MC5 in 1967, l-r, Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith, Michael Davis, Dennis ‘Machine Gun’ Thompson, Wayne Kramer and Rob Tyner - Leni Sinclair/Michael Ochs Archives “I was heartbroken because he had such a passion ...

Wayne Kramer, guitarist for the influential proto-punk band MC5, has died at 75, the band announced on their Facebook page today (February 2). In the form of a statement, the band simply wrote “peace ...

Considering MC5’s sixth nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a couple of years ago, Wayne Kramer took a benign view of the honor. “Either way, it’ll be OK with me,” Kramer, the band’s ...

Wayne Kramer, founding member of the legendary Detroit hard rock band MC5 and one of rock’s greatest guitarists, has died. He was 75. Kramer, born Wayne Kambes, passed away on Friday and news of his ...

When MC5 burst out of Detroit and onto the national scene in 1969, they did it as only they could: with Kick Out the Jams, one of the most electrifying and dynamic rock albums of all time, recorded ...

Singer Wayne Kramer, founding member of The MC5, performing at a show in Los Angeles (Credit: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) When it comes to the vast, undulating history of rock music, you’d be ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. “The MC5 was playing punk rock music before there was a name for it,” says Tom Morello, a Rock & Roll ...

Less than a year and a half ago, Chris McNulty was surprised to learn he was the son not of a gun, but a Machine Gun. The Waterford resident was born in 1969 to MC5 drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” ...