Link Wray

The 1958 Song “Rumble” by Link Wray was Banned on Several Radio Stations in the United States for Glorifying Juvenile Delinquency.

Many controversial songs have obvious reasons for being shunned or banned, from NWA’s profanity-laced F*ck Tha Police to The Prodigy’s Smack My B*tch Up, but the reason for”Rumble, the only instrumental banned from radio, does not hold up today.  But did you know that song was banned in the US? Despite having no lyrics, Link […]

The 1958 Song “Rumble” by Link Wray was Banned on Several Radio Stations in the United States for Glorifying Juvenile Delinquency. Read More »