The drummer’s death comes shortly before the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, one of the most important honors.
The news of the death of a man came last Thursday artist beloved by a legendary American band. This is the last survivor of the MC5the drummer of the rock band that made the history of the genre in the stars and stripes panorama.
We are talking about Dennis Thompson, the drummer of MC5, one of Detroit’s monumental bands, a group that has left an indelible mark on the world rock scene. The musician, at the age of 75, was the last living member of the band’s original lineup, following the deaths of singer Rob Tyner, guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith, bassist Michael Davis and guitarist Wayne Kramer. The guitarist only passed away last February.
Thompson died at MediLodge in Taylor, Michigan, where he had been hospitalized following a heart attack last April. In recent weeks he was in the clinic undergoing recovery, as reported by ‘Billboard’, citing the ‘Detroit Free Press’, the newspaper of the city of the same name.
The drummer’s death came just a few months before the band was introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is one of the most important awards for a musician and a star on the American scene. The MC5, in fact, will be included in the category Musical Excellence in the autumn of this year.
The MC5 were a landmark in the rock scene Famous for their raw performance. They contributed, together with other bands such as the Stooges, the Velvet Underground, to stimulate that complex movement very different from rock and roll and psychedelic rock. We’re talking about punk, which arrived in the seventies, arriving a few years after their success.
The drummer joined the band in 1965 and, despite limited commercial success, released records and toured only until 1972. The legacy of their music remained unforgotten in the years that followed. During their period of activity, the MC5 released three studio albums, of which 1969’s “Kick Out the Jams”, perhaps the best known and most influential. This was followed by “Back in the USA” in the 1970s and “High Time” in 1971. In 2022, previously unreleased singles, an album and a national tour were announced. All projects that unfortunately never came to fruition.
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