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 ...
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MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, the last surviving original member of the influential group, died Thursday morning at MediLodge of Taylor, where he had been rehabilitating following a heart attack in ...
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, ...
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 ...
When guitarist Wayne Kramer kicks off his eight-date Heavy Lifting tour at Detroit’s El Club on May 5, he’ll be debuting a new touring group and some new songs from an upcoming album. And he’ll be ...
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 ...
Relaunching the MC5 — with a new lineup, new music and renewed purpose — helped pull Wayne Kramer out of “a real pit of despair” he fell into during the past couple of years. And he’s confident that ...
Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, the longtime drummer of the iconic Detroit proto-punk band MC5 who earned his nickname due to his rapidfire drum style and its militant rat-tat-tat sound, has died, the ...
Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, the founding MC5 drummer and the last surviving original member of the pioneering proto-punk group, died Wednesday, The Detroit Free Press reported. He was 75. An exact ...
Dennis Thompson, whose powerhouse drumming drove the MC5, has died, according to the Detroit Free Press. The MC5 were one of the most aggressive and politically active bands of the 1960s and their ...