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In late 1994, her husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist with '60s agit-rockers the MC5, died of heart failure. A few weeks later, Smith's brother Todd, who was her road manager, suffered.

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4th November 1994 the Death of Fred 'Sonic' Smith Sonic - a forward-thinking motherfucker Today we pay homage to Fred 'Sonic' Smith, rhythm guitarist and songwriter with the revolutionary '60s Detroit band MC5: a Visionary Motherfucker who died of ill health at the age of just forty-five.

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MC5 is shown at a 1969 performance in its native Michigan. From left are drummer Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, lead guitarist Wayne Kramer, rhythm guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith and lead.

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Fred (Sonic) Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, died on Friday at St. John's Hospital in Detroit. He was 44 and lived in St. Clair Shores, a suburb of Detroit. The.

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Music Book Review: Two Dueling Narratives Pick Through the Wreckage of the MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer and bassist Michael Davis offer differing takes on a revolutionary band's tragic story. By.

The first photographs of the MC5's Fred Smith wearing his Sonic Smith regalia were taken May

History 1963-1967: Formation and early years The origins of MC5 can be traced to the friendship between guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred Smith.

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Fred (Sonic) Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, died on Friday, Nov. 4, at St. John's Hospital in Detroit. He was 44. The cause was heart failure, said his wife, Patti Smith, the poet and musician.Smith was born in West Virginia but soon moved to Detroit.

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Nov. 13, 1994 12 AM PT Fred (Sonic) Smith, original guitarist for the rock band MC5 and several other groups, including his Sonic's Rendezvous Band, has died. He was 44. He died Nov. 4 of.

Guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith of The group MC5 smashes his guitar on... News Photo Getty Images

Fred "Sonic" Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, was born in the Harts Creek area of Lincoln County and grew up in Detroit. He began playing guitar when he was 12, performing in a number of local bands before co-founding the MC5 in the mid-1960s.

Fred 'Sonic' Smith and Dennis Thompson of the MC5, Free Concert in the Park, May 1969 Ann

Fred "Sonic" Smith was the archetypical quiet one of the group, yet he was the main architect of their sound, entirely taking over the direction of the MC5's radical final album High Time..

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He introduces readers to the band's original members, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Michael Davis, and Dennis Thompson, and links the power of the MC5 phenomenon to its early days as the raucous house band of Detroit's legendary Grande Ballroom.

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Singer Rob Tyner died in 1991, guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith died in 1994, and bassist Michael Davis died in 2012. Kramer has kept the band touring over the past several years and published his.

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Kill their enemies! And that was not the revolution we were talking about." The MC5 (which stands for "Motor City" in honor of their Detroit hometown) formed in 1964 with Kramer, his friend.

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Fred (Sonic) Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, died Friday at St. John's Hospital in Detroit. He was 44 and lived in St. Clair Shores, a suburb of Detroit.

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Fred Sonic Smith of MC5 Home / GUITARISTS / Fred "Sonic" Smith 11/1994 Posted on November 6, 2015 by Macamba0 — Leave a comment Fred "Sonic" Smith 11/1994 November 4, 1994 - Fred "Sonic" Smith was born on September 13, 1949 in West Virginia, but raised in Detroit.