Blog: The Rising Storm

Link Wray, who is considered by many to be one of the greatest and most important rock & roll guitarists of all-time, is a pretty familiar name with rock fans all over the world.  The man practically invented distorted, fuzzy, and wild rock guitar sounds.  He was one of the first, if not the first, guitarists to use the almighty power-chord.  Pete Townshend has famously cited Link's importance, claiming that "he is the king;  if it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble', I would have never picked up a guitar."  By the way, "Rumble" has since been added by [...]

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