- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrederick Dewey Smith
- Nickname
- Sonic
- He was not born in Detroit as it states. His maternal grandfather delivered him on their kitchen table in Logan, West Virginia in the middle of a thunder storm when the midwife didn't get there. His mother's name was Kathleen. His middle name was Dewey, after his Dad. His family later moved to Detroit.
- IMDb mini biography by: Cynthia Adkins Carper
- SpousePatti Smith(March 1, 1980 - November 4, 1994) (his death, 2 children)
- He and wife Patti Smith lived in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, an eastern suburb of Detroit, during their married years (1979-1994).
- His memorial service was held at Detroit Mariner's Church - made famous in the Gordon Lightfoot song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - the same church in which he and Patti Smith had married 15 years earlier.
- Sonic Youth has acknowledged that he was the inspiration for their name.
- Collaborated with wife Patti Smith on a soundtrack song from the Wim Wenders' 1991 film, Until the End of the World (1991) (aka "Until the End of the World").
- Formed the band "Sonic's Rendezvous Band" after MC5 disbanded in 1972.
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