John Sinclair was locked up for selling a joint to two police officers, but friends The Stooges and MC5 tried to intervene.

U.S. Paralympics Cycling has announced the 16 athletes – nine women and seven men – named to the U.S. roster for the 2025 UCI ...

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MC5’s aggressive sound, simplistic song writing, and radical political messages made them an iconic fixture of the Detroit music landscape. Breaking News Intern Wayne Kramer of the proto-punk ...

American Songwriter may earn a commission when you purchase through our links. With MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer’s passing In February 2024, rock ‘n’ roll lost not only one of its most influential ...

MXR has launched a distortion pedal honouring the late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. The Jail Guitar Doors Drive was co-designed with Kramer before he died in February 2024, and it is gloriously simple ...

Before Woodstock and FM radio shaped the sound of the 1970s, the 1960s were already roaring with American bands pushing rock ...

Exploring the mysterious and extensive origins of hardcore punk with the aid of Dead Kennedys frontman and self-proclaimed punk historian Jello Biafra.

Close to 50 years after Glasgow City Council banned punk bands, it's fair to say we've come a long way. Following a particularly riotous gig by The Stranglers in 1976 groups belonging to the movement ...

This week, we’ve turned it into a Father’s Day gift guide, with recommendations for what to buy your paternal figures — or ...

As a self-proclaimed “punk, queer grandpa,” the actor and writer John Cameron Mitchell has some advice.