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Wayne Kramer, the guitarist for the highly influential Detroit proto-punk band MC5, has died. He was 75. The news was announced Friday, February 2, in a post on

Wayne Kramer, 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 Machine, has died at age 75

Wayne Kramer, founding member of Detroit proto-punk group MC5, activist and one of rock's greatest guitarists, has died at age 75.

Wayne Kramer, the guitarist for the highly influential Detroit proto-punk band MC5, has died. He was 75. The news was announced Friday, February 2, in a post on

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 Machine, has died at age 75. Kramer died Friday at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, according to Jason Heath, […]

Kramer died Friday at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, according to Jason Heath, a close friend and executive director of Kramer’s nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors. Heath said the cause of death was pancreatic cancer.

Wayne Kramer, the guitarist for Detroit proto-punk band MC5, has died at 75.

Guitarist was integral to influential band’s sound and radical approach

MC5 Co-Founder Wayne Kramer, legendary guitarist, dies at 75. His iconic journey from radical rock to prison and redemption leaves a lasting legacy. Find more details on the late legend below!

The MC5's Wayne Kramer has died aged 75; he was not only their guitarist but a memoirist and political activist