Like Link Wray punching holes in a speaker with a pencil to get the distortion on ‘Rumble.’ You can’t have this discussion without Link, especially when mentioning MC5 and the Stooges. Check out the new PBS doc “Rumble, the Indians that Rocked the World” for interviews with Wayne Kramer and Iggy Pop about this. Kramer describes arguing with a recording engineer that wanted “clean” when he wanted Link’s sound.
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