Mitch Ryder will be at Surf Friday Jun 18, 2009
The band served as the musical bridge between the Motown soul factory and the high energy, take no prisoners rock n roll that would roar out of Detroit via Iggy & The Stooges, MC5, Ted Nugent and Bob Seger in the early 1960s. Their records worked because they perfectly captured the kinetic frenzy of the live performances that had been the group s stock in trade since they first joined forces in Detroit early in 1964. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
White Stripes Drummer Meg White Marries In Jack White's Backyard May 27, 2009
White and guitarist Jackson Smith tied the knot in Nashville on May 22. " Though calls to a spokesperson for the Stripes were not returned at press time, the officiant appears to have been Benjamin "Swank" Smith, former drummer for the Ohio band the Soledad Brothers, whose self-titled debut was engineered by Jack White (Swank's former roommate) and featured percussion from Meg. Jack White, born John Anthony Gillis, took new wife Meg's last name when the two were married in September 1996. Though... (VHI.com -- Music News)
White Stripes Drummer Meg White Engaged May 5, 2009
" Smith was born outside of Detroit but moved with his mother to New York City after the death of his father in 1994. After high school, he came back to Detroit and played guitar in local acts like Back in Spades, as well as in his mother's backing band. His late father, Fred, was the guitarist for legendary Motor City agit-rockers the MC5. It will be the second marriage for White, who was famously from 1996 to 2000, though the couple attempted to play off their relationship as that of brother... (VHI.com -- Music News)
White Stripes drummer Meg White to wed this year May 5, 2009
DETROIT - A publicist for The White Stripes says drummer Meg White is engaged to musician Jackson Smith, the son of punk singer Patti Smith and late MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith. Publicist Chloe Walsh says the couple will wed this year, but couldn't confirm other details. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Detroit Sites Apr 4, 2009
Long before Eminem, Jack White, Ted Nugent, Bob Seger or MC5 put Detroit on the music map, the Motown sound was born there in a modest house at 2648 W. Grand Blvd. That's where Berry Gordy, Jr. opened Hitsville USA and introduced the world to Gladys Knight & The Pips, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, Martha Reeves, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and many others. During the Final Four weekend you won't be able to get inside what is now called the -- it's only open in the summer -- but you... (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Music: Death's resurrection: Early punk band re-emerges as Rough Francis Mar 17, 2009
Released last month by Drag City Records as "...For the Whole World to See," Death's newly unearthed recordings reveal a remarkable missing link between the high-energy hard rock of Detroit bands like the Stooges and MC5 from the late 1960's and early '70's and the high-velocity assault of punk from its breakthrough years of 1976 and '77. The teenage Hackney brothers started playing R & B in their parents' garage in the early '70's but switched to hard rock in 1973, after seeing an Alice Cooper... (International Herald Tribune)
The Von Bondies rock on new CD Feb 8, 2009
Detroit forefathers the Stooges and the MC5 may leave a viable imprint on Love Hate and Then There s You, but the album is a solid rock effort when too many bands don t throw any punches at all. CHECK THIS OUT: 21st Birthday is all sing-along pop energy and nostalgia. (Helena Independent Record)
