Kramer vs. Kramer

If that's not enough to raise the specter of the MC5, there's an upcoming documentary on the MC5 in the works and an MC5 book by Ben Edmonds. In addition, Kramer's descent into drugs will be preserved on celluloid in the upcoming movie of the Clinton Heylin book Please Kill Me, for which Kramer will do the music. For those of you who haven't read it, it chronicles the rise and fall of punk and reads like a bad whodunit where every rock 'n' roll junkie dies at the end.

"Everybody except me and Dee Dee," laughs Kramer.

Wayne Kramer is scheduled to perform on Wednesday, March 17, at Hollywood Alley in Mesa, with the Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, and the Sonic Thrills. Showtime is 8 p.m.