# The Best MC5 Guitar Solos

> The 18 best MC5 guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Kick Out the Jams (1969), then Looking at You and Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa).

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MC5's Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith fused Chuck Berry drive with the free-jazz abandon of Albert Ayler and Sun Ra, creating a high-volume, two-guitar attack that became a blueprint for punk. Their leads traded polish for pure energy, feedback and chaos.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - MC5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC5), [Wikipedia - Kick Out the Jams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_Out_the_Jams)

1. [Kick Out the Jams](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-kick-out-the-jams/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1969
2. [Looking at You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-looking-at-you/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith · 1970
3. [Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-rocket-reducer-no-62-rama-lama-fa-fa-fa/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1969
4. [Starship](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-starship/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1969
5. [Motor City Is Burning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-motor-city-is-burning/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1969
6. [Ramblin' Rose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-ramblin-rose/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1969
7. [Sister Anne](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-sister-anne/) — MC5 · solo by Fred "Sonic" Smith · 1971
8. [Future/Now](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-future-now/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1971
9. [Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-skunk-sonicly-speaking/) — MC5 · solo by Fred "Sonic" Smith · 1971
10. [Over and Over](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-over-and-over/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1971
11. [Come Together](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-come-together/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1969
12. [I Want You Right Now](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-i-want-you-right-now/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1969
13. [Borderline](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-borderline/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1969
14. [Gotta Keep Movin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-gotta-keep-movin/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1971
15. [Shakin' Street](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-shakin-street/) — MC5 · solo by Fred "Sonic" Smith · 1970
16. [Call Me Animal](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-call-me-animal/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1970
17. [The Human Being Lawnmower](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-the-human-being-lawnmower/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1970
18. [Tonight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-tonight/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer · 1970

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