Nod to The Legend · Happy accidents · 1958
Link Wray's "Rumble"
Guitarist
Looking for a dirtier sound, Wray poked holes in his amp's speaker cone with a pencil. "Rumble" was so menacing that some radio stations banned it, an instrumental with no words.
Still heard: Distorted power chords: punk and metal start here.
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