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“I'm not a failed guitar player turning to bass. I am a real bassist. I do a six-minute bass solo on stage – and, I might add, not an easy one!” Suzi Quatro on the spirit that’s driven her, and the moment of fate that made her a bassist

She reflects on never having learned to play with a pick, using her late drummer’s kit to keep his vibe, her son’s influence as a bandmate, and the three quotes she’s given about retirement

"We wanted Wayne Kramer from The MC5 to be our guitarist": Founding Motörhead drummer Lucas Fox looks back on the band's earliest days

"We wanted Wayne Kramer from The MC5 to be our guitarist": Founding Motörhead drummer Lucas Fox looks back on the band's earliest days

Lucas Fox looked after Lemmy when he was fired by Hawkwind - they bonded over Monty Python, speed and Special Brew

“A Gretsch guitar for just $189?! Yes please… the no-nonsense, raw-and-raucous Electromatic and Streamliner Jets are here – and they are beautiful”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week, from digital oil-can echo to Fender’s new US range

“A Gretsch guitar for just $189?! Yes please… the no-nonsense, raw-and-raucous Electromatic and Streamliner Jets are here – and they are beautiful”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week, from digital oil-can echo to Fender’s new US range

We've got Fender electrics and basses hot out of Cali, a state-of-the-art "vintage" delay pedal, cheap acoustics, expensive acoustics, and maybe the headphones monitoring tech you've been waiting for...

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“Not just Wayne’s sound but Wayne's attitude, and the grit and the rawness of Detroit and of the MC5”: Two gain circuits, one knob, one punk legend – MXR launches limited edition Jail Guitar Doors Drive in memory of Wayne Kramer

Sales from this Reverb exclusive will support Kramer's charity supporting prisoner rehabilitation

“The MC5's roaring distortion sound in a box”: MXR and Daredevil bottle Wayne Kramer’s gritty and explosive tone into the Jail Guitar Doors Drive pedal – and it has Tom Morello’s approval

The MC5 guitarist had worked on its design before his passing last year, and now it serves as an immortalization of his proto-punk legacy

"Ramones perfectly represent and encapsulate the essence of the underground." Napalm Death, Thurston Moore, Wayne Kramer, Ihsahn and members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rammstein, Gogol Bordello and more to appear on two forthcoming Ramones tribute albums

Underground heroes pay tribute to Da Bruddahs, NYC's much-missed punk rock pioneers

Remembering the guitarists we lost in 2024

This year, we've sadly had to say goodbye to many guitar greats from across the world of music. Here, we recognize some of those guitarists, and their contributions to the instrument

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"I knew the MC5 was telling the truth; There were dangerous truths that needed to be revealed": The last stand of rock's great revolutionaries

"I knew the MC5 was telling the truth; There were dangerous truths that needed to be revealed": The last stand of rock's great revolutionaries

In 1968 the MC5’s Kick Out The Jams album was a grenade thrown into the music scene. Wayne Kramer acted as guardian of the band’s legacy until he died earlier this year, after making one final album

“It sold for $937,000 to an anonymous buyer who, we assume, doesn't play punk rock for a living”: From Joe Strummer’s Tele to Johnny Ramone's Mosrite, here are the iconic guitars behind the sound of punk – and the modern-day equivalents you can buy today

“It sold for $937,000 to an anonymous buyer who, we assume, doesn't play punk rock for a living”: From Joe Strummer’s Tele to Johnny Ramone's Mosrite, here are the iconic guitars behind the sound of punk – and the modern-day equivalents you can buy today

The filth, the fury, and '80s Fernandes Strat copies – these guitars, amps, and effects defined the sound of some of rock's greatest, and most rebellious, bands

"If you're going to do anything, do it full measure, don't equivocate, be all the way in": How the MC5's Kick Out The Jams became a rallying call for a generation

"If you're going to do anything, do it full measure, don't equivocate, be all the way in": How the MC5's Kick Out The Jams became a rallying call for a generation

The title track of the MC5's debut live album was the incendiary call to arms that ignited punk’s vital spark in 60s Detroit

"These performances retain the essential raging-rebel attitude that fired the Detroit firebrands' original incarnation": The MC5's final album Heavy Lifting is a vibrant joint epitaph

"These performances retain the essential raging-rebel attitude that fired the Detroit firebrands' original incarnation": The MC5's final album Heavy Lifting is a vibrant joint epitaph

The MC5's final album Heavy Lifting is a vibrant joint epitaph

Anti-establishment the MC5 ironically get into the establishment with Rock & Roll Hall Fame invite

Anti-establishment the MC5 ironically get into the establishment with Rock & Roll Hall Fame invite

Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5

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“The Grateful Dead? Man, they were abysmal. After 20 minutes half the audience had gone”: Meat Loaf’s wild tales of Iggy Pop, the MC5, The Who and more

“The Grateful Dead? Man, they were abysmal. After 20 minutes half the audience had gone”: Meat Loaf’s wild tales of Iggy Pop, the MC5, The Who and more

Iggy, Joe Cocker, Jerry Garcia, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Meat Loaf crossed paths with them all

MC5: Heavy Lifting review – an enjoyable coda for Detroit’s punk pioneers

MC5: Heavy Lifting review – an enjoyable coda for Detroit’s punk pioneers

The first album since the early 70s from the politically radical US band recalls past glories – in places

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"A testament to a lifetime of rock'n'roll greatness": Listen to Tom Morello play on fiery new MC5 single Heavy Lifting

Heavy Lifting is the title track of the fourth MC5 album Heavy Lifting, out next month

Listen to new MC5 single Can't Be Found featuring Living Colour's Vernon Reid and Dennis 'Machine Gun' Thompson

Can't Be Found comes from the MC5's Heavy Lifting, their first album in more than half a century

"A snapshot of a guitar man at the height of his powers": The first MC5 album in half a century is confirmed – first single out now

Originally slated for release in 2022, Heavy Lifting will finally see the light of day later this year

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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

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Founding MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson dead at 75

The news of Dennis Thompson's passing comes three months after the death of guitarist Wayne Kramer, and a month after MC5 manager John Sinclair passed away

"We argued about everything": The stories behind the making of The Works, the album that returned Queen to rock: Only in the regal new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: The Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, The Pineapple Thief, Wayne Kramer, Scott Stapp, Bush, Green Day, The Stranglers and more

Wayne Kramer’s Rage Against the Prison Machine

Years behind bars for drug dealing led the influential proto-punk rocker to work for criminal justice reform.

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Wayne Kramer obituary

Founder member of the influential rock band MC5 whose explosive live act was captured on the album Kick Out the Jams

"It has a kind of sense of revolutionary message but also a good sense of humour": Producer Bob Ezrin gives update on eagerly anticipated MC5 album

The MC5's fourth album Heavy Lifting was originally due in 2022, and those involved are determined to see it released in the wake of Wayne Kramer's death

"Wayne was a force of nature. A soul man in a rock'n'roll body": Bob Ezrin pays tribute to late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer

Exclusive: Bob Ezrin, who produced the upcoming MC5 album Heavy Lifting, pays tribute to "one of the best guitar players any of us had ever heard"

MC5 punk pioneer Wayne Kramer dies at 75 from pancreatic cancer

Wayne Kramer, founding member of MC5, has passed away at 75. Known for his punk music and activism, he leaves behind a legacy of revolution and kindness.

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