Dennis Thompson (drummer)

Dennis Thompson
Born	(1948-09-07) September 7, 1948
Occupation	Drummer for MC5

Dennis Thompson (born September 7, 1948) is the drummer with the 1960s/1970s Detroit proto-punk/hard rock group MC5, which had a #82 US single with "Kick Out the Jams" and a #30 US album with the same name.

Thompson was given the nickname "Machine Gun" because of his "assault" style of fast, hard-hitting drumming that sonically resembles the sound of a Thompson machine gun (commonly referred to as a "Tommy Gun"). His drumming pre-figured and influenced punk, metal, and hardcore punk drumming styles.

After MC5 broke up, Thompson was a member of the 1975–1976 Los Angeles based super-group The New Order, the 1981 Australia based super-group New Race, The Motor City Bad Boys, and The Secrets. In 2001, he guested for Asmodeus X on the song, The Tiger (St. Thomas Records).^[1]

Thompson is currently in the band DKT/MC5 with the surviving members of MC5. The Dictators singer, Handsome Dick Manitoba, currently fills in for original singer Rob Tyner.

Footnotes and references

↑ Asmodeus X band biography, Retrieved September 1, 2009

External links

MC5

Wayne Kramer Fred "Sonic" Smith Rob Tyner Michael Davis Dennis Thompson Leo LeDuc Billy Vargo Bob Gasper Patrick Burrows Steve "Annapurna" Moorhouse Derek Hughes Ray Craig Ritchie Dharma Handsome Dick Manitoba

Studio albums	Back in the USA High Time

Live albums	Kick Out the Jams Teen Age Lust

Compilation albums	The Big Bang!: Best of the MC5

Song	"Kick Out the Jams"

Film	MC5: A True Testimonial

Related bands	Destroy All Monsters Sonic's Rendezvous Band The New Order New Race

Categories	Members Albums

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