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More than half a century after the release of the last MC5 album, 1971’s High Time, a new album masterminded by the group’s guitarist Wayne Kramer, who died in February, will come out this fall. The ...

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When MC5 burst out of Detroit and onto the national scene in 1969, they did it as only they could: with Kick Out the Jams, one of the most electrifying and dynamic rock albums of all time, recorded ...

Following a 2018 tour celebrating Kick Out the Jams, Wayne Kramer has once again revived the iconic Detroit proto-punk outfit, the MC5. They’re touring once again, but that’s not all. A full 51 years ...

How many 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees are now recording their first new album in more than half a century — and performing at a 230-capacity San Diego music bar this month? One. How many ...

Considering MC5’s sixth nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a couple of years ago, Wayne Kramer took a benign view of the honor. “Either way, it’ll be OK with me,” Kramer, the band’s ...

Detroit proto-punk icons MC5 have announced they’ll be releasing Heavy Lifting, their first new album in 51 years, later this year. While details are still fuzzy, bandleader Wayne Kramer has shared a ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Co-founder Wayne Kramer is finally ready to release MC5 new album, their first since 1971’s High Times. Heavy Lifting will arrive in early 2024, at least two years after its original planned launch ...

Relaunching the MC5 — with a new lineup, new music and renewed purpose — helped pull Wayne Kramer out of “a real pit of despair” he fell into during the past couple of years. And he’s confident that ...