MC5 Archives • Ink 19

L.A.M.F.: The Heartbreakers’ Live at the Bowery Electric
- Screen Reviews
- February 15, 2018
Punk heroes unite to give a rowdy look at the classic L.A.M.F. album 40 years down the road.
Louder Than Love – The Grande Ballroom Story
- Screen Reviews
- May 31, 2016
Detroit in the 1960’s was a hard city going through hard times. The music that come out of Detroit was incubated at the Grande Ballroom. Wayne Kramer (MC5), Ted Nugent and many others remember the wild times.
Detroit Rebellion
- Music Reviews
- October 18, 2013
The Detroit Rebellion of ’67 EP. Review by Carl F Gauze.
Detroit Rock City
- Print Reviews
- May 23, 2013
The once vital city of Detroit gave us the auto industry and punk rock. Detroit Rock City shares the heights — and the depths — of the Motor City. James Mann says “Kick out the jams!”
The Fuzztones
- Music Reviews
- May 20, 2013
Snake Oil (Cleopatra Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Loop
- Music Reviews
- February 20, 2013
Heaven’s End/ Fade Out/ The World In Your Eyes/ A Gilded Eternity (Reactor/Revolver). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Loop
- Music Reviews
- February 20, 2013
Heaven’s End/ Fade Out/ The World In Your Eyes/ A Gilded Eternity (Reactor/Revolver). Review by Matthew Moyer.

The Stooges: Head On
- Print Reviews
- November 3, 2011
Brett Callwood’s comprehensive book on the criminally overlooked Stooges doesn’t, this time, focus completely on Iggy Pop.
Chain & The Gang
- Music Reviews
- May 19, 2011
Music’s not for Everyone (K). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Forever Changes: Arthur Lee and the Book of Love
- Print Reviews
- October 29, 2010
Carl F Gauze reviews this extremely thorough biography of an obscure but groundbreaking musician from the glory days of Sunset Strip.
GOLD: Before Woodstock. Beyond Reality.
- Screen Reviews
- August 17, 2010
Hippies! Free love! Boobs! MC5! So why is this “lost classic” such a bummer, man?
Harvestman / US Christmas / Minsk
- Music Reviews
- June 11, 2010
Hawkwind Triad (Neurot). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Patti Smith: Dream Of Life
- Screen Reviews
- January 14, 2010
Patti Smith is artfully captured over 11 years, showing America’s punk poet as mother, daughter, rebel, and widow. James Mann finds it a beautiful and captivating portrait of one of our greatest artists.
Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth
- Print Reviews
- May 6, 2009
Peter Wild and a group of authors take on the challenge of making literature out of Sonic Youth’s noisy, chaotic, shimmering music. S D Green has some warnings for fans of Sonic Youth who may be intrigued.

The Points
- Music Reviews
- January 30, 2009
The Points (Mud Memory). Review by Jen Cray.
Iggy and the Stooges: Escaped Maniacs
- Screen Reviews
- September 11, 2008
Rip your shirt off and check out Iggy Pop‘s shake appeal… Scott Adams tells Ink 19 The Stooges are really big in Belgium right now.
The American Black Lung
- Music Reviews
- July 10, 2007
Sudden Departure Vultures (Uprising). Review by Jen Cray.
Riverboat Gamblers
- Interviews
- December 6, 2006
During their short tour opening for the legendary Joan Jett, Texas’ most valuable export-Riverboat Gamblers– invited Jen Cray up to their dressing room for an informal chat before their set.
Starlite Desperation
- Interviews
- November 10, 2006
Dante Adrian, the mastermind behind the psychedelic garage punk band Starlite Desperation, chatted with Jen Cray about being a free agent in an industry currently drowning in the wake of their own greed.
Immortal Lee County Killers
- Music Reviews
- May 1, 2006
These Bones Will Rise To Love You Again (Tee Pee Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Episode 113: Trou Noir
- The Lacking Organization
- July 10, 2020
Double Date With Death are loud and Canadian, and they don’t care if you don’t understand their French howling. They have a double date to get to.
Randy Holden
- Music Reviews
- July 10, 2020
Population II (Riding Easy Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Dream Demon
- Screen Reviews
- July 9, 2020
Newly restored, this British dream horror has never looked better.
Hamell On Trial
- Music Reviews
- July 8, 2020
The Pandemic Songs (Saustex Records). Review by James Mann.
Corriente Cadencia
- Music Reviews
- July 7, 2020
Toda La Razon. Review by Stacey Zering.
Episode 112: The Juice
- The Lacking Organization
- July 7, 2020
Well into their third decade, G. Love and Special Sauce still sound like they are in no particular hurry to get there.
Long Story Short: Your Favorite Books as Cartoons
- Print Reviews
- July 7, 2020
Illustrators and artists reimagine famous works of literature as one panel cartoons.
Mong Tong
- Music Reviews
- July 6, 2020
Mystery (Guruguru Brain). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Episode 111: Carnaval
- The Lacking Organization
- July 3, 2020
It took Cheo a couple of years to get back into his usual Latin-flavored slinky tinkles after leaving his previous band, but we’re all glad to hear he’s back.
Bad Cop / Bad Cop
- Music Reviews
- July 3, 2020
The Ride (Fat Wreck Chords). Review by Christopher Long.