Thompson was the last surviving member of the group after the death of guitarist Wayne Kramer in February
Dennis Thompson, centre, the drummer for MC5, has died age 75. He is pictured with guitarist Wayne Kramer and bassist Michael Davis in London in 2003.Dennis Thompson, centre, the drummer for MC5, has died age 75. He is pictured with guitarist Wayne Kramer and bassist Michael Davis in London in 2003.Thompson joined MC5 – short for Motor City 5 – in 1965, at the age of 17.
The band were proud of their working-class roots and were charged with revolutionary zeal from the outset; their manager John Sinclair formed the anti-racist collective the White Panther party and the band protested against the Vietnam war and the Democratic National Convention. 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.
MC5 released three studio albums: 1969’s Kick Out the Jams, 1970’s Back in the USA and 1971’s High Time, before they disbanded. The band later reunited as a touring entity and played gigs across the world in various iterations, including a 50th anniversary tour in 2018. Singer Rob Tyner and Smith both died in the 90s. Bassist Michael Davis died in 2012. Sinclair, the group’s manager who was also known as a jazz poet, died in April.into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year. Thompson’s son McNulty told Detroit News that when his father heard, he said: “It’s about fuckin’ time.”
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