John Sinclair, Former MC5 Manager and Counterculture Activist, Dies at 82
Sinclair got the band signed to Elektra for its 1969's live album debut, "Kick Out the Jams." "He was as a very important ...
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John Sinclair in his own words: Talking the MC5, Detroit rock scene, radical politics, more
John Sinclair, the beatnik poet and Detroit ... most notably his work managing the MC5 during that band’s rise. Here are some selected excerpts from that conversation, including Sinclair's ...
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Who Are MC5, the First Punk Band?
But despite their massive impact, MC5 ... and the band, exhausted by overwork and increasing drug use, were not considered ...
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John Sinclair, activist immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82
ANN ARBOR, Michigan — John Sinclair ... Of course, we lost.” Sinclair often kept a toehold in the world of music, managing for a time Mitch Ryder and perhaps most notably MC5, a Detroit ...
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Dennis Thompson, MC5 drummer and ‘last man standing,’ dies at 75
The group’s former manager, John Sinclair, died April 2 ... A European concert tour was fast approaching on the MC5’s calendar. During a band meeting at Tyner’s house, Thompson asked ...
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Dennis Thompson, MC5 Drummer and Last Classic Member, Dead at 75
and Kramer and the band’s longtime manager John Sinclair died earlier this year. Thompson’s Style Was Imperative to MC5 Given the nickname “Machine Gun” because of his aggressive style of ...
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John Sinclair, a marijuana activist who was immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82
John Sinclair ... Of course, we lost.” Sinclair often kept a toehold in the world of music, managing for a time Mitch Ryder and perhaps most notably MC5, a Detroit-based quintet known for ...