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Wayne Kramer

Wayne Kramer

Born: 1948-04-30 • Detroit, Michigan, USA

Wayne Kramer (born April 30, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and film and television composer. Kramer came to prominence as a teenager in 1967 as a co-founder of the Detroit rock group MC5 (Motor City 5), a group known for their powerful live performances and radical left-wing political stance. The MC5 broke up amid personality conflicts, drug abuse, and personal problems, which, for Kramer, led to several fallow years, as he battled drug addiction before returning to an active recording and performing schedule in the 1990s. Rolling Stone ranked him number ninety-two on their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time".

Filmography
I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol poster
I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol
2025 • Self
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex poster
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
2023 • Self
Algren poster
Algren
2021 • Self
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars poster
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine poster
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019 • Self - MC5
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World poster
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017 • Self
Danny Says poster
Danny Says
2015 • Self
Super Duper Alice Cooper poster
Super Duper Alice Cooper
2014 • Self (voice)
A Band Called Death poster
A Band Called Death
2013 • Self
MC5: Early Video Collection 1967-1972 poster
MC5: Early Video Collection 1967-1972
2013
Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story poster
Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story
2012 • Self
Detroit Lives poster
Detroit Lives
2010 • Self
It Came from Detroit poster
It Came from Detroit
2009 • Self
The Boneyard Collection poster
The Boneyard Collection
2008 • Wayne Kramer (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")
Punk: Attitude poster
Punk: Attitude
2005 • Himself
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair poster
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
2004 • Self
No Image
Rockin' in the USA
2003
Sonic Revolution: A Celebration of the MC5 poster
Sonic Revolution: A Celebration of the MC5
2003
Plaster Caster poster
Plaster Caster
2003 • Self
MC5: A True Testimonial poster
MC5: A True Testimonial
2002 • Himself
Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie poster
Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie
2001 • Self
25 Years of Punk poster
25 Years of Punk
2001 • Self
MC5: Kick Out the Jams poster
MC5: Kick Out the Jams
1999