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Dennis Thompson, drummer in rock band MC5, dies aged 75
Thompson was the last surviving member of the group after the death of guitarist Wayne Kramer in February
The rock group MC5, from left: Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith, Dennis ‘Machine Gun’ Thompson, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer and Michael Davis in 1969 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Photograph: Leni Sinclair/Getty ImagesMC5 were an incendiary force in their city’s music scene, with their 1969 debut album, Kick Out the Jams, being a live recording from Detroit’s Grande Ballroom where the band made their name. Buoyed by an astonishingly heavy guitar sound from Kramer and Fred “Sonic” Smith, the words “kick out the jams” became synonymous with resistance, and pointed the way towards the punk rock of the 1970s.
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