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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.

NEW YORKNEW 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 ...

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 Thompson, the original drummer of the pioneering counterculture rock band MC5, died Thursday, his son Chris McNulty announced. Thompson was recovering from a heart attack he suffered in April ...

Wayne Kramer, co-founder of the Detroit rock band MC5, died on Friday, February 2. He was 75. His death was confirmed on his official Instagram page. No cause of death has been reported. Born April 30 ...

He was half of the twin-guitar attack that drove the influential Detroit band’s live performances and helped set the stage for punk rock. By Alex Williams and William Lamb Wayne Kramer, a founder and ...

Wayne Kramer, a co-founder of legendary Detroit rock band MC5, died Friday at the age of 75 — mere weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His death was announced on his social media ...

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The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, according to a close friend & executive director of Kramer's nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors. By Associated Press Wayne Kramer, the co-founder of the protopunk ...