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 ...

The MC5 were known for their raw, uncompromising music, which they envisioned as the soundtrack for the uprising to come. By The Associated Press Wayne Kramer, the co-founder of the protopunk Detroit ...

In a small rehearsal space near downtown Los Angeles, five hard-rocking men are getting weird. Out front is Wayne Kramer, formerly of the notorious proto-punk band the MC5 and now a month past 70, ...

How many 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees are now recording their first new album in more than half a century — and performing at a 230-capacity San Diego music bar this month? One. How many ...

Wayne Kramer, the influential guitarist of Michigan’s hard-rock band MC5, has died. He was 75. Kramer died Friday, according to a joint announcement on his and MC5’s official Instagram pages. No cause ...

Founding MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, the last surviving member of the influential Detroit proto-punk band MC5, died Thursday, May 9, after experiencing a series of medical issues. He was 75. Thompson ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fresh off the MC5’s nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, co-founder/guitarist Wayne Kramer is reactivating the hugely ...

Wayne Kramer, co-founder of the Detroit rock band MC5, died on Friday, February 2. He was 75. His death was confirmed on his official Instagram page. No cause of death has been reported. Born April 30 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Davis, the bassist of influential late 1960s rock band MC5, has died of liver failure, his wife said Saturday. He was 68. Davis died at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, ...

Coming to sonically pillage a town near you: The MC5 - Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer, Rob Tyner, Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, and Michael Davis. Credit: Photo by Charlie Auringer/Courtesy of Da ...

Surviving members of the MC5 begin a new chapter tomorrow night in Toronto as the remnants of the Detroit rockers who once urged “dope, guns and fucking in the streets!” begin their first tour in ...