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 ...

Einstein’s First Law of Thermodynamics asserts that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another. Apparently that applies to high energy, too – in the form of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first time music journalist Ben Edmonds heard about the MC5, it was from musician friends in a band called Magic Terry and the Universe. He liked what his friends had to say about the band, so ...

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, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was the Clash, ...

NEW YORK — Wayne Kramer, the co-founder of the protopunk Detroit band the MC5 that thrashed out such hardcore anthems as “Kick Out the Jams” and influenced everyone from the Clash to Rage Against the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Wayne Kramer, the co-founder ...