Wayne Kramer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 30, 1948, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died
- February 2, 2024
- Movies
- 24
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".
Best-Known Movies
Gimme Danger
2016
A Band Called Death
2013
Punk: Attitude
2005
Super Duper Alice Cooper
2014
Danny Says
2015
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
The Boneyard Collection
2008
Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie
2001
MC5: A True Testimonial
2002
Filmography
| 2026 | I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol | Self |
| 2023 | AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex | Self |
| 2021 | Algren | Self |
| 2020 | The Ventures: Stars on Guitars | |
| 2019 | Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine | Self - MC5 |
| 2017 | Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World | Self |
| 2016 | Gimme Danger | |
| 2015 | Danny Says | Self |
| 2014 | Super Duper Alice Cooper | Self (voice) |
| 2013 | A Band Called Death | Self |
| 2013 | MC5: Early Video Collection 1967-1972 | |
| 2012 | Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story | Self |
| 2010 | Detroit Lives | Self |
| 2009 | It Came from Detroit | Self |
| 2008 | The Boneyard Collection | Wayne Kramer (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight") |
| 2005 | Punk: Attitude | Self |
| 2004 | Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair | Self |
| 2003 | Rockin' in the USA | |
| 2003 | Sonic Revolution: A Celebration of the MC5 | |
| 2003 | Plaster Caster | Self |
| 2002 | MC5: A True Testimonial | Himself |
| 2001 | Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie | Self |
| 2001 | 25 Years of Punk | Self |
| 1999 | MC5: Kick Out the Jams |
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