CLEVELAND, Ohio — Upon the MC5′s fifth and sixth nominations, the late Wayne Kramer took to calling his band “the Susan Lucci of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame” — referencing the actress who famously had 19 Daytime Emmy Award nominations before winning one.
This year the famed — make that infamous — fivesome is finally getting its Rock Hall due with an award for Musical Achievement. And the honor will serve as a kind of silver lining over what’s been an otherwise dark year for the band.
