John Sinclair, founder of the White Panther Army, has died at the age of 82. Sinclair recruited the young, still inexperienced MC5 as a kind of house band for the White Panthers.
The band developed their very own sound from this: sexy, loud, rowdy and with an incredible feel for riffs. Their song "Kick Out The Jams", first released on their live debut album from 1968, is now considered a beacon of punk, which is still played at concerts by radical political bands like Rage Against The Machine.