The musician was known as one of the founding members of the influential Detroit punk band MC5 Scott Dudelson/Getty Wayne Kramer, founding member of the legendary Detroit punk band MC5, has died at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MC5 in 1967, l-r, Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith, Michael Davis, Dennis ‘Machine Gun’ Thompson, Wayne Kramer and Rob Tyner - Leni ...

Before punk rock had a name, MC5 was already turning up the volume, provoking censorship battles, and changing rock music forever. Rolling Stone included them in their Top 100 punk bands of all time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Out of Lincoln Park, Michigan, the rock band MC5 quickly made a name for themselves with their outspoken music and chaotic ...

Wayne Kramer, the co-founder of the proto-punk Detroit band the MC5 that thrashed out such hardcore anthems as “Kick Out the Jams” and influenced groups such as the Clash and Rage Against the Machine, ...

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 ...

Kim Thayil (left), Alice Cooper (center) and Jello Biafra (right) are among the musicians featured on the album. Credit: Shutterstock / Marc D Birnbach, Jaime Monzon, Wikimedia Commons / Ralph Arvesen ...

Before punk rock had a name, MC5 was already turning up the volume, provoking censorship battles, and changing rock music forever. Rolling Stone included them in their Top 100 punk bands of all time ...

On one of those listless Christmas break days, when the wind is bitter but there isn’t any snow to make up for it, I decided to go to Third Man Records. I live about 15 minutes from downtown Detroit ...

A rock band’s chemistry depends on not only its members but also its times. For MC50, the edition of the MC5 that played Tuesday at the 9:30 Club, nearly all of that is gone. Of the original musicians ...

For the past week, the ghost of original Detroit punk rocker Fred "Sonic" Smith has hung over Houston's Meridian club, just as his guitar licks have hovered over rock 'n' roll for 35 years. His spirit ...

Wayne Kramer, the co-founding guitarist and composer of Detroit’s punk band MC5, whose social activism carried on throughout his lengthy solo career, died on Friday at 75. The news was confirmed on ...