From The Beatles to David Bowie, Woodstock, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, erotic pop and Altomont, we look through 1969 ...

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

Fugazi emerged in the late ‘80s from a tightly knit Washington, D.C., punk scene where friendships and collaborative ...

MXR has launched a distortion pedal honouring the late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. The Jail Guitar Doors Drive was ...

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 ...

The rock frontman's fiancée died tragically and unexpectedly in early March. Now, he and his band are on a months-long tour.

Two months later to the day, John Sinclair, MC5’s manager and mentor, also died. With MC5’s three other members — Rob Tyner, Fred “Sonic” Smith and Michael Davis — gone years before ...

MC5 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Tom Morello on Saturday. The band made it in on the Musical Excellence award after being nominated six times over the years.

Don Was has spoken to NME about working on the first MC5 album in 53 years and the sad loss of the band’s sole surviving member Wayne Kramer to cancer just months before its release. Kramer died ...

Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. "The MC5 was playing punk rock music before there was a name for it," says Tom Morello, a Rock & Roll Hall of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

NEW YORK – Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. “The MC5 was playing punk rock music before there was a name for it,” says Tom Morello ...