As a result, the music was forced underground and found its expression in alternative ways. Is it any wonder that one of the most powerful songs in the history of rock music – the song that helped start the revolution – was by a Shawnee Indian named Link Wray, and it had no lyrics? Just raw, powerful, distorted guitar. A powerful yell.
Legend has it Link Wray created the sound for Rumble by punching out holes in old speakers creating the revolutionary sound, which would become one of the most important songs in rock history. --