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Link Wray

Pixies - 'Surfer Rosa' - album - 1988

How Link Wray inspired the Pixies: “A confirmation of what we already were”

An important discovery, not just musically.

Arun Starkey
Nov 12, 2023
Mark E Smith - The Fall

The guitarist who made Mark E. Smith want to be a musician: “You’ve got no contemporaries”

“You kept my head together.”

Tom Taylor
Nov 6, 2023
Link Wray photographed at The Village Underground in NYC on 3-8-03

Jimmy Page honours Link Wray with ‘Rumble’ cover

The great unknown.

Tom Taylor
Nov 4, 2023

The Neil Young song that Link Wray called “pure, honest music”

Impossible to disagree.

Arun Starkey
Apr 15, 2023
Link Wray photographed at The Village Underground in NYC on 3-8-03

Link Wray: the guitarist Pete Townshend called ‘The King’

An icon.

Joe Taysom
Apr 10, 2023
The three Led Zeppelin songs Jimmy Page played with a bow

The song that taught Jimmy Page about “profound attitude”

A major influence on Page.

Tyler Golsen
Sep 29, 2022
Iggy Pop American singer 1977

The song that made Iggy Pop quit college and become a Rockstar

Quite a revelation.

Tom Taylor
Jul 15, 2022
Father Johny Misty Live

Father John Misty teases new music with sinister audio clip

An eerie offering.

Sam Kemp
Nov 29, 2021

The everlasting influence of Link Wray

Rock ‘n’ roll’s great unknown.

Tom Taylor
Nov 5, 2021
Travelling the surf spots of the 1960s

Surfin’ In The USA: On the trail of the surf spots of the 1960s

In pursuit of the perfect wave.

Sam Kemp
Nov 4, 2021
One of Bob Dylan's favourite British bands is an odd choice

Bob Dylan’s favourite instrumental track of all time

A song that change history.

Tom Taylor
Oct 12, 2021

Unlucky For Some: The 13 most underrated songs from 1971

Forgotten gems.

Tom Taylor
Feb 18, 2021

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