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Comments on MetaFilter post Louder Than Love: The Grande BallroomWed, 20 Jun 2012 06:50:06 -0800Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:50:06 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQ5NZnzlLA">Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story.</a> While not as famous as Bill Graham's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore_West">Fillmore</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore_East">Theaters</a>, from 1966 to 1970, Detroit's <a href="http://www.thegrandeballroom.com/">Grande Ballroom</a> hosted national acts such as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRWZ3OXwryQ">Cream</a>, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, and Pink Floyd. The brainchild of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Gibb">Russ Gibb</a>, with help from activist <a href="http://www.johnsinclair.us/">John Sinclair</a>, the Grande provided a stage for local bands like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkq-4rR4dOo&feature=related">The MC5</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El8zGcdsZZ4">SRC</a>, <a href="http://therationals.com/">The Rationals</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN2VNFpiGWo">The Amboy Dukes</a>, <a href="http://www.motorcitymusicarchives.com/frost.html">The Frost</a> and the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCPxJv1PU0s">The Stooges</a>. The Grande had it's own psychedelic poster artists <a href="http://garygrimshaw.com/Gallery1.html">Gary Grimshaw</a> and <a href="http://www.carllundgren.com/posters.htm">Carl Lundgren</a>. <a href="http://www2.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=5913">Leni Sinclair</a> took <a href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=827&q=leni+sinclair+photography&gbv=2&oq=leni+sinclair&aq=1S&aqi=g1g-S4&aql=&gs_l=img.1.1.0j0i24l4.4581.6871.0.9972.13.8.0.5.5.0.166.468.7j1.8.0...0.0.E_L4Nxp5rvQ#hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=leni+sinclair+photos&oq=leni+sinclair+photos&aq=f&aqi=g-S1&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0i24.11360.11360.0.11551.1.1.0.0.0.0.44.44.1.1.0...0.0.5Y15AuUq_Es&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=f49c2c0f13692617&biw=1280&bih=827">pictures</a>.
Local boys from the Grande that went on to national prominence included <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=487t88pz-2Y">The Bob Seger System</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRHFIVJtqpc">Alice Cooper</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x6chChxzV0">Grand Funk Railroad</a>. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.motorcitymusicarchives.com/grandecal.html">Grande Ballroom Show List</a> and <a href="http://makemyday.free.fr/mc5.htm">The MC5 Gateway</a> for all things MC5.
This post inspired by reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0472031902/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll</a>.post:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.117115Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:33:54 -0800marxchivistgrandeballroomrockandrollmusicmc5detroitmichiganBy: Ber
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I cannot imagine how freaking loud some of those acts must have been in a room that size.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.117115-4407542Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:50:06 -0800BerBy: Skygazer
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The vocals of this song (<a href="http://youtu.be/y0xkmoaabdo"><em>Eye of the Storm</em></a>) by SRC, brings to mind The Shins.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.117115-4407563Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:02:20 -0800SkygazerBy: ryanshepard
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The ruins of the Grande are used to great effect in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poSGb1gtvZU">MC5: A True Testimonial</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.117115-4407582Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:14:00 -0800ryanshepardBy: SmileyChewtrain
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyrcUlX7sPg">Grande Days</a> by Rob Tyner of the MC5 (warning: out of context one of the strangest videos ever)comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.117115-4407635Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:38:08 -0800SmileyChewtrainBy: SmileyChewtrain
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(...meaning, when I first saw that video, I had no idea what "Grande" was or that this was Rob Tyner of the MC5. Posts like this bring a LOT of needed context!)comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.117115-4407639Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:40:30 -0800SmileyChewtrainBy: bricksNmortar
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I'm far too young to have ever gone to the Grande, but a friend of mine did... and he saved many of the posters.
They're in great shape (museum quality?) and several were featured at the <a href="http://www.flintarts.org/exhibitions/past_flashback.html">Flint Institute of Arts</a> in 2009.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.117115-4407682Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:59:42 -0800bricksNmortarBy: Oriole Adams
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My parents both often spoke of going to the Grande Ballroom to listen to big bands and to dance. (This was before they even met each other and were dating other people in their youth; the Grande was <em>the</em> place to go on a nice "evening out".)comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.117115-4407967Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:18:02 -0800Oriole AdamsBy: Maaik
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My dad spent a lot of time at the Grande. Says he jammed onstage with Rare Earth. This is the same guy who pulled out his old MC5 and Amboy Dukes records for me when I was a kid. It was hard for me to rebel against my parents knowing my dad was so rock and roll.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.117115-4408231Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:22:12 -0800Maaik
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