10 '60s Hard Rock Albums You Need To Listen To

Part of the appeal of the garage rock scene was just how ramshackle every single song felt. As much as the tunes might have sounded good, it was just interesting to see these untrained musicians trying their hand at making some of the greatest music they could. On the rare occasion though, you'd have the garage rock bands that would rip the door off its hinges.

From the minute that the MC5 are introduced on this live album, you're pretty much strapped in for a world of chaos, starting with Wayne Kramer's insane guitar fills going through every song. Compared to the other live albums of the time, this one really feels like you're in the audience, almost witnessing the sound of pure chaos erupting from their amplifiers, all while the band tries to keep things together.

Just a few years down the road, this is the kind of rock and roll that the glamorous side of the scene aimed for, with T Rex taking the anarchy of this sound and straightening it up just a touch. Given how amazing it sounds on vinyl, there's probably a reason why the MC5 could never capture this kind of magic when it came to their studio albums. As far as they were concerned, the magic was always brought out the minute they took to the stage.