Historically speaking, people in the midwest really dig shiny pants

pdf scan of pieces on the 5 from Zig Zag '77 & Mojo '02

The first skirmish had come in October, when the Motherfuckers took over the stage during a Living Theatre benefit performance of Paradise Now, ranting about capitalist oppression and calling for the Fillmore East to be "liberated'' in the name of "the people". Graham appeared from the wings and ranted right back. "Nobody wanted to liberate this place a year ago when it was a rat-infested dump," he spat. "Why don't you go liberate the bakery across the street or the store next door?" At a town meeting the following week, the promoter was told, "Fuck you. Fuck your goddamn town meetings. We don't need to talk, we don't need to rap. This is a fuck-in, man. We’re here to have a good time. This is our crash pad for the winter. Can you dig it?"

 

pdf, with thanks to the original sharer

Did Morea feel that the MC5 had betrayed the community? "Oh, yeah, absolutely. They projected themselves as a 'revolutionary' rock group. They knew that there was something going on that was much deeper than politics, that had to do with exactly what they talk about: cultural revolution. They knew they could play a certain role. Nobody asked them to seize the theater, but there was no question that they could have done something. In fact, they did the opposite. They stood up there and said 'We're here to play music and we don't give a damn about politics.' Then, they ran out, symbolically getting into a limousine going to a restaurant which nobody in our community has ever been in. The whole image of that was rather obnoxious."