Name: The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, The MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities
Brand: Wayne Kramer

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9780571341276

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Paperback

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Limited edition

Release date

2021-06-17

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Faber

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9780571341269

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2018-08-16

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Wayne Kramer

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Music

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Faber and Faber

In January 1969, before the world heard a note of their music, The MC5 was on the cover of <i>Rolling Stone</i>. The missing link between free jazz and punk rock, they were raw, primal, and unstoppable.

Led by legendary guitarist Wayne Kramer, The MC5 was a reflection of the times: exciting, sexy, violent, chaotic, and out of control, and all but assuring their time in the spotlight would be short-lived. Kramer wanted to redefine what a rock 'n' roll group was capable of achieving - and there was power in reaching for that - but it was also a recipe for disaster, both personally and professionally. The band recorded three major label albums: but by 1972, it was all over.

Kramer's story is a revolutionary one, but it is also the deeply personal struggle of an addict and an artist. From the glory days of Detroit to the junk-sick streets of the East Village - in and out of prison and on and off drugs - this is the classic journeyman narrative, but with a twist: Kramer is here to remind us that revolution is always an option.

The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, The MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities

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