MC5 finally gets long-awaited induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
After his death in 1991, and the deaths of guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith in 1994 and bassist Michael Davis in 2012, it was ...
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Who Are MC5, the First Punk Band?
They influenced everyone from the Ramones to the White Stripes to Rage Against the Machine, and we wouldn’t have punk or ...
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Fred 'Sonic' Smith and Sigrid Dobat
American Guitarist Fred 'Sonic' Smith was born on 13th September, 1943 in West Virginia, United States and passed away on 4th Nov 1994 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. aged 51. He is most remembered for MC5.
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Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth hit upon the name for the band by combining the nickname of the MC5’s Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith with the reggae artist Big Youth. Many of their influences came from the British Punk ...
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Sonic's Rendezvous Band
The band members, including Fred Sonic Smith, Gary Rasmussen, Ron Cooke, Scott "Rock Action" Asheton, and Scott Morgan, were formerly part of legendary Detroit rock bands like MC5, The Stooges, and ...