however he has no concept. He has no f–kin’ concept! I assume he’s guessing, as a result of he wasn’t there. I noticed it 100 occasions and I stood there slack-jawed going, ‘Holy f–ok! These guys are James Brown-ing excessive quantity musical virtuosity with scary ardour!’”
He continued: “The authority [of what the MC5 did] solely lasted two years till the medicine loosened them up and turned that definitive tightness and groove into slop. I don’t imply to be mean-spirited about it. No one has showered love on the MC5 greater than I’ve. Not as a result of they had been punk. As a result of they weren’t punk. They had been rhythm and blues, soul music sons of James Brown and Chuck Berry.
“I want the world might have witnessed it, as a result of the information they recorded, it wasn’t them. That wasn’t them. It wasn’t shut. Not solely was it not shut, it wasn’t it. It had no resemblance to the ability.”
