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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Detroit’s Motor City 5 were a force of nature. An explosive collision of high-energy rock’n’roll, ...

Co-founder Wayne Kramer is finally ready to release MC5 new album, their first since 1971’s High Times. Heavy Lifting will arrive in early 2024, at least two years after its original planned launch ...

In a previously unpublished 2017 conversation, the late guitarist talks politics, prison reform and the legacy of one of rock's most controversial bands Singer Wayne Kramer, founding member of The MC5 ...

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 ...

The Detroit-based band, which Kramer founded in the 1960s, is considered a forerunner of punk rock. Kramer, who died Feb. 2, spoke to Fresh Air in 2002 about the early days of the MC5. MC5: Kick out ...

Wayne Kramer, guitarist and co-founder of the Detroit punk band Motor City 5 -- also known as MC5 -- died Friday. He was 75. The announcement of Kramer’s death was shared on his and MC5′s social media ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...