In an effort to help Link Wary get elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach has just released the guitar pioneer's never-before-heard track "Son of Rumble" via his ...

When Link Wray recorded “Rumble” in early 1958, most rock-and-roll guitarists were doing everything they could to avoid distortion. Wray did the opposite, unabashedly leaning into it and, in the ...

Guitar master Link Wray, the father of the power chord in rock ‘n’ roll who inspired such legends as Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Pete Townshend, has died. He was 76. Wray died Nov. 5 at his ...

Born in 1929, Link Wray made some of the most blistering rock 'n' roll of all time. So why isn't he in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet? Initially signed to Cadence Records, Wray -- who was born ...

Link Wray, the Dunn-born rocker whose fuzz-toned guitar conjured danger, adrenaline and rebellion for its own sake, will join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a posthumous inductee — adding a ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Link Wray. Photo Courtesy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Legendary rock star Link Wray is finally headed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After many decades of ...

In 1972, Link Wray took the stage in Greenwich Village. For the forty-three-year-old North Carolinian who had rocked the world with his dangerous-sounding instrumental hit, “Rumble,” in 1958, it was ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Guitar master Link Wray, the father of the power chord in rock 'n' roll who inspired legends such as Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Pete Townsend, has died. Wray, 76, died at ...

Link Wray in 1974 promoting “The Link Wray Rumble” LP in California. Courtesy of LinkWray.com This story was originally published in The News & Observer Nov. 23, 2013. On May 3, 2023, the Rock & Roll ...

Link Wray is the man who is said to have inspired rock-and-roll legends such as Pete Townsend and Neil Young with his power chord guitar playing. Link Wray was 76 when he died earlier this month at ...