Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wayne Kramer studio portrait. "It's very heavy," Ezrin said. "It has a kind of sense of revolutionary message but also a good ...

DETROIT - 1967: The rock group MC5 (L-R Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer and Michael Davis) pose for a photo in front of an American flag in 1967 in Detroit, ...

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 ...

“Can’t Be Found” is a hard-rocking anthem reminiscent of the MC5’s classic work of the late 1960s and early ’70s. The track is available now as a digital download and via streaming services. You also ...

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 ...

More than half a century after the release of the last MC5 album, 1971’s High Time, a new album masterminded by the group’s guitarist Wayne Kramer, who died in February, will come out this fall. The ...

Back in 2022, Detroit proto-punk legends MC5 announced that they’d be releasing their first album in 51 years, Heavy Lifting, that year. That didn’t end up happening, and since then band leader Wayne ...

Bob Ezrin paid tribute to Wayne Kramer – his friend of over 50 years – and said the upcoming final MC5 album, Heavy Lifting, was a fitting tribute to the late band leader. The record had originally ...

Out of Lincoln Park, Michigan, the rock band MC5 quickly made a name for themselves with their outspoken music and chaotic on-stage energy. The band became the frontrunners of the punk rock movement, ...

More of a solo album by guitarist Wayne Kramer (even though drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson appears on a couple of tracks) with guest spots by an army of famous friends from Rage Against the ...