A few months back, I attended a local garage rock show at Miami's Temple of Music and Mecca of all things smelly and drunk going by the name of Churchill's; A staple in the music community now in its 30's. I was speaking to the band in an after-party and mentioned my man-crush on Link Wray and the travesty that continues to this day by not having him in the rock and roll hall of fame. Link Wray was the first man to purposefully use distortion in his music along with the beloved power chord. The first person to use distortion happens to be none-other than Ike Turner, in Rocket 88, when he used an amplifier that had been "damaged" by rain. Link Wray would punch holes into his speakers to create his sound.
Rumble is a highlight track of Wray's that makes the listener want to fight, fuck, and drink all at the same time. Please do yourself a favor and join the Link Wray legion of crassitude.
Listen below and you won't have an option but to do so. By the way, this man was missing a lung but the vocals do nothing but display the pillars by which rock and roll became a genre of memetic disobedience.
