[kj] Power Chord Pioneer Link Wray Dies at 76

[fluw]

i was mesmerized by link's  "rumble" as a cocky punk in '82...the affect 
from "rumble" was equivalent to stray jokers 82 boot
( wardance and follow the leaders ). those charly lp's were an epiphany 
of the lost menace of comparably dangerous 50's punk underground  - that 
the nicey nicey capitalistic nostalgia 50's propaganda had whitewashed 
and packed on k-tel records for the stupid bobby soxer crowd.

hasil adkins, link wray, the black leather rebel - gene vincent, marlon 
brando - wild one, jerry lee/his little hotty cuz, little richard and 
buddy holly double teaming some slut backstage, J. Cash raizin hell, 
johnny burnette trio, esquirita... pleaze -anything after them was 
cupcake and frosting.

fuck, it all gets white washed no matter what generation, it all becomes 
either, _*fabian, the beatles, or green day !!!!!!

fuckin his-tory writers  *_*-* if it isn't placed nicely packaged on 
their door-step, the future won't know.



Alexander Smith wrote:

>
>
> "unfortunately it seems his greatness is still unheard of in the 
> mainstream..."
>
>
> This is so true. I had an interview last week with MTV News.Com that 
> went -- bizarrely -- really well. They told me to come back in a week 
> after familiarizing myself with their website. Fine. So, over the 
> weekend, I keep checking in with the site just to see what sort've 
> stuff they do (lots and lots of teenybopper bullshit -- surprise). I 
> hear, I guess, on Sunday about Link's passing, and go over to the 
> MTVNews site. Nothing. Not a fucking sausage. I check back on it on 
> Monday. Lots of notes about 50 Cent and Green Day, but not a fuckin' 
> sentence about poor Link.
>
> Okay, now granted, Link is not familiar to MTV's demographic, but STOP 
> ME IF I'M FUCKIN' WRONG, but the man INVENTED the fucking power chord. 
> Rock may be in its death throes, but I'll be damned if Green Day and 
> company aren't still employing the power chord to this goddamn day.
>
> RESPECT IS DUE.
>
> Think Link!
>
> Alex in NYC
>
>
>
> On Monday, November 21, 2005, at 09:26 PM, fluw wrote:
>
>     yeah i posted something about it yesterday..no matter.
>     really sad he has gone, even in old age he was tearing it up out
>     there on the road
>
>     unfortunately it seems his greatness is still unheard of in the
>     mainstream...
>     anyone who listens to punk or metal and doesn't spin a couple
>     records by the *ace of spades* himself from their own collection
>     must get hip or go home.
>
>
>
>     _Devacor at aol.com_ wrote:
>
>
>
>     don't know if this has been posted yet...
>     _____________________________________________________________________
>      
>     Power Chord Pioneer Link Wray Dies at 76
>
>     COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Nov. 21) - 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 home in Copenhagen, his wife and son said
>     on his Web site. No cause of death was given, but his family said
>     his heart was "getting tired." He was buried Friday after a
>     service at Copenhagen's Christian Church.
>
>     "While playing his guitar he often told the audience, 'God is
>     playing my guitar, I am with God when I play,"' his wife, Olive,
>     and son, Oliver Christian, wrote. "We saw you go with God, you
>     were smiling."
>
>     Wray, who played in his trademark leather jacket, developed a
>     style considered the blueprint for heavy metal and punk music. He
>     is best known for his 1958 instrumental "Rumble," 1959 "Rawhide"
>     and 1963 "Jack the Ripper." His music has been featured in movies
>     including "Pulp Fiction," "Independence Day" and "Desperado."
>
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