The Chord With No Third: How Link Wray’s Rumble Became the Genetic Code of Heavy Guitar DistortionGuitar HistoryIggy PopJimmy PageLink WrayPete TownshendPower ChordProto-PunkRumbleThe Kinks July 26, 2026 A two minute instrumental with no words, improvised at a 1957 Virginia sock hop, gave heavy guitar its two founding techniques. The lineage of Link Wray's Rumble. Read More
