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Anti-establishment the MC5 ironically get into the establishment with Rock & Roll Hall Fame invite

Oct. 16, 2024 11:48 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. “The MC5 was playing punk rock music before there was a name for it,” says Tom Morello, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist for bands like Rage Against the Machine and...

Last original member of Kool & the Gang to represent group at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Sep. 25, 2024 10:41 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago announced its vote for the Harris-Walz ticket,...