Wayne Kramer, Influential MC5 Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dies at 75

Wayne Kramer, Influential MC5 Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dies at 75

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Wayne Kramer, the influential guitarist who co-founded Detroit’s proto-punk band MC5, died Friday, according to a post on his official Instagram page. He was 75. Kramer founded the garage rock group in 1963 along with Fred “Sonic” Smith, Patti Smith’s late husband. MC5 played the protests outside…

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