# Skunk (Sonicly Speaking) guitar solo > Fred "Sonic" Smith's guitar solo on Skunk (Sonicly Speaking) by MC5 (1971) starts at about 2:30. From the album High Time. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: MC5, 1971, from *High Time*. Solo by *Fred "Sonic" Smith*. Fred Smith's showcase closer builds to a frenzied mix of guitars, horns and percussion. Skunk (Sonicly Speaking) by MC5 is #9 in our ranking of the best MC5 guitar solos. The solo is played by Fred "Sonic" Smith and the song was released in 1971. ## In our lists - [The Best MC5 Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mc5-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)? Fred "Sonic" Smith played the solo on MC5's Skunk (Sonicly Speaking) (1971). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)