Key data:

 1964

 Lincoln Park, Michigan 

 3 “A-list” albums (1969 to 1971)

 disbanded 2012

The Jukebox Pick (of 44):

 The American Ruse

 (Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer, Fred Smith, Michael Davis, Dennis Thompson)

 MC5

  “Fantastic” Proto-Punk

 First out on their album “Back in the USA” in January, 1970.