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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.
MC5 returned in 2022, now consisting of Kramer, singer Brad Brooks, drummer Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction), bassist Vicki Randle (Mavis Staples), and guitarist Stevie Salas (David Bowie). [16] Perkins was soon replaced by Winston Watson. [17] Kramer also announced a new album, which would feature many guests, including Thompson. [18]
Robert W. Derminer (December 12, 1944 [1] – September 18, 1991), known as Rob Tyner, was an American musician best known as the lead singer for the Detroit proto-punk band MC5. His adopted surname was in tribute to the jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. It was Tyner who issued the rallying cry of "kick out the jams, motherfuckers" at the MC5's live ...
Kramer looked at his instrument and the MC5’s platform as a catalyst for real, tangible change, whether at home or abroad — a deeply-held sentiment that remained with him until his death on ...
Heavy Lifting is the third and final studio album by the American rock band MC5, released on October 18, 2024. [1] It is the band's first studio release since 1971's High Time . [ 2 ]
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 ...
Kick Out the Jams is the debut album by American rock band MC5.A live album, it was recorded at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit over two nights, October 30 and 31, 1968, and released in February 1969, by Elektra Records.
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").