The Punk Site is saddened to learn that the MC5‘s Dennis ‘Machine Gun’ Thompson has passed away at the age of 75, he died peacfully in a hospital in Detroit where he had been rehabilitating following a heart attack in April. As well as being the powerhouse drummer behind the MC5, Thompson also drummed for The New Order, New Race and DKT-MC5, the band built around him and former MC5 members Michael Davis and Wayne Kramer. Thompson was the last man standing from the legendary Detroit proto punks following the death of guitarist Wayne Kramer earlier this year, vocalist Rob Tyner in 1991, guitarist Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith in 1994 and bassist Michael ‘Thunder’ Davis in 2012. The MC5 were legendarily anti-establishment and were amongst the bands who laid the ...