John Sinclair was locked up for selling a joint to two police officers, but friends The Stooges and MC5 tried to intervene.

The Jail Guitar Doors Drive was designed with Jimi Dunlop, CEO of Jim Dunlop, and Johnny Wator, owner of Daredevil Pedals ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

MC5’s aggressive sound, simplistic song writing, and radical political messages made them an iconic fixture of the Detroit music landscape. Breaking News Intern Wayne Kramer of the proto-punk ...

From The Beatles to David Bowie, Woodstock, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, erotic pop and Altomont, we look through 1969 in music—the greatest year.

This week, we’ve turned it into a Father’s Day gift guide, with recommendations for what to buy your paternal figures — or ...

A little reggae, a little ska, and straddling roots rock, folk and “jam band” territory, Dispatch is a group made for the ...

As a self-proclaimed “punk, queer grandpa,” the actor and writer John Cameron Mitchell has some advice.

The metal-leaning label Magnetic Eye has a long-running series called Redux, in which tons of different underground artists pay homage to titans of the form. Yesterday, Magnetic Eye release two ...