MC5

MC5 was a hard rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, U.S. in 1964 and active until 1972. The name MC5 was short for Motor City Five.

The band were Rob Tyner vocals, Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith on guitar, Michael Davis on bass, and Dennis Thompson on drums.

MC5 songs performed by Melvins:

• "Poison"
  • Originally appeared on the MC5's 1971 album High Time.
  • It was written by Wayne Kramer and "covered" on his first solo album The Hard Stuff, with Buzz, Dale and Mark D.
  • They released their remix of the track on Singles 1-12.
• "Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)"
  • Originally appeared on the MC5's 1969 LP Kick Out The Jams.
  • The Melvins version appeared on some Japanese pressings of Houdini, and as a b-side to the "Hooch" CD single and "Lizzy" CD single, as well as on the bootleg compliation Leech.