{"id":69896,"date":"2024-02-02T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T02:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/02\/02\/wayne-kramer-co-founder-of-revolutionary-detroit-rock-band-the-mc5-dies-at-75\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T02:03:09","slug":"wayne-kramer-co-founder-of-revolutionary-detroit-rock-band-the-mc5-dies-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/02\/02\/wayne-kramer-co-founder-of-revolutionary-detroit-rock-band-the-mc5-dies-at-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Kramer, Co-Founder of Revolutionary Detroit Rock Band the MC5, Dies at\u00a075"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWayne Kramer<\/a>, the co-founder of the protopunk Detroit band the MC5<\/a> that thrashed out such hardcore anthems as \u201cKick Out the Jams\u201d and influenced everyone from The Clash to Rage Against the Machine, has died at age 75.<\/p>\n

\n\tKramer died Friday (Feb. 2) at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, according to Jason Heath, a close friend and executive director of Kramer\u2019s nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors. Heath said the cause of death was pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n

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\n\tFrom the late 1960s to early 1970s, no band was closer to the revolutionary spirit of the time than the MC5, which featured Kramer and Fred \u201cSonic\u201d Smith on guitars, Rob Tyner on vocals, Michael Davis on bass and Dennis \u201cMachine Gun\u201d Thompson on drums. Managed for a time by White Panther co-founder John Sinclair, they were known for their raw, uncompromising music, which they envisioned as the soundtrack for the uprising to come.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBrother Wayne Kramer was the best man I\u2019ve ever known,\u201d Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello wrote via Instagram on Friday. \u201cHe possessed a one of a kind mixture of deep wisdom & profound compassion, beautiful empathy and tenacious conviction. His band the MC5 basically invented punk rock music.\u201d<\/p>\n

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