I have been working on a book. My book. I would really appreciate some feedback from you, my gracious readers. Would you rather I write my memoirs? Would you prefer I right the story of the MC5 ala roman-a-cleff style? That’s when you change the names to protect the innocent…
Would you rather I give you the whole story of my life, as it has been a rather hellaciously exciting and funny and interesting ride? Or would you rather I write just the musical years?
Scary to write it with the real characters as this has a tendency to attract stupid lawsuits. I’d have to use “to the best of my recollection” a hundred times and “not sure exactly”, you know what I’m getting at here. In the meanwhile I am writing a juicy post from the glory days to grace these pages in the near future. Please write in and help me please? Pretty please with honey on it? MGT Take a look at this documentary from 2008Read more...
Hi Kimmer, my computer won't let me get to Machine Gun's site. I need a new computer. Memory is shot!!! I already wrote on his wall on FaceBook. But If you want I'll send another Birthday wish and you can write it on his site for me.
Thanks...... Because you play with two stick's you get two Birthday wishes today!!! Rat-a-tat-tat on your drum..... Happy Birthday Mr. Machine Gun!!! I wish you the very best my brother!!! Johnny Bee Badanjek
Astre Lemocker Late, but not too late to wish you a Happy Birthday, Machinegun!... If Moon was the King of drums, then you were the next ;) VIDEO
George John Byron Wharmby Happy birthday man!
Francis Morhet Happy Birthday !!!
Cynthia Jean Abela ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY¸.•*¨*•♫♪.♪♫•*¨* Have a wonderful B-day my friend!!!♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸ May this year bring you even better health, more happiness, and infinite prosperity! ¸.•*¨*•♫♪.♪♫•*¨*CHEERS!! ¸¸.•*¨*•♫
Nicky Nicholson The key to long life.........Just keep having Birthdays, it's a fact....The more birthdays you have the longer you will live......It's that simple.........Who knew? Happy Birthday Brother
Ruth Sosa Bailey HaPpy BirThdAy Dennis! Hope it was an awesome day!
Les Syndicat Happy birthday !
Pamela Riley Happy Birthday Wishes to You, Sweetie!!
Jamie Lindsey Hope it is a wonderful birthday!!!
Dan Murphy Happy Birthday Dennis...Remembering the days in Ann Arbor. Diag, PJ's, Nickel Arcade, South University, 1510 & 1512 Hill Street, the last Sinclair Benefit with John Lennon etc...
Jeffery A Bloom Happy Birthday Dennis
Mickey McIntosh Happy birthday
Chas Bradbury Dennis, wishing you an excellent celebration of the anniversary of the date of your birth!
Mary Ann Matteson Have a Happy Birthday !! Peace and Love
Carlos Messias Happy birthday, you born hellraiser. Keep up not giving a damn!
Scott Richardson happy birthday Dennis, all the best Scott R..
Yvonne Flynn Happy birthday!
Joe Bass Happy Birthday MGT!
Jim Edwards/Rockets singer Happy Birthday, man!
Arthur Shink Have a Happy Birthday Dennis Machinegun Thompson! You kick ass bro!
Pete James Happy Birthday Dennis!
Larry Gerstner Happy Birthday Dennis. Long may you rock !!!
Danny Smith Happy Birthday, Hope its a good one!!!
William Stuart Happy Birthday Dennis -and many more !
Robert Avramescu happy birthday, dennis!
Michael Snider Happy birthday Dennis!
Chuck Burns Happy Birthday!!
Joe Iafrate Happy Birthday part 2!!!
Karen Bishop All the best Dennis!
Dave Drewry Happy Birthday!
Aj Oneil Happy Birthday, Dennis!!!
Kerry Kudla Happy Birthday!!
David Dereczyk Happy Birthday and many ones more !
Mickey Catalina Happy Birthday!!'
Stephen McConnaughey Jr. Happy Birthday Dennis!!!
Enrico ZenBob Brienza Happy Birthday, Dennis!
Ed Blakley Happy Birthday!
Goran Polak Happy Birthday!
Jim Tilley Happy Birthday!
Donna Young Happy Birthday!!!
Harold C. Black Happy Birthday Dennis!
Nite Bob Happy Birthday Dennis!
Paul Dionne I salute you sir - a real inspiration - Happy Birthday MachineGun -
James R Grill Happy Birthday Dennis..Thanks for ROCKIN my youth
Nancy Wheeler ♥ Happy Birthday Dennis! Hope you have a great day! ♥
David Paul Geib Happy Birthday Dennis!!!
Christina Diane Skop Happy Birthday Sir! Keep Rockin! :)
Anthony Hennigan Happy birthday!
John Brumley Happy Birthday Dennis.
Kenneth Highland happy birthday! Keep rockin'!
Mark Groza Happy Birthday Dennis!
Ernest Stewart Happy Birthday Brother!
Mary Goodson Sanders Happy Birthday, Dennis!!
Michael Krawczyk/Motor city Music Archives Happy Birthday & keep movin' Dennis!
Jeff Bailey Happy Birthday Dennis!
Ted Cogswell Happy birthday Dennis!
K.j. Knight Have a Rockin' Birthday!!! Live It Up and Kick Maximum Ass!!!
Tim Heap Happy Birthday, sir!
Dom Kay Happy birthday Dennis! You rule, man!!
Eric McAughey Happy Birthday Dennis.
Timothy Foley Happy Birthday Dennis!
Irina Dvorin Happy Birthday!
Alan Villarreal Happy birthday,sir!
Drum Heaven Enjoy your birthday and thanks for the great music!
Bill Tripp Happy birthday, Dennis!!
Boris Nicolaj Bühler Eya! Happy Birthsday Dennis!!!I wish you great health, love, pleasure in life and a great time!!! Keep on rockin, bro!!! kindest regards boris
Ralph Blacklock Happy Birthday Machinegun.
Mark Bailey Happy Day to You!!
Maria Medina Happy Birthday Dennis
Florent De Nadai Happy Birthday Machine Gun !
Ethan James Clark happy birthday !
Andreas Rosin Congrats, Machinegun! Keep up the good work!
Mary Cobra Happy Birthday so you "Got to Keep Moving"....
Todd Swalla happy birthday...many more! cheers!
Andrew Scollick Happy Birthday thanks 4 everything
Laszlo Markus Happy Birthday, Dennis!
RevChuck Flynn Happy Birthday Dennis !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lisa Dayton Happy birthday
Johnny Zell HAPPY BIRTHDAY..DENNIS..:)
Marlene Landini Lady-Blue Happy Birthday!
Cheri Clair Happy birthday!
Don Garragio Happy Birthday Dennis , Have an awesome day followed by an excellent year !!!!!
Nate Heaberlin Happy Birthday Dennis, hope ur well buddy
Greg Shafer happy birthday gunner!
John Spurrier May you have a super awesome, ultra mega grandtastic celebration day of another year aboard the big, blue marble in space!!!...Or just have a happy birthday! ;)
Debbie McGee Happy birthday MGT!
Deborah Osment Happy birthday, Dennis!
Mikey Balagna Kick out the happy birthday Dennis
Marcus Sjöberg Happy birthday man! Have a great day. Best... Marcus of Dollhouse!
James Recca my dad would have been 101 today b:09/07/10 d:09/06/99 dennis used to hang out with my dad ,happy birthday "GUN" MAY YOU LIVE TILL 102.....................
Michael Smith "Happy Birthday Machinegun!"
Gary A. Schneider Happy Birthday, DMT!!!
Lewy Stix hAPPY bIRTHDAY!!
Steve Vozzolo Happy Birthday Dennis..!! I hope you had a great day..!! All the best, Steve
"Machine Gun" is a song by American musician Jimi Hendrix, featured on his first live album Band of Gypsys (1970). It is a lengthy, loosely defined (jam-base...
Bob Goldman Happy Birthday!
Brian Moore right now it's time TO!!!... happy birthday
Jennifer Kerr Happy happy birthday!
Marc Latzky Happy Birthday to you!
Patrick Maloney happy bday to a wonderful musician! YOU GOTTA KICK 'EM OUT!
Michael Rys Happy Birthday ! Cheers
Brew Kerr Happy birthday Dennis!
Kathleen Bradburn Happy Birthday sir!
Georgie Kaihewalu-Hetherington Happy Birthday Dennis, have a great one.
Brian Wimpy Happy Birthday!!
Trace Reimer Happy Birthday
Jen Wejbe Have a rock'n birthday Dennis!!!
Cliff Monk Happy Birthday Dennis ! ! !
David Earl Stark Happy Birthday!
Dan Whyte Happy Birthday!!!!
Jim Bailey Happy birthday.
Brian Russell Have a rockin birthday Dennis
Joe Humphry Happy Birthday " Machinegun " Hope your day was AWESOME, Kick out the jams motherf**ker........................................... PEACE.... Joey Nobody !!!
Yvonne Trudelle-Nelson Happy birthday
Melissa Peslis Happy Birthday Uncle Dennis! xoxo
Ken Olson Happy Birthday Brother Dennis!!
Dorrie Auvil Happy Birthday Dennis
Ron Elkins Happy Birthday Dennis, I Hope you had a Great Day.
Kevin Cheli-Colando Kicking 'em out for another year! Happy days.
Shane Ringo happy birthday, you rocker!!
Lenny Smith Well, I heard the news! Happy Birthday, Dennis! Wishing you plenty good rockin' tonight!
Dawn Andrews Edwards Happy Birthday Dennis!
James Good Happy Birthday Dennis !!!!!
Mike Hammo Hamilton happy b day
Feryl Behrens Happy Birthday Dennis!!
Brad E Shaw Happy B Day Dennis Keep on Rockin Brother
Brad E Shaw Happy B Day Dennis Keep on Rockin Brother
Peter Crowley ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! ~
Margaret White Happy Birthday, hows it feel to be a living legend? ps. you going to the workshops next week when Wayne's in town?
Harold Zee Happy birthday Dennis!!!!! have fun all the very best!!!
Nate Czarling say happy birthday in Gonzo hall
Andy Ondrus HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER AND MANY MORE
Lucabrazzi Rocknroll happy birthday brutha
Tom Gould Happy Birthday, Dennis. Have a cool birthday. Bossa Nova Beatniks - Have a Cool Birthday
Edna Ramirez Happy Birthday Machinegun :)
Marjorie Darden Happy Birthday!
Abbie Hoffmann Happy Birthday Machinegun!
Joanne Braverman Happy Birthday !!! and Thanks for the rocknroll
Roxy Roller happy birthday Dennis Machinegun Thompson
Jeanette Morgan Hope you get happy. Thanks for the music!
Ray Dafrico Happy Birthday Brother Dennis!
Doug Cartwright Da da da da da da da da........................................They say it's your Birthday.................................Happy Birthday to you...................................................Panama Doug
Mike Gaskin Hello Mr. Thompson!! Happy Birthday!! Hope it is a Great one!! Will see you in the future!!
Happy birthday to legendary drummer Dennis "Machinegun" Thompson! We had a thousand of his fans pop in last year to send Den happy birthday wishes and hope to continue that tradition every year. So Happy birthday and keep KICKING OUT THE JAMS MOTHER F**KER!!!!!
Enjoy two videos I made for Den this past year....
Dennis' favorite MC5 song written by Fred "Sonic" Smith
Gotta Keep Movin written by Dennis Thompson
WITH MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT .... YOUR FRIEND KIM MAKI XXOOK
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Dennis "Machinegun" Thompson
Machine Gun powered the band as well as ever. I did my best, ha.. ha.. ha..
We did it in style. The Guitar en Scene Festival in Cluses, France was a howling success. Hell, we did Black To Comm as an encore! Excellent… William Duvall was stellar—what a lead singer... Could not have been any better. He really killed ‘em on the whole set.
Wayne Kramer William Duvall Adam Pearson
Adam Pearson—what can I say about Adam, as He and Wayne work so well together on the twin guitar attack.
Michael Davis and Dennis Thompson
Michael Davis—He was the super soldier in as much as he did rehearsals and the show on a recovering broken leg in a leg brace and using crutches! Great job Mike!
Wayne played his ass off and as usual and scored high points in the blistering solo department. It was a guitar festival after all…
Christian Lacroix and Wayne Kramer
To Christian Lacroix, the key man in putting together this one of a kind festival, we can only say thank you from all the men in the DKT/MC5 corner. Thank you again for everything from our rehearsal setup to the stage/backstaging area. All was as classy a setup as I have ever experienced in the DKT/MC5 run these last eight years.
The Stooges were downright dangerous as usual, and together with Lisa Kekaula & The Bellrays (Lisa sat in with us for one tune) a grand time was had by all in attendance. Truly…
Well, rock on my friends, and don’t forget to write me and keep Kickin’ Out those Jams Mother F—kers!!!
No other band is more closely associated with the 1960s hippie, free love, abundant drug, activism movement than Detroit's MC5. The hard rocking five-piece band poured body and soul into formenting a social-psychoactive revolution that they hoped would reshape the buttoned down, conventional landscape of contemporary American culture. The MC5 was founded on the notion that rules are to be broken and they became the very embodiment of no-holds-barred rock and roll.
Click Triangle To Start the Music
MGT TALKS WITH KEN SHIMAMOTO
Welcome to Machinegun's Blog
The Rock & Roll Dictionary states that a “machinegun” is a drummer from Detroit, Michigan who employs a battering style of rapid, hard strike drumming whom is also a founding member of the legendary MC5 Jarrod Dicker
Gary Grimshaw Poster
Great Interview with Mike
MACHINEGUN'S GALLERY
Ron Asheton and MGT
Ron described playing with Machine Gun, compared to others, as "like driving a Ferrari" ... unlimited power, speed, and you better know what the f*ck you are doing. --Deniz Tek
THE MOTOR CITY FIVE
Each MC5 record showed a chronological maturity based on growth from our first records to the next one. We went through so many experiences from the bizarre to the sublime. The 5 encountered the dangers of being so politically and musically honest & forthright. Changes we were uncontrollably thrown into, so we morphed like butterflies to survive! We rolled with the haymakers...MGT
The Motor City's Burning
MGT Plays Taye Drums
Taye Drums Studio Maple Stage 20 Drum Set in Piano Black