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Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons

Feb. 10, 2024 00:29 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer's death last week came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist's contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to incarcerated people. Kramer,...

Wayne Kramer, co-founder of revolutionary rock band the MC5, dead at 75

Feb. 02, 2024 19:35 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Wayne Kramer, the co-founder of the protopunk Detroit band the MC5 that thrashed out such hardcore anthems as “Kick Out the Jams” and influenced everyone from the Clash to Rage Against the Machine, has died at age 75. Kramer died Friday at Cedars-Sinai hospital...