Dope, Crime, The MC5, and My Life of Impossiblities. In January 1969, before the world heard a note of their music, The MC5 was on the cover of Rolling Stone. 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, chatoic, and out of control, and all but assuring their time in the spotlight would be short-lived. Kramer's story is a revilutionary one, but it is also the deeply personal struggle of an addict and artist.