Some Punk, Proto-Punk, New Wave & Alt Rock Figures

Wayne Kramer ~ 72 ~ Guitarist with Proto Punk band the MC5 ("Kick Out The Jams"), later Gangwar and solo

Dennis Machine Gun Thompson - 75 - Drummer for Detroit Proto Punk band the MC5 "Kick Out The Jams", "High School") & Destroy All Monsters

John Sinclair - 82 - MC5 Manager, poet and Jazz radio DJ

THE MC5 ~ "KICK OUT THE JAMS";


THE MC5 ~ "MOTOR CITY IS BURNING";


THE MC5 ~ "AMERICAN RUSE";


THE MC5 ~ "LOOKING AT YOU";


Ruby Lynn Reyner ~ 72 ~ Singer with 1970's New York Glam Punk band Ruby & the Rednecks, musical actress & screenwriter & Andy Warhol model

RUBY & THE REDNECKS ~ "RUBY FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN";


Damo Suzuki - 74 - Japanese singer/guitarist with 1970's German Kraut Rock band Can

CAN ~ "PAPERHOUSE"


CAN ~ "BRING ME COFFEE OR TEA";


Chris Karrer ~ 76 ~ Guitarist with German Kraut Rock band Aamon Dull II

AAMON DULL II ~ "BETWEEN THE EYES";


Pavel Zajíček - 72 - Czech poet & singer with 1970's Czech Art Rock underground band DG 307

DG307;


DG307 ~ "INDIANSKA MODLITBA";


Chris Cross - 71 - Bassist with UK New Wave bands Ultravox & Tiger Lily

ULTRAVOX ~ "CROSS FADE";


ULTRAVOX ~ "SLEEPWALK";


ULTRAVOX ~ "DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES";


ULTRAVOX ~ "REAP THE WILD WIND";


ULTRAVOX ~ "VIENNA";


Kay Russell - 72 - Guitarist with UK New Wave singer Susan Fassbinder ("Twilght Cafe")

SUSAN FASSBINDER ~ "TWILIGHT CAFE";


Frank Darcel - 65 - Guitarist with 1980's French New Wave band Marquis de Sade

MARQUIS DE SADE ~ "STAIRS & HALLS" / "CANCER & DRUGS";


MARQUIS DE SADE ~ "WANDA'S LOVING BOY";


Jean-Marie Aerts - 72 - Guitarist with Belgian New Wave band TC Matic

TC MATIC ~ "LE JAVA";


TC MATIC ~ "MIDDLE CLASS & BLUE";


Shane Baldwin - 50's - Drummer for UK Hardcore & Thrash bands Vice Squad, Chaotic Dischord, Onslaught

VICE SQUAD ~ "LAST ROCKERS";


VICE SQUAD ~ "STAND STRONG STAND PROUD";


CHAOTIC DISCHORD ~ "ANARCHY IN WOOLWORTH'S";


Steve Albini - 61 - Singer/guitarist w/Chicago Post Punk/Noise bands Big Black & Shellac, later producer with Nirvana, Pixies, Bush, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, Jesus Lizard, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, the Wedding Present, Low, the Sadies, Superchunk, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Manic Street Preachers, the Stooges, Helmet, the Fleshtones, Cheap Trick, Varuca Salt, The Frames, Jawbreaker, Neurosis, Bush, Fred Schnieder

BIG BLACK ~ "BAD PENNY";


BIG BLACK ~ "FIST OF LOVE";


BIG BLACK;


Keith LeBlanc ~ 70 ~ Drummer with New York Dance Industrial bands Tackhead Sound System, Little Axe as well as ABC ("How To Be A Millionaire")

TACKHEAD SOUND SYSTEM ~ "HARD LEFT";


TACKHEAD SOUND SYSTEM ~ "TICKING TIME BOMB";


MINISTRY ~ "NWO";


MINSTRY ~ "JESUS BUILT MY HOTROD";


ABC ~ "HOW TO BE A MILLIONAIRE";


T. M. Stevens - 72 - American bassist w/The Pretenders ("Get Close" lp), Joe Cocker, Steve Vai

THE PRETENDERS ~ "DON'T GET ME WRONG";


THE PRETENDERS ~ "MY BABY";


THE PRETENDERS ~ "HYMN TO HER";


Dexter Romweber ~ 57 ~ Singer/guitarist with North Carolina Punkabilly band the Flat Duo Jets

THE FLAT DUO JETS ~ "CRAZY HAZY KISSES";


THE FLAT DUO JETS ~ "WILD WILD LOVER";


THE FLAT DUO JETS ~ "YOU BELONG TO ME";


Mojo Nixon - 66 - American musician ("Elvis Is Everywhere", "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child") and actor ("Super Mario Bros", "Great Balls of Fire")

MOJO NIXON ~ "DON HENLEY MUST DIE";


MOJO NIXON & SKID ROPER ~ "ELVIS IS EVERYWHERE";


MOJO NIXON & SKID ROPER ~ "DEBBIE GIBSON & MY TWO HEADED LOVECHILD";


Michael Ward - 57 - Guitarist with American Alternatie bands The Wallflowers, School of Fish

SCHOOL OF FISH ~ "3 STRANGE DAYS";


THE WALLFLOWERS ~ "LETTERS FROM THE WASTELAND";


THE WALLFLOWERS ~ "HEROS";


Carl Bevan - 51 - Drummer with 1990's Welsh Indie band (60 Ft. Dolls) and painter

60FT DOLLS ~ "STAY";


60FT DOLLS ~ "TALK TO ME";


Graeme Neysmith 50's - Guitarist with UK Showgaze band the Pale Saints

THE PALE SAINTS ~ "KINKY LOVE";


THE PALE SAINTS ~ "THROWING BACK THE APPLE";


Angela McCluskey - 64 - Scottish/American singer with Indie band the Wild Colonials

THE WILD COLONIALS ~ "GIRL";


THE WILD COLONIALS ~ "COY";


Fred Noonan - Drummer with Australian Alternative band Six Ft Hick

SIX FT HICK ~ "BEAT MYSELF";


Steve Kille - 50's - Bassist with American Indie band Dead Meadow

DEAD MEADOW ~ "WHAT NEEDS MUST BE";


DEAD MEADOW ~ "AT HER OPEN DOOR";


Michael Knott - 61 - Singer-songwriter with American Indie band Lifesavers Underground (LSU)

LIFESAVERS UNDERGROUND ~ "THE BOMB";

RIPs to Micheal Davis of the MC5 and some other classic rockers

Michael Davis ~ Bassist for the classic late 1960's proto-punk band The MC, later joined with Ex Stooge Ron Asheton in The New Order (not the other one). There is literally not a punk, garage or grunge band alive or dead that has not been influenced by the MC5. Nuff said ~ 68

THE MC5 ~ "KICK OUT THE JAMS";



THE MC5 ~ "MOTOR CITY'S BURNING"; <



Levon Helm; Drummer with The Band and The Hawks from the 1950's on. Starting off as a backing band for Ronnie Hawkins on Roulette Records before Hawkins moved to Toronto. Helm later moved to Canada as well and rejoined Hawkins new all-Canadian group renamed The Band as they went on to play with Bob Dylan on his classic folk-rock records, still later the Band would go on to a solo career in the late 1960's and 70's with several classic albums. After the Band broke up Helm would continue with a solo career as well as acting, including a role as the father in "Coal Miner's Daughter". He had been battling cancer for years and died at age 72.

THE BAND ~ "I SHALL BE RELEASED";



Buggs Henderson, guitarist with the Nuggets era Texas garage band Mouse and Traps, best know for their blatant Dylan rip off "A public execution" as well as the excellent "Maid of Sugar Maid of spice" died of cancer last week at 68. He stared out with an R&B group called the Sensors and in later years recorded as a solo blues guy.

MOUSE ANT THE TRAPS ~ "MAID OF SUGAR MAID OF SPICE;




Freddie Milano ~ Singer with Dion and The Belmonts, one of the greatest white Doo Wop groups with hits lke "Runaround Sue", "Lovers who wander", "A teenager in love" ~ 72

DION & THE BELMONTS ~ "RUNAROUND SUE";




JERRY "BOOGIE" MCCLAIN ~ "TWIST 62";





Donald Duck Dunn; Bassist with Booker T & The MG's, the classic house band for virtually all the classic Soul and R&B hits put out by Stax Records in the 1960's. Hits by the likes of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Albert King, as well as several instrumental hits by the MG's themselves. Later worked with Wilson Pickett, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Neil Young, Joe Walsh and Jerry Lee Lewis. Still later he played on Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks "Stop dragging my heart around". Appeared in the "Blues Brothers" movie as himself backing up the Brothers as well as Cab Calloway.

Booker T & The MG's ~ "Green Onions";


Herb Reed ~ Singer with 1950's Doo Wop group The Platters ~ 83

The Platters ~ "The Great Pretender" & "Only You";



Lloyd Brevett ~ Jamaican double bassist (The Skatalites) ~ 80

Chris Ethridge ~ Bassist with Gram Parson's International Submarine Band and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Also played with The Byrds and Emmylou Harris ~

The Flying Burrito Brothers ~ "Older Guys";


Robin Gibb ~ Singer with the Bee Gees, best remembered for their disco hits but originally known for a series of lush 1960's pop hits such as "To love somebody", "I started a joke" ~ 62 The Bee Gees ~ "I started a joke";




Vince Lovegrove ~ Co-lead singer (with Bon Scott) in 1960's Australian group The Valentines. The group broke up after a drugs bust and Lovegrove went on to be a producer and manager while Scott would later join AC/DC ~ 65

THE VALENTINES ~ "BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP";




Richie Teeter ~ Drummer with late 1970's New York punk band The Dictators, later with 1980's hair band shockers Twisted Sister ~ 61


THE DICTATORS ~ "SEARCH AND DESTROY";



TWISTED SISTER ~ "WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT";


Ronnie Montrose with 1970's hard rock band Montrose along with singer Sammy Hagar before Sammy went solo became a total twat. Ronnie later went solo ~ 66


MONTROSE ~ "BAD MOTOR SCOOTER";





Mike Hossack, one of many drummers of the 1970's stadium rockers Doobie Brothers most of whom were not brothers and none of whom were named "Doobie" ~ 65


THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ~ "CHINA GROVE";