This one is for all you rock and roll mavens out there. Can you name the only instrumental song which was banned from radio play? That is correct, a song with no lyrics was banned as being “too ...

“Son of Rumble” has a great guitar tone to it, and this instrumental is more upbeat and captivating. This is the iconic guitarist’s never-released follow-up to “Rumble.” In April of 2018, it will be ...

It's hard to imagine an instrumental being banned as too subversive, but that is what happened to Link Wray's "Rumble" in 1958. Its tough, muscular sound captured the tension of a gang fight and many ...

Link Wray’s 1958 instrumental “Rumble” is a seminal work of American popular music, one of those songs that’s so fundamental that even if you don’t think you know it, trust me, you do. “Rumble” was ...

WHAT IT’S ABOUT This wide-ranging music documentary (which had a brief theatrical release last year) takes its name from “Rumble,” a 1958 hit by guitarist Link Wray and one of the first tracks to ...

Before taking the stage, Page appeared in a pre-recorded video saluting Wray’s massive influence on rock music. “I’m really proud and honored to induct Link Wray into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” ...

This story was originally published in The News & Observer Nov. 23, 2013. On May 3, 2023, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced Link Wray would be inducted in the Class of 2023 in a ceremony on Nov.

The birth of guitarist Link Wray’s influential “power chord” has been traced to a 1958 dance in the city. It might come as a shock to teens bored by the local music scene, but punk rock and heavy ...