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Wild, Urgent and Vital: Here’s Why MC5’s ‘Kick out the Jams’ Stands as a Precursor to Punk and Defines Timeless Rock Music By Jim Campilongo published 2 August 23 If rock music is a combination of bravado and lust, MC5 left pretty much everyone in the dust