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The MC5 Band members (left to right) Dennis (“Machine Gun”) Thompson, Wayne Kramer, Fred (“Sonic”) Smith, and Rob Tyner of the MC5 performing in their home state of Michigan in 1969.

the MC5

American rock group
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1965 - 1972

the MC5, American rock group that was one of the most controversial and ultimately influential bands of the late 1960s, paving the way for such genres as punk and grunge. Formed in suburban Detroit in 1965 as a bar band that played mostly cover versions of other performers’ songs, the MC5 (for Motor City Five) developed a chaotic, heavy, explosive sound that borrowed from avant-garde jazz, rock, and rhythm and blues. The band’s members included Rob Tyner on vocals, Wayne Kramer on lead guitar, Fred (“Sonic”) Smith on rhythm guitar, Dennis Thompson on drums, and Michael Davis on bass. Along ...(100 of 282 words)

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