In sad news for the music world, Wayne Kramer, a founding member of the iconic Detroit punk band MC5, has passed away at the age of 75. The news was shared through a statement on his official Instagram account and the profile of the nonprofit organization he founded, Jail Guitar Doors USA. The statement announced that Kramer peacefully succumbed to pancreatic cancer.
Remembered as a true revolutionary in music, culture, and kindness, Wayne Kramer made an indelible mark on the punk scene. Born on April 30, 1948, in Detroit, Michigan, Kramer, whose birth name was Wayne Kambes, co-founded MC5 in suburban Detroit in 1965. Initially starting as a bar band playing cover songs, the group gradually transformed into the genre-bending rock sensation known as MC5 or the Motor City Five.
