Wayne Kramer obituary: Guitarist with rock group targeted by the FBI
Wayne Kramer
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Wayne Kramer
Wayne Kramer, who has died aged 75, was the guitarist and co-founder of MC5, the Detroit band who fused ear-shredding garage rock and revolutionary politics, inspiring the likes of the Clash and a whole legion of bands who enlisted in the 1970s punk movement; with lines like “I’m sick and tired of paying these dues/ And I’m sick to my guts of the American ruse” they attacked the establishment against a backdrop of crunching riffs.
Founder member of the influential rock band MC5 whose explosive live act was captured on the album Kick Out the Jams
Rock ‘n roll revolutionary Wayne Kramer, best known for fronting the proto-punk group MC5, has passed away from pancreatic cancer, aged 75.
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