![]() ![]() The band recorded three major label albums but, by 1972-it was all over. ![]() Kramer wanted to redefine what a rock 'n' roll group was capable of, and though there was power in reaching for that, it was also a recipe for personal and professional disaster. The missing link between free jazz and punk rock, the MC5 toured the country, played alongside music legends, and had a rabid following, their music acting as the soundtrack to the blossoming blue collar youth movement. Led by legendary guitarist Wayne Kramer, the band was a reflection of the times: exciting, sexy, violent, chaotic, and even out of control. ![]() In January 1969, before the world heard a note of their music, the MC5 was on the cover of Rolling Stone. 'Voyeuristically dramatic.'-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW The first memoir by Wayne Kramer, legendary guitarist and cofounder of quintessential Detroit proto-punk legends The MC5 ![]()
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