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Dennis Thompson (born September 7, 1948) is an American drummer, most famous for being a member of the 1960s–70s Detroit proto-punk/hard rock group MC5,[1] which had a No. 82 US single with "Kick Out the Jams" and a No. 30 US album with the same name.

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Dennis Thompson
Background information
Also known as	Machine Gun, MGT
Born	(1948-09-07) September 7, 1948 (age 73)
Origin	Detroit
Genres	Garage rock, proto-punk
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1963-present
Associated acts	MC5

Biography

Thompson began playing drums by the time he was nine years old.[2] Joining the MC5 by 1965,[3] Thompson was later 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.^{[citation needed]}

After MC5 broke up in the early 1970s, Thompson was a member of the 1975–1976 Los Angeles-based supergroup The New Order, the 1981 Australia-based supergroup 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).[4]

His influences include Elvin Jones, Keith Moon and Mitch Mitchell, and Motown.[5] In 2015, he described how his drumming technique had changed considerably over time, playing with "much less force and tucked in elbows, more wrist action and less arm action".[6]

Thompson was in the band DKT/MC5 with the surviving members of MC5, from 2003-2012. Later, he recorded two tracks for a new MC5 album in 2022.[7]

References

External links

• official website
• Interview with Jarrod Dicker (2009)

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