On This Day: March 1 1980 Patti Smith and Fred Sonic Smith Got Married in Detroit

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On This Day: March 1 1980 Patti Smith and Fred Sonic Smith Got Married in Detroit.

On this day March 1 1980 Patti Smith married guitarist Fred Sonic Smith in Detroit. Their marriage marked a new chapter in Patti Smith’s life as she stepped away from the music industry for several years to focus on her family.

Fred Sonic Smith was best known as the guitarist for the influential garage rock band MC5 which was a major force in the late 1960s Detroit rock scene. Patti Smith had gained worldwide acclaim as a punk rock and new wave pioneer with albums like Horses and Easter...
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