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"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
By Gary Graff published
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
By Bob Ezrin published
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"

Rock world pays tribute to MC5 founder Wayne Kramer, who died this week at the age of 75
By Stef Lach published
Alice Cooper, Slash, Tom Morello and Jack White among the stars paying tribute to late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer

MC5 founder, guitarist and driving force Wayne Kramer dead at 75
By Fraser Lewry published
The death of Wayne Kramer was confirmed in a short message posted on his social media accounts

"The record is a guitar extravaganza": Heavy Lifting, the first MC5 album since 1971, will feature Slash, Tom Morello, Alice In Chains' William DuVall, Vernon Reid, and more
By Paul Brannigan published
Wayne Kramer promises that Heavy Lifting, the first MC5 album since 1971’s High Time, is coming in spring 2024

Hear Foo Fighters, RATM, MC5, Runaways members cover Sweet Dreams with Afghan girls
By Louder last updated
Tom Morello and Wayne Kramer are among the cast pitching in on Eurythmics classic Sweet Dreams

Detroit Rock City: the 10 best bands from America's rock'n'roll capital
By Sleazegrinder last updated
The 10 best bands (and more) from Detroit, a city with the purest of rock'n'roll coursing through its veins

The Elektra Records albums you should definitely own
By Mick Houghton published
The best of an incredible catalogue from the early years of Elektra Records, one of the USA‘s most important, free and forward-thinking labels
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