Basic MC5 drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson has died at 75 years previous. Thompson initially drummed for MC5 between 1965 and 1972, after which once more in 1992, in addition to between 2003 and 2012, and between 2022 and current day.
Thompson performed on each MC5 information – Again In The USA in 1970 and Excessive Time in 1971 – in addition to a handful of stay releases, together with the highly-influential 1969 stay album Kick Out The Jams.
The Detroit Free Press stories that Thompson died at a nursing residence in Michigan the place he was being rehabilitated after struggling a coronary heart assault this April. Thompson‘s loss of life comes solely a few months after guitarist Wayne Kramer, and sadly earlier than MC5 could possibly be inducted into the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame later this yr.
We want Thompson‘s family and friends all the perfect presently.
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