Mathew J. Bartkowiak is a former associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of American Studies at Michigan State University.

“very good and highly recommended. It is one of the best reads about the MC5 and how they actually affected the outside world”—Staythirstymedia.com; “this book ought to be required reading in high school sociology, or multimedia classes. If you are at all interested in a very keen insight into how we affected the media and their take on radicalism, the youth culture and the Republic’s true potential energy, you must read his book”—machinegunthompson.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction: Rock and Revolution—The MC5 and Music’s Political Life      1. Fighting in the Streets: Understanding the Undercurrent of Rebellion in Rock      2. Revolution on Your Headphones: Charting Social Location in the Rise of the MC5 and the White Panther Party      3. Motor City Burning: Rock and Rebellion in the WPP and the MC5      4. Sonic Anarchy: The Making of the MC5      5. Guns and Guitars: Revolutionary Style and Substance?      6. Managing the Legacy of the Sound and the Fervor      7. Up Against the Wall: Music’s Place in Revolution      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Mathew J. Bartkowiak is a former associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of American Studies at Michigan State University.

“very good and highly recommended. It is one of the best reads about the MC5 and how they actually affected the outside world”—Staythirstymedia.com; “this book ought to be required reading in high school sociology, or multimedia classes. If you are at all interested in a very keen insight into how we affected the media and their take on radicalism, the youth culture and the Republic’s true potential energy, you must read his book”—machinegunthompson.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction: Rock and Revolution—The MC5 and Music’s Political Life      1. Fighting in the Streets: Understanding the Undercurrent of Rebellion in Rock      2. Revolution on Your Headphones: Charting Social Location in the Rise of the MC5 and the White Panther Party      3. Motor City Burning: Rock and Rebellion in the WPP and the MC5      4. Sonic Anarchy: The Making of the MC5      5. Guns and Guitars: Revolutionary Style and Substance?      6. Managing the Legacy of the Sound and the Fervor      7. Up Against the Wall: Music’s Place in Revolution      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Mathew J. Bartkowiak is a former associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of American Studies at Michigan State University.

“very good and highly recommended. It is one of the best reads about the MC5 and how they actually affected the outside world”—Staythirstymedia.com; “this book ought to be required reading in high school sociology, or multimedia classes. If you are at all interested in a very keen insight into how we affected the media and their take on radicalism, the youth culture and the Republic’s true potential energy, you must read his book”—machinegunthompson.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction: Rock and Revolution—The MC5 and Music’s Political Life      1. Fighting in the Streets: Understanding the Undercurrent of Rebellion in Rock      2. Revolution on Your Headphones: Charting Social Location in the Rise of the MC5 and the White Panther Party      3. Motor City Burning: Rock and Rebellion in the WPP and the MC5      4. Sonic Anarchy: The Making of the MC5      5. Guns and Guitars: Revolutionary Style and Substance?      6. Managing the Legacy of the Sound and the Fervor      7. Up Against the Wall: Music’s Place in Revolution      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index