Today Leonard is joined in the studio by lead guitarist and founding member of the MC5, Wayne Kramer.
From his genre-defining wall of feedback on the band’s seminal work “Kick Out The Jams” to their infamous performance at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that landed them both in jail and on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine before they even had a record deal, few groups had as wild or influential a time in the spotlight. The “big brother” band of The Stooges in their earliest days, the pioneers, purveyors and arguably creators of punk and heavy metal music, the MC5 created a sound far ahead of its time.
Today Leonard talks with Adrian Benepe A senior vice president and director of city park development for The Trust for Public Land, Adrian Benepe...
On today’s edition of Leonard Lopate At Large, Leanord has a conversation with Dan Klores about his creation of the twenty-hour series, “Basketball: A...
Today on Leonard Lopate At Large, Malachy McCourt talks to Leonard about his diverse career. From growing up in the hardscrabble childhood surroundings brought...