Wayne KRAMER: Dangerous Madness CD PROMO only. The MC5 guitarist! Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer. Check samples

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Wayne Kramer  – Dangerous Madness
Label: Epitaph  – 86458-2A
Format: CD, Album, Promo
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1996
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock
Tracklist:
1 Dangerous Madness 4:09
2 Back To Detroit 4:34
3 Wild America 3:52
4 Something Broken In The Promised Land 5:28
5 Take Exit 97 3:35
6 God’s Worst Nightmare 5:02
7 The Boys Got That Look In Their Eyes 2:55
8 A Dead Man’s Vest 3:30
9 It’s Never Enough 3:21
10 The Rats Of Illusion 4:07
11 Dead Movie Stars 7:00
Recorded By – Mike Wolf

Credits
Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
Producer – Wayne Kramer
Recorded By, Mixed By – Sally Browder (tracks: 1 to 10)

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No longer available from Epitaph or on Wayne’s website, Dangerous Madness is a fine slab of midwest American rock. Madness is the second solo release from Wayne Kramer. Kramer was a co-founding member & co-guitarist (along with the great Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith) of the legendary proto-punk band MC5, whose first album, 1969s Kick Out the Jams is one of the most influential records of the era. MC5’s raw, visceral sound helped lay the groundwork for punk. Wayne has successfully carried that sound into his solo work. On Dangerous Madness he digs into his own personal past, telling tales of harrowing bouts with drug addiction & jail time to create another blast of authentic, streetwise hard rock. The title track launches Dangerous Madness with a hard-driving, wary observation of society’s fringe, attacking talk-show culture & violence-prone extremism. Terence Trent D’Arby adds a subtle hint of soul to the otherwise brutal rocker. Kramer’s songs are fuelled with disdain, but are tempered with his experience.

“”Kramer’s lyrical phrasing often resembles the dark-side-of-life writing of street-level author Charles Bukowski, and his manic guitar attack paints a similarly gritty mural of shady debauchery. Dangerous Madness is a hair-raising jaunt through dark but realistic subject matter, proving Kramer to be an incendiary poetic force. His self-produced sonic boom effectively recaptures the raw musical intensity of his days in the MC5 without sounding overly nostalgic. The faint of heart may not wish to partake, but those with an appetite for brutally honest, bone-crunching rock will not be disappointed.””
AllMusic

All music written by Wayne Kramer, lyrics by Mick Farren except “”Back to Detroit””, “”A Dead Man’s Vest””, & “”The Rats of Illusion”” by Wayne Kramer. Most songs feature Wayne on guitar, bass, & vocals & Brock Avery on drums except “”Dead Movie Stars”” has Chad Smith on drums. Additional vocals by Terence Trent D’arby & Brett Gurewitz. Several track have Scott Thunes on bass while “”Dead Movie Stars”” has Tad Schumacher on bass.

Tracklist:
1 Dangerous Madness
Drums – Brock Avery
Vocals – Terence Trent D’arby
Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Farren*, Kramer*
4:09
2 Back To Detroit
Drums – Brock Avery
Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Kramer*
4:34
3 Wild America
Bass – Scott Thunes
Drums – Brock Avery
Vocals – Brett Gurewitz
Vocals, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Farren*, Kramer*
3:52
4 Something Broken In The Promised Land
Drums – Brock Avery
Vocals – Brett Gurewitz
Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Farren*, Kramer*
5:28
5 Take Exit 97
Drums – Brock Avery
Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Farren*, Kramer*
3:35
6 God’s Worst Nightmare
Bass – Scott Thunes
Drums – Brock Avery
Vocals, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Farren*, Kramer*
5:02
7 The Boys Got That Look In Their Eyes
Bass – Scott Thunes
Drums – Brock Avery
Vocals, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Farren*, Kramer*
2:55
8 A Dead Man’s Vest
Bass – Scott Thunes
Drums – Brock Avery
Tenor Saxophone – David McMurray
Vocals, Guitar, Bells, Piano – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Kramer*
3:30
9 It’s Never Enough
Bass – Scott Thunes
Drums – Brock Avery
Vocals, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Farren*, Kramer*
3:21
10 The Rats Of Illusion
Drums – Brock Avery
Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Kramer*
4:07
11 Dead Movie Stars
Bass – Tad Schumacher
Drums – Chad Smith [Red Hot Chili Peppers]
Recorded By – Mike Wolf
Vocals, Guitar – Wayne Kramer
Written-By – Farren*, Kramer*
7:00

Wayne Kramer scrapes the proverbial underbelly of society to remind listeners of the ever-present influence of his early work in the MC5 and validate his renewed creative tenacity with Dangerous Madness, his second solo outing. The punk/metal forefather delves into his seminal musical history and harrowing bouts with drug addiction and jail time to create another blast of authentic, streetwise hard rock. The title track launches Dangerous Madness with a hard-driving, wary observation of society’s fringe, attacking talk-show culture and violence-prone extremism. Terrence Trent Darby adds a subtle hint of soul to the otherwise brutal rocker. Kramer’s disdain for mainstream media is glaringly evident on “”Rats of Illusion,”” a scathing diatribe against lowest-common-denominator news programming. Kramer’s more optimistic-sounding songs are tempered with his experienced, cautionary tone. “”Wild America”” and “”The Boys Got That Look”” simultaneously embrace and warn against the wild bravado that was no doubt a driving force in his early years. “”It’s Never Enough”” scorches through a quasi-autobiographical account of drug addiction and misplaced ambitions. Kramer’s lyrical phrasing often resembles the dark-side-of-life writing of street-level author Charles Bukowski, and his manic guitar attack paints a similarly gritty mural of shady debauchery. Dangerous Madness is a hair-raising jaunt through dark but realistic subject matter, proving Kramer to be an incendiary poetic force. His self-produced sonic boom effectively recaptures the raw musical intensity of his days in the MC5 without sounding overly nostalgic. The faint of heart may not wish to partake, but those with an appetite for brutally honest, bone-crunching rock will not be disappointed.

17 years after the albums’ release, this live performance: