IN MEMORIAM 1944 – 1991
Rob Tyner
Vocals with The MC5.
Proto-punk
Robert W. Derminer, known as Rob Tyner, was an American musician best known as the lead singer for the Detroit proto-punk band MC5. His adopted surname was in tribute to the jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. It was Tyner who issued the rallying cry of “kick out the jams, motherfuckers” at the MC5’s live concerts. Tyner had originally auditioned as the bass player, but the band felt his talents would be best used as the lead vocalist.
Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.
1944
Born December 12, 1944 in United States
BIRTH
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Member of The MC5
BAND · YEARS NOT IN DATABASE YET
1991
Died at 47
IN MEMORIAM