The tartar field footage is the template for being awesome rock band..should be some kind of law...Wayne Kramer..f#*king legend..I salute you sir..you changed my life and made me a better person...maximum respect
Nobody you've ever heard of, NOBODY, was more electrifying or entertaining onstage than Wayne Kramer. An artist and entertainer who gave everything he had.
My father toured with the MC5 and I was raised on their music. I feel so fortunate to have gotten to meet them and see them play a couple years ago in Detroit on the MC50 tour. Great fucking show.
I saw the MC5 just after the second album came out. They were at a teen club called The Note near Gun Lake in Michigan. I was 16. They blew that place to pieces. They played a new song called Sister Anne which didn’t come out until two years later when the third album came out. This club hosted every Michigan band that became household names later, when they were just beginning. Detroit rock and roll is THE GREATEST!!!
Still Kicking the Jams : Great Interview, Great Interviewer, Great Interviewed. Wayne Kramer : Intelligent, Articulated, Humble, a Legend... THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, WAYNE !
As someone who worked some of those venues in those times, remembering well too many excesses of the day, Wayne epitomizes my contention that time wounds all heels. We are all better for surviving, experience has beaten our swords into plowshares. Now he is harvesting the seeds sown. There was a time when he led the most exciting live band on earth. I so admired his footwork too, he had some great moves. Thanks Wayne!
I was lucky enough to see MC5 in London at the greyhound in Croydon , I had seen many bands up until that time but when MC5 came to town it was like an explosion , I can remember Fred sonic smith was we reign some weird cape it got caught on the tuners of his guitar and he flipped he took the guitar off and started swinging the guitar around from the cape how it didn’t brain someone I’ll never know , my friends and I were stoned out of our minds laughing it was an insane show and I’ll never forget it ,,I found out later in the seventies meeting other guys in punk bands that they had been there that night and I have a feeling that the start of the punk movement could have been born that night , all we had until then was hippie bands staring at their feet ,,,this was on another level. Thank you Wayne from a 72 year old who feels lucky to have been there
Brother Wayne is right on the money.....a great and influential musician and voice for social justice in this phony drug war and in the war against America's big business of imprisoning people...a prison industrial complex for profit incarceration system, especially against the poor and people of color. Anyway...I digress. The MC5 should be in the rock and roll hall of fame. Wayne Kramer is an American patriot.
The MC5 were like a Fourth of July fireworks display on a stage. Intense! Bruisin'! Light the fuse and run! Thanks, Jim Kerr! Wayne Kramer (legendary!).
Wayne, such a privilege to cross paths at Dickens, always so insightful and kind, wishing you continued success, and thank you for the high octane Rock n’ Roll!
BaaaaaLOODY HELL!!!!!! This guy (Wayne Kramer ) is an out and out CHAMPION!!!!!!!! WHERE has he BEEN all my life???? Can't believe I am really just discovering him!!!!!
Wayne Kramer is one bad ass guitarist and it is a crying shame he has not received the acclaim he deserves. His solos on "Looking at You'' are absolutely fast, precise, and pedal to the metal relentless.
Vivienne Westwood slop models aren't the MC5 and no , we don't have to reciprocate. We got rid of you clowns 200+ years ago. Lemmy's Welsh, and lived in LA for decades. So stow it. Malcolm McLaren hyped them but face it, it was a publicity stunt and Westwood's clothing looks like shit.
I was there too...granted I was 3, 4, 5 years old, but I was there! Graduated in 83 and I must say, living my teenaged years in the late 70s/early 80s in Detroit was pretty incredible as well.
Wayne Kramer was always an inspiration for me playing the electric guitar since I heard the Kick Out The Jams record for the first time in 1969 ! I think it is still the best live record EVER !!! By the way, I just bought his book on Kindle and can't wait to read it !
Oh, man that would be MAJOR love fest between those two! So much in common between those two, not the least both having been in trouble with the law, they could talk shop for HOURS if they could!
@@patricialambert3110 That's what I always thought first when I recovered Jonsey's jukebox and his radio channel. So sad that Jonsey got stroke not that long ago. I hope he's feeling better now, because it's been a while since it happend
Great interview with a living legend and influence on generations of guitarists, glad he mentioned the new box set, I just bought it. Right On Brother Wayne.
I remember getting my first copy of "Kick Out The Jams" in 1970, I was 14 that summer and " Ramblin Rose" with " Kick out the Jams" just blew my young mind. I got lucky in that later pressings were censored and the intro KOTJ was beeped, but the original copy had the intro in all its profane glory! Wish I'd gotten to see these guys....
My tastes have changed over the years but at the time American Ruse was my favorite too. Later Sister Ann was the first song that was no holds barred, no holds barred and that was exactly why I liked it.
From Detroit you had the Amboy Dukes, MC5, Brownsville, BobSeger, The Stooges,we're all that I remember. Until I went to Meeechigan in the mid 70's. While at Meeechigan I listened to Whlz radio and WRIF with Arthur Penthallow.
Remember Robin Seymour? Now that I think of it, he featured a lot of Detroit area bands, the Rationals, the Bob Seger System, Frjid Pink, SRC, the Frost I think were all on his program at one time or another. Gee, whatever happened to Robin Seymour?
I never knew much about the MC5 but have heard about them multiple times. I like "American Ruse". My parents were probably only Kindergarteners when the MC5 started gaining some traction so I'm sure they aren't that familiar either, but it's a crying shame that the Rock n Roll hall of Fame can procrastinate as long as they do about putting artists (Specifically ROCK artists) in the hall where they already belonged. Now the last of them are gone and they just finally might get in. Tbh, they were late to induct them by the time Sonic and Tyner were dead... absolutely unacceptable
TWO OF THESE GUYS WENT TO MY HIGH SCHOOL IN LINCOLN PARK MICHIGAN, AS WAYNE HAS SAID IN A VIDEO, THE MC5 WAS FORMED IN A BAR PARKING LOT CALLED THE PIONEER IN ON FORT STREET, AFTER ROB, AND ANOTHER MEMBER GOT IN A FIGHT , THIS IS WHAT WAYNE HAS SAID, I REMEMBER SEEING THEM ACROSS THE STREET AT THE BANDSHELL, ROCK ON, COUSIN FIGEL
@Sgt. Thundercok what you ona bout Rob tyner was a great front man. He had an excellent voice for the music and he could dance like no other also he had such a cool fro for a white guy. Don't be disrespectful to a great band. It's like saying Jim morrison should not be the singer for the doors?
Just wish he would shed some light on his relationships with the other past original members, particularly Rob, and Fred. Shame those guys aren’t around to see their band finally being appreciated. RIP Rob, Fred, Mike.
What a great bloke, buyin now ! Wayne was one of many who tried to make the world a better place. Refreshing to hear from somebody with principals - what a sad system.
Not a Wayne Kramer fan but I ended up watching it all and now maybe I am, for many reasons I never thought about before. I emailed myself the link because I plan to watch it at least one more time...
It was only because they hung out at Vivienne Westwood’s clothes shop, all punks got there clobber from there , the Pistols definitely wasn’t manufactured
There's nothing worse than a misinformed 'expert''. The Sex Pistols were not the kind of band you'd manufacture if your intention was to create a commercial group. They were almost the complete opposite of that.
The first concert i ever went to was in 1972, a big skating rink called Kemp's Coliseum in Orlando. It was billed as a 'Detroit Show' w/opening act Alfred Borg & His Traveling Zoo, 2nd was The MC5 & headlining was Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes. What i remember most that night was when The MC5 came on the whole vibe of the place changed, & there was an actual air of danger & excitement that ran thru the whole audience. They were like The Stones on steroids, & later i realized i probably witnessed one of the earliest Punk shows that night!
It legitimately does not get anymore AUTHENTIC ROCK & ROLL! Than this! The MC-5 Were the originality of REVOLUTIONARY ROCK & ROLL! BAR-FUKIN-NONE!!! Wtg- WAYNE KRAMER!
Great thoughts from Wayne. LOVE the MC5 but being from the west coast always thought The Sonics and The Fabulous Wailers were kind of the originators of Punk a few years earlier in Tacoma, WA. As for hard rock what about Blue Cheer from San Fran? Just wondering if these scenes had any influence/interaction on/with MC5 and The Stooges.
I still have that issue of Rolling Stone. That's what turned me on to The 5. Been playing that album ever since. Was lucky enough to catch them accidentally at the Electric Factory. Opening for them...Alice Cooper! That was some night.
Reading his book now,pretty honest look at himself,punctures much of his own youthful pretensions and posturing.Best line in the book,'Revolutionaries dont wear underwear'
HELLO DETROIT PEOPLE, DO YOU REMEMBER, PLUM STREET, THE HIPPIE STORES ECT, BACK THEN IT WAS CALLED THE UNDERGROUND COMMUNITY, R.I.P. TO MR. JOHN SINCLAIR, , COUSIN FIGEL
So sad Wayne has passed, he was a guy who lived it for real, he was no poser and he will be missed.
The tartar field footage is the template for being awesome rock band..should be some kind of law...Wayne Kramer..f#*king legend..I salute you sir..you changed my life and made me a better person...maximum respect
The tartar fields footage is the best live performance captured on film by any band.
Beat Club 72 also
Nobody you've ever heard of, NOBODY, was more electrifying or entertaining onstage than Wayne Kramer. An artist and entertainer who gave everything he had.
My father toured with the MC5 and I was raised on their music. I feel so fortunate to have gotten to meet them and see them play a couple years ago in Detroit on the MC50 tour. Great fucking show.
I saw the MC5 just after the second album came out. They were at a teen club called The Note near Gun Lake in Michigan. I was 16. They blew that place to pieces. They played a new song called Sister Anne which didn’t come out until two years later when the third album came out. This club hosted every Michigan band that became household names later, when they were just beginning. Detroit rock and roll is THE GREATEST!!!
How cute and sweet he is. Rest in musical peace Wayne.😢
LEMMY FROM MOTORHEAD, HAS SAID, IF WAS NOT FOR THE MC5 , THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A MOTORHEAD, COUSIN FIGEL
Still Kicking the Jams :
Great Interview,
Great Interviewer,
Great Interviewed.
Wayne Kramer : Intelligent, Articulated, Humble, a Legend...
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, WAYNE !
As someone who worked some of those venues in those times, remembering well too many excesses of the day, Wayne epitomizes my contention that time wounds all heels. We are all better for surviving, experience has beaten our swords into plowshares. Now he is harvesting the seeds sown. There was a time when he led the most exciting live band on earth.
I so admired his footwork too, he had some great moves. Thanks Wayne!
I was lucky enough to see MC5 in London at the greyhound in Croydon , I had seen many bands up until that time but when MC5 came to town it was like an explosion , I can remember Fred sonic smith was we reign some weird cape it got caught on the tuners of his guitar and he flipped he took the guitar off and started swinging the guitar around from the cape how it didn’t brain someone I’ll never know , my friends and I were stoned out of our minds laughing it was an insane show and I’ll never forget it ,,I found out later in the seventies meeting other guys in punk bands that they had been there that night and I have a feeling that the start of the punk movement could have been born that night , all we had until then was hippie bands staring at their feet ,,,this was on another level. Thank you Wayne from a 72 year old who feels lucky to have been there
Wayne Kramer inspires me. God bless you , Wayne.
Brother Wayne is right on the money.....a great and influential musician and voice for social justice in this phony drug war and in the war against America's big business of imprisoning people...a prison industrial complex for profit incarceration system, especially against the poor and people of color. Anyway...I digress. The MC5 should be in the rock and roll hall of fame. Wayne Kramer is an American patriot.
I agree.They are up again this year & 150,000 Votes down right now.
Richard Rybinski I like Wayne Kramer as a musician but I don't agree with his politics
@@lrn_news9171 No one gives a fuck about your alt right bullshit channel
Max Smart that’s right
@Batphink Reynolds take your right wing propaganda somewhere else.
The MC5 were like a Fourth of July fireworks display on a stage. Intense! Bruisin'! Light the fuse and run! Thanks, Jim Kerr! Wayne Kramer (legendary!).
Thanks Wayne 🙏💔 R.I.P.
Wayne, such a privilege to cross paths at Dickens, always so insightful and kind, wishing you continued success, and thank you for the high octane Rock n’ Roll!
BaaaaaLOODY HELL!!!!!! This guy (Wayne Kramer ) is an out and out CHAMPION!!!!!!!! WHERE has he BEEN all my life???? Can't believe I am really just discovering him!!!!!
Spot on that Beethoven was a punk! Proof that this man gets it.
Wayne Kramer is one bad ass guitarist and it is a crying shame he has not received the acclaim he deserves. His solos on "Looking at You'' are absolutely fast, precise, and pedal to the metal relentless.
Nice video... I'm from Royal Oak class of '69 and spend many a night at the Grande with the MC5
Magical times must have been
Glad things have turned out well for him.
I recently read his book & I'm not as nearly f*8888ed up as I thought.
@@revwahfair it was a good book
Anderson Cooper He seems to be fairly content. And he’s alive.
Wayne finally gets to start speaking about 4:30
Thx
Yeah it annoyed the shit out of me....
Thanks.
That's how it always goes on an interview.
legend and a great musician
My Dad freaked if he came home and the MC- 5 was playing. Cream he could tolerate- go figure
Lmao
I was in 7th grade and had pretty much the same experience as Jim mentions here. What a band!
Also from the Detroit area.
Just played my "Back In the USA" LP today. Still SO SO strong!!
THERE IS NO PARTY LIKE A DETROIT PARTY VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE MUSIC THAT DETROIT BROUGHT TO THE WORLD
I took my son to the Fillmore (State Theater) show and it was fantastic. Thank You Brother Wayne.
Thanks, a very influential band and a sweet guy .Doesn't diss the Sex Pistols. The MC5 were well liked here in the UK.
Vivienne Westwood slop models aren't the MC5 and no , we don't have to reciprocate. We got rid of you clowns 200+ years ago. Lemmy's Welsh, and lived in LA for decades. So stow it. Malcolm McLaren hyped them but face it, it was a publicity stunt and Westwood's clothing looks like shit.
The Frost, SRC, The Stooges, Bob Seger, and the great MC5! I was there in Detroit at that time. Melvindale!
I was there too...granted I was 3, 4, 5 years old, but I was there! Graduated in 83 and I must say, living my teenaged years in the late 70s/early 80s in Detroit was pretty incredible as well.
Loved this! 100% agree about High Time. One of the greatest albums from an era full of insanely amazing albums! Wayne Kramer is OG
What a fabulous guy. RIP Wayne.
Thanks for posting this great video. Awesome band.
Wayne Kramer was always an inspiration for me playing the electric guitar since I heard the Kick Out The Jams record for the first time in 1969 !
I think it is still the best live record EVER !!!
By the way, I just bought his book on Kindle and can't wait to read it !
What a great guy!
The opening sincearity is so heartwarming!!!
Wayne Kramer is the man!
RAMBLIN ROSE LIVE IS FANTASTIC...GREAT VOICE..GUITAR...BAND PERFORMANCE....WAYNE IS EXPLOSIVE...WOW...
A lot changed in America (&the World) between 1960 to 1970......10 short years but the world significantly changed.
I wish Kramer would go on jonesy's jukebox
Oh, man that would be MAJOR love fest between those two! So much in common between those two,
not the least both having been in trouble with the law, they could talk shop for HOURS if they could!
@@patricialambert3110 That's what I always thought first when I recovered Jonsey's jukebox and his radio channel. So sad that Jonsey got stroke not that long ago. I hope he's feeling better now, because it's been a while since it happend
Great interview with a living legend and influence on generations of guitarists, glad he mentioned the new box set, I just bought it. Right On Brother Wayne.
I remember getting my first copy of "Kick Out The Jams" in 1970, I was 14 that summer and " Ramblin Rose" with " Kick out the Jams" just blew my young mind. I got lucky in that later pressings were censored and the intro KOTJ was beeped, but the original copy had the intro in all its profane glory! Wish I'd gotten to see these guys....
WK is truly rock royalty.
I've always thought that Wayne is just one hell of a human being.
Man the interviewer definitely likes talking more than he likes asking questions
Brother Wayne.
An incredible interview! thanks Jim!
Back in the USA is one of the five albums I would have to have on a deserted island. It's timeless rock n roll. The Five for the Hall of Fame.NOW!
Awesome book. Read it in 2 days. Wayne Kraemer an amazing life and still going. Keep on.
Mike Davis, the Bass player, wrote a book as well. I liked it better. You might want to check it out
beautiful interview.
Hells Bells! Saw MC5 as junior in high school in '72. Greeeaaatt show!!! Wayne Kramer is an amazing man...
American Ruse is my favorite MC5 track. Ramblin Rose, Kick out the Jams, Tonight, Teenage Lust. Great tunes
My tastes have changed over the years but at the time American Ruse was my favorite too. Later Sister Ann was the first song that was no holds barred, no holds barred and that was exactly why I liked it.
wayne im 68 i only found out about MC5 recently AC DC got ideas from you your guitar playing is great
Beautiful
Thank You
Love Wayne Kramer. And I'm a UK fan. I bought the album. I got the Kick Out The Jams MoFo's version from Soho Records in London
Wayne thank you for the music, moves and memories. ❤🙏❤
this guy is so unpretencious its so cool,,, love the dude
Wonderful interview with Wayne Kramer.
Mark Farner of Grand Funk said it best “Michigan people do two thing extremely well. Build cars and play guitars.”
From Detroit you had the Amboy Dukes, MC5, Brownsville, BobSeger, The Stooges,we're all that I remember. Until I went to Meeechigan in the mid 70's. While at Meeechigan I listened to Whlz radio and WRIF with Arthur Penthallow.
tons of great info in this interview!
I remember Jim Kerr from WPLJ, it's nice to see his still in the business.
right? blast from the past
I grew up listening to CKLW - MC5, Stooges. It was great, Detroit still rocks!
Remember Robin Seymour? Now that I think of it, he featured a lot of Detroit area bands, the Rationals, the Bob Seger System, Frjid Pink, SRC, the Frost I think were all on his program at one time or another.
Gee, whatever happened to Robin Seymour?
I lived 40 miles West of Baltimore and listened to CKLW at night - was great those stations AM, had long reach garage era 60s.
This interview is so great!!!
I love Wayne Kramer.
I never knew much about the MC5 but have heard about them multiple times. I like "American Ruse". My parents were probably only Kindergarteners when the MC5 started gaining some traction so I'm sure they aren't that familiar either, but it's a crying shame that the Rock n Roll hall of Fame can procrastinate as long as they do about putting artists (Specifically ROCK artists) in the hall where they already belonged. Now the last of them are gone and they just finally might get in. Tbh, they were late to induct them by the time Sonic and Tyner were dead... absolutely unacceptable
TWO OF THESE GUYS WENT TO MY HIGH SCHOOL IN LINCOLN PARK MICHIGAN, AS WAYNE HAS SAID IN A VIDEO, THE MC5 WAS FORMED IN A BAR PARKING LOT CALLED THE PIONEER IN ON FORT STREET, AFTER ROB, AND ANOTHER MEMBER GOT IN A FIGHT , THIS IS WHAT WAYNE HAS SAID, I REMEMBER SEEING THEM ACROSS THE STREET AT THE BANDSHELL, ROCK ON, COUSIN FIGEL
A guitar heroe,a real warrior.
Big MC5 fan here love Wayne Kramer I live less than a mile from the high school you're talking about
Grandissima Persona!
It’s a shame MC5 is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but Janet Jackson is!!!🤦🏻♂️
Ultimate fucking bullshit. .!
fuck the RRHOF they're idiots.
There you go. Says it all about the rock n roll hall of fame
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the 5 never used backing tracks and pretended to play their instruments.
@@geraldjensen9399 And no "auto tune" crap!
Excellent Record album on the wall in the background: ELTON JOHN Madman Across The Water
the MC5 are 100 times better than pearl jam and the foo fighters
Wise words!
InfuckingDeed ...mentioning Mr. corporate rock Foofoo Grohl is ridiculous .
No doubt about it
@Sgt. Thundercok what you ona bout Rob tyner was a great front man. He had an excellent voice for the music and he could dance like no other also he had such a cool fro for a white guy. Don't be disrespectful to a great band. It's like saying Jim morrison should not be the singer for the doors?
Agree..the foo fighters have like 2 songs outta 24 years
Just wish he would shed some light on his relationships with the other past original members, particularly Rob, and Fred. Shame those guys aren’t around to see their band finally being appreciated. RIP Rob, Fred, Mike.
What a great bloke, buyin now ! Wayne was one of many who tried to make the world a better place. Refreshing to hear from somebody with principals - what a sad system.
vonnyrad smoking dope and fucking in street while stealing James brown moves.
Not a Wayne Kramer fan but I ended up watching it all and now maybe I am, for many reasons I never thought about before. I emailed myself the link because I plan to watch it at least one more time...
Kick out the jams is the greatest hard rock tune ever.
I just heard it & I concur!
Make that the 1st punk song..js
Agree
Yeesh, get out more.
Wow Jim Kerr...... Cowan road, Nankin Bridge....just happened to see this...Thanks!
i hate how people always say "the sex pistols were a manufactured band" Yeah they might have been dressed up by malcom, but the music was from them.
It was only because they hung out at Vivienne Westwood’s clothes shop, all punks got there clobber from there , the Pistols definitely wasn’t manufactured
You can thank the lead guitar player
Agreed-100%
There's nothing worse than a misinformed 'expert''. The Sex Pistols were not the kind of band you'd manufacture if your intention was to create a commercial group. They were almost the complete opposite of that.
They had a number 1 album in England and commercial radio refused to play them , hardly a commercial manufactured band
The first concert i ever went to was in 1972, a big skating rink called Kemp's Coliseum in Orlando. It was billed as a 'Detroit Show' w/opening act Alfred Borg & His Traveling Zoo, 2nd was The MC5 & headlining was Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes.
What i remember most that night was when The MC5 came on the whole vibe of the place changed, & there was an actual air of danger & excitement that ran thru the whole audience. They were like The Stones on steroids, & later i realized i probably witnessed one of the earliest Punk shows that night!
It legitimately does not get anymore AUTHENTIC ROCK & ROLL! Than this! The MC-5
Were the originality of REVOLUTIONARY ROCK & ROLL! BAR-FUKIN-NONE!!!
Wtg- WAYNE KRAMER!
God bless brother Wayne
Understatement of THE CENTURY!!!!!
MC5 kicked some sense into me!
I would be interested in hearing a compilation of all those Detroit and Detroit-famous bands that were rattled off. How many of them are on Nuggets?
Shame how no classic rock stations ever play, MC5, Stooges, Count Five, NYDolls, Monks, VU, Ramones, Can, 13 Floor Elevators (used too You're Gonna Miss Me) etc
Classic rock stations play The Ramones and The Stooges in the last five years or so. But still no Dolls or MC5 I agree.
great interview!
Very likeable person.
MC5 Was ahead of their time. Excellent interview. They were very talented musicians. I was rare a chick you dug hard rock instead of boring Paul Anka.
fantastic!!
Ramblin' Rose!
I admit I was hoping that this was going to be the Jim Kerr from Simple Minds.
Great thoughts from Wayne. LOVE the MC5 but being from the west coast always thought The Sonics and The Fabulous Wailers were kind of the originators of Punk a few years earlier in Tacoma, WA. As for hard rock what about Blue Cheer from San Fran? Just wondering if these scenes had any influence/interaction on/with MC5 and The Stooges.
MC5 played at our high school in Harper Woods.✌🏻
I still have that issue of Rolling Stone. That's what turned me on to The 5. Been playing that album ever since.
Was lucky enough to catch them accidentally at the Electric Factory. Opening for them...Alice Cooper! That was some night.
i will buy Wayne's book...the hard stuff
AMAZING INTERVIEW
Reading his book now,pretty honest look at himself,punctures much of his own youthful pretensions and posturing.Best line in the book,'Revolutionaries dont wear underwear'
Seems like a line from a burnt out dumbass.
First swearing ever released was truly mc5 1969 february. we dont talk about that never released blues song from 1935
HELLO DETROIT PEOPLE, DO YOU REMEMBER, PLUM STREET, THE HIPPIE STORES ECT, BACK THEN IT WAS CALLED THE UNDERGROUND COMMUNITY, R.I.P. TO MR. JOHN SINCLAIR, , COUSIN FIGEL
saving this for later, and gonna look up every band lol