Michael and the Messengers were originally the Messengers from Minnesota, before moving to Milwaukee and then Chicago where they were given their name by someone from the Motown "Rare Earth" label, even though there was by then no one called "Michael" in the band. The band members took turns at being Michael. They are classified as being part of the Garage rock genre. During the course of their move the band members changed but it is claimed that they started out in Winona, Minnesota in 1962 as Greg Jeresek (aka Greg Jennings)...

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