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If the Beatles hadn't gotten in the way, the Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" would have been about a different sunset altogether.
The Kinks appeared in the tidal wave of music that poured out of England in the early 1960s. They were sandwiched in among ...
The Kinks enjoyed two decades of US chart success, but what was the last song of theirs to reach the American Top 40?
Ray Davies was the singer-songwriter of The Kinks’ first hit, but it was kid brother Dave Davies who created its fuzzed-up guitar sound by slashing his amp’s speaker with a razor in hooligan ...
Tracing the roots of how The Kinks frontman Ray Davies wrote their hit song 'A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy' which was inspired by ...
The Kinks invented the power chord. Despite what you may have heard, the basic rock ‘n’ roll power chord as we know it was shaped and perfected by Dave Davies on the Kinks’ mid-‘60s material.
The Kinks changed music with their iconic hit 'You Really Got Me', and Ray Davies believes he knows why Jimmy Page liked people thinking he played on it.
What happens when you build your life — and your friendships — around a band that can't keep it together forever.
__North American Premiere & Winner of four Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical__ Sunny Afternoon tells the story of the rise to stardom of The Kinks through their own prolific catalog of ...
Here, the three surviving members of The Kinks, Ray, his brother Dave and drummer Mick Avory, discuss the making of one of their most seminal songs, Waterloo Sunset… READ MORE: Ray Davies interviewed: ...
Arts writer Geoff Edgers produced and starred in a 2010 documentary, “Do It Again,” about his quirky quest to convince Ray and Dave Davies to reunite the Kinks (spoiler: He failed), during ...