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MC5: beware of redemption stories

2021-03-08T01:19:42.826Z


Wayne Kramer's autobiography offers much more than his chronicle of the unfortunate career of the band he led


The MC5 band in 1969: from left to right, Fred 'Sonic' Smith, Wayne Kramer, Rob Tyner, Dennis 'Machine Gun' Thompson and Michael Davis. Leni Sinclair / Getty Images

The MC5s seem on the brink of burning, Rob Tyner with

bushy

afro

hair

and

soulman

ways

, Wayne Kramer throwing guitar bolts between

showman

displays

, his three companions like shaggy doggies running desperately behind.

They call it high energy rock, but - given its origin - it would be convenient to speak of wild octane ...

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