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 ...

Proto-punk legend Wayne Kramer has been honored with a feral new signature overdrive pedal that re-creates the guitarist's raw and relentless tone while it celebrates his pioneering attitude. The new, ...

Guitar legend Wayne Kramer, co-founder of the influential Detroit proto-punk band MC5, died at age 75 on Friday, February 2. According to a post on his social media pages, Kramer “passed away … ...

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 ...

Tributes have started to roll in for Wayne Kramer, the MC5 bandleader who died today at age 75. “We lost one of Detroit’s greatest, brother Wayne Kramer of the MC5,” wrote fellow Detroiter Jack White ...

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 Fame ...