ROB TYNER interview - by John Sinclair - 1967 - The
Warren-Forest Sun
The following interview with ROBIN TYNER, the lead singer of the MC5,
the major Detroit avant-rock band, was recorded by JOHN SINCLAIR in the
first week of May, 1967, for THE SUN
MC-5 interview - by David G.Walley - 1969 -
Jazz&Pop magazine
This interview took place in the New York apartment of the MC5's press
agent Danny Fields, the day after the Detroit band signed their new
contract with Atlantic Records.
FUSION interview : JON LANDAU - by Robert Somma - 1970 - Fusion
"In October of '68 Danny [Fields] was out in Detroit. He saw the 5 and
totally freaked, and he tried to get me on the phone and I was away for
awhile, and he finally sent me a letter : " I have found it. Please
call."
MC5 interview - by Nick Kent - 1972 - Frendz
- Firstly, why the move to Europe? - Basically there are some people we
want to work with over here like Ronan O'Rahilly, we have a few
projects going with him
Michael Davis From The MC5 - by Eric Lorey - 1986 - MC5
Gateway
From the mid-60's to the early 70's, the Motor City 5 rampaged through
the musical world like a locomotive gone wild. Their blistering assault
of ideas and music, their freshness, substance, and drive have never
been equalled.
Wayne Kramer interview - by Mighty High - 1994 - Swill
fanzine
Here’s another oldie from the Swill fanzine archives. In November, 1994
I got a call from Dalton, the editor of Swill to see if I’d be
interested in interviewing Wayne Kramer of the MC5 with him. His first
solo album, The Hard Stuff, was about to come out on Epitaph Records
Open Up The Limits - an int. w/ DENNIS
THOMPSON - by
Mike Johnston - 1995
We went to high school together. When we were in junior high, four of
us had a band called the Bounty Hunters. That was Rob, Fred, Wayne and
myself
MC-5 MICHAEL DAVIS interview - by Jason Gross - 1998 - Perfect
Sound Forever
- You met the rest of the band while you were in school? - They went to
school together and I was kind of separate from their growing up. I was
about 22 when I met those guys so I was a little older
MC5 - WAYNE KRAMER interview - by Jason Gross - 1998 - Perfect
Sound Forever
When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around
at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me
about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos
MC5 - BEN EDMONDS interview - by Jason Gross - 1998 - Perfect
Sound Forever
In 1968, I was going to college in Ohio and heading back to Boston for
the Christmas holiday I stopped in New York to see some friends of mine
who were signed to Elektra
MC5 - JOHN SINCLAIR interview - by Jason Gross - 1998 - Perfect
Sound Forever
When I first saw them, I thought they were incredible. Just totally
fucking great. They were trying to extend rock and roll into something
that had more space for creativity and improvisation
MC5 - DENNIS THOMPSON interview - by Jason Gross - 1998 - Perfect
Sound Forever
I started playing drums when I was four. When I was 8 or 9, my family
would get together - my brother would play guitar and my sister would
play piano so we'd play together
MICHAEL DAVIS at the Center of the Universe
- by Ken Shimamoto
- 1998 - i94bar
When I met those guys, I was not a bass player. What I did was play
acoustic guitar and harmonica and sing Bob Dylan songs. When I heard
Bob Dylan about 1962 or '63, it completely changed the direction of my
life
LENI SINCLAIR: Through The Camera's Eye
- by Ken Shimamoto
- 1998 - i94bar
I met John [Sinclair] when we were both students at Wayne State
University. We started living together and we became the nucleus of the
group of people who loosely called themselves the Detroit Artists
Workshop
DENNIS THOMPSON: Phamtom Patriot - by Ken Shimamoto - 1998 - i94bar
Lately I've been trying to become a priest, but they won't let me. I've
got a CD coming out called Phamtom Patriots, Volume One. I'm shopping a
label. There are two or three labels that I'm courting
Working To A Plan : BROTHER WAYNE KRAMER
- by Ken Shimamoto
- 1999 - i94bar
It's been quite an odyssey for Wayne Kramer. From 1964 to 1972, he was
point man and Fender guitar terrorist for the legendary MC5, the
Ur-American garage band turned psychedelic radicals whose high-energy
jams prefigured much of the 30 years of rock and roll dementia
MC5 : Kickin' out the jams - by James Thompson - 2000 - MC5
Gateway
Formed in about 1965, the Motor City Five - soon shortened to MC5 -
began as yet another British Invasion
Dave Marsh on The MC5 - Interview - M.C.Five Gateway - 2000 - MC5
Gateway
This
Q/A was conducted via email someday in 2000. "Ultraveteran rock
critic/journalist/biographer" Dave Marsh was patient and
kind enough to enlighten some points of history as the MC5
Gateway was about to tell the story of the MC5 - still an
untold story at that time
Politics Of Celluloid : DAVID THOMAS Of
Future Now Films on "MC5: A TRUE TESTIMONIAL" - by Ken Shimamoto - 2001 - i94bar
Filmmaker David C.Thomas' might not be a name commonly known to fans of
Rock Action - but it should be. For the past half-decade, he and his
wife/partner Laurel Legler have been pursuing a vision: a
feature-length documentary film telling the story of the MC5
Interview with MC 5's WAYNE KRAMER
- by David
Ensminger - 2001 - Left Of The Dial
From Detroit Inner City Blues to Zen and the Art of the Studio: An
Interview with the MC5's Wayne Kramer
PAT BURROWS : an interview with the original
MC5 bassplayer -
by Ken Shimamoto - 2002 - MC5 Japan , I94bar , MC5 Gateway
When Wayne Kramer played Dallas in July 2002, he dedicated the show to
"all bassplayers, past, present, and future" then introduced a slight,
grey-haired man standing near the stage as Pat Burrows, the original
bassplayer from the MC5
MC5 : Sonic Revolution 2004 - by Jack Lefelt - 2004 - VH1
After their first tour in over 30 years, the surviving members of MC5
sat down to discuss reunion, rebellion and their role as the "it" band
of the '60s revolution
Interview with JOANNA of the HIGHLAND PARK
STOMPERS - The Story of MC5 Groupies -
2004 - MC5 Gateway
My sister, Lilli and I were part of a group of girls that loved you
guys. Remember the "Stompers". We hitch hiked all over Michigan,
Windsor, Ohio, and Illinois to get to your gigs