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MC5 was an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The classic lineup consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner , guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith , bassist Michael Davis , and drummer Dennis Thompson .
In 2004, Davis, Kramer and Thompson toured under the name DKT/MC5. [10] By 2005, the trio were joined by singer Handsome Dick Manitoba (ex-The Dictators), and rhythm guitarist Gilby Clarke (ex-Guns and Roses). [11] [12] This version of the band disbanded in February 2012, following the death of Davis. [13]
Thompson was born Dennis Andrew Tomich in Detroit in 1948. [3] He began playing drums by the time he was nine years old. [4] Joining the MC5 by 1965, [5] Thompson was later given the nickname "Machine Gun" because of his "assault" style of fast, hard-hitting drumming that sonically resembles the sound of his namesake Thompson machine gun (commonly referred to as a "Tommy Gun").
The MC5, whose combustible sound and edgy politics came to define Detroit hard rock before the band flamed out in 1972, was one of three Motor City-related figures announced Sunday by the RRHOF ...
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 ...
When it comes to the vast, undulating history of rock music, you’d be hard-pressed to find a band as innovative, invigorating, provocative and perpetuating as the MC5.Oozing up from the mean ...
MC5: A True Testimonial, also written as MC5 * A True Testimonial, is a 2002 feature-length documentary film about the MC5, a Detroit-based rock band of the 1960s and early 1970s. The film was produced by Laurel Legler and directed by David C. Thomas; the couple spent more than seven years working on the project. [1]
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 ...