1967–1972 (The Rock/Proto-Punk Rebellion)
If Motown was the sound of Detroit working, this episode is the sound of Detroit screaming.
Following the 1967 rebellion, the city’s youth rejected the polished suits of the Supremes for something raw, loud, and dangerous. In Episode 2 of Motor City Frequencies, we take you inside the legendary Grande Ballroom, where psychedelic light shows met industrial noise.
We explore how the MC5 got banned from department stores for a single curse word, how Iggy Pop turned the sound of a vacuum cleaner into a genre, and why Detroit was the only city that embraced Alice Cooper. This “high energy” rock is the aggressive ancestor of the underground Techno sound.
