Kramer

Wayne Kramer used to tell a remarkable story about the first time he realised how influential his music had become. It was 1976, and he read an article in Billboard magazine about the Ramones and the burgeoning New York punk scene, which “kept saying that these kind of bands were inspired by the MC5”. Kramer was so horrified, he tore the magazine up and flushed it down the nearest toilet.He was in a federal prison in Kentucky, serving a four-year sentence for drug offences and, as he put it, “from where I was sat, ‘punk’…

Wayne Kramer, who died Feb. 2 at the age of 75, lived a truly rock n’ roll life, from his gloriously unhinged guitar playing with influential proto-punk revolutionaries MC5 to a prison term, years of addiction, and a musical comeback in the Nineties.  In this 2018 interview, previously available only in audio form on our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, he looked back at all of it. (To hear the full episode, go here for the podcast provider of your choice, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or just press play below.)…

Wayne Kramer, the guitarist who co-created MC5 – one of the rawest, most influential and politically engaged bands in US history – has died aged 75. His Instagram page announced the news: “Wayne S Kramer. Peace be with you. April 30 1948 – February 2 2024.”Born and raised in Detroit, Kramer teamed with teenage friend and fellow guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith, each of them influenced as much by free jazz as they were by R&B and rock’n’roll. Along with the frontman Rob Tyner, they made MC5 into an incendiary force in…

Wayne Kramer, the influential guitarist of Michigan’s hard rock band MC5, has died. He was 75.Kramer died Friday, according to a joint announcement on his and MC5’s official Instagram pages. No cause of death was given. “PEACE BE WITH YOU” 🕊️,” the statement said, featuring a black and white portrait of the musician.Kramer — who spent his lifetime as a musician, activist, federal drug prisoner and a family man, led the notorious proto-punk band. MC5 released their debut album “Kick Out the Jams” in 1969, which was…

Wayne Kramer, founding member of the legendary Detroit proto-punk outfit MC5 and one of rock’s greatest guitarists, has died at the age of 75. The singer-songwriter-political activist’s death was announced Friday via his official social media accounts; no cause of death was provided. On Rolling Stone’s 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list — with Kramer sharing placement alongside Fred “Sonic” Smith — we wrote, “Forged in Detroit during the 1960s, the MC5 guitar tandem of Kramer and Smith worked together…

The Banff Television Festival Foundation has added Paramount Global’s Lisa Kramer, Bing Chen of AU Holdings and A+E Networks’ Patrick Vien to its board of directors. Kramer is president, international TV licensing at  Paramount Global Content Distribution, while Chen serves as executive chairman and founder and AU Holdings and CEO and co-founder of Gold House. Chen was earlier YouTube’s global head of creator development. Rounding out the new additions is Vien, group managing director,…

Veteran actor Casey Kramer died at the age of 67, Variety. She was the daughter of film director Stanley Kramer. According to her relatives, she died at her home in Chicago, on December 24. There was no mention of a cause of death. Kramer, who was born in Los Angeles, California in 1955, made her film debut in her father`s 1979 drama film `The Runner Stumbles` and went on to appear in television shows such as `Falcon Crest,` `General Hospital,` `The Young and the Restless,` `Criminal Minds,` `Southland,` `Baskets,` and…

Heroes can change you forever and go on to crumble out of sight. It’s not often they piece themselves back together and sit down to tell you about it.Erik Kramer has high-tech plastic in his skull. Teeth realigned through surgery. Bullet fragments lingering from the hazy night he put a gun under his chin in a Calabasas hotel room and pulled the trigger.“Basically,” Kramer said over breakfast a while back, pointing toward his forehead, “what you see here is not mine.” Suicide prevention and crisis counseling resources…

Jana Kramer is expecting her first child with new fiancé Allan Russell.The country singer and actor announced Thursday via Instagram that she is pregnant, “beyond blessed and grateful for this baby to be a part of our story.” Kramer also shares a 7-year-old daughter, Jolie, and a 4-year-old son, Jace, with ex-husband and former NFL player Mike Caussin. Russell has a 16-year-old son and a stepdaughter, according to People magazine.“Been trying to hide it cause we wanted to soak it in privately (shocking I know),” the…

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