Stooges signed by Elektra

22 September 1968: Number 3 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicOn 22 September 1968, Elektra Records' publicity director, Danny Fields, travelled to Ann Arbor, Michigan to see the MC5's fusion of insurrectionary politics and high-energy rock'n'roll. He was floored by the experience. He was even more floored when the 5 (pictured) insisted he see their "baby brother" band, a strange improvisatory troupe called the Psychedelic Stooges. "We weren't interested in anything...

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