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Dave Davies and Mick Avory dish on the rebirth of the Kinks, who dominated U.S. arenas in the '70s and '80s, rocking the charts with "Come Dancing." ...
The 1964 Kinks classic rose to the top of the news chain recently when guitarist Dave Davies was forced to defend his ...
The Kinks would receive a four-year ban from America in 1965 whilst they were at the peak of their powers however the ban ...
The Kinks’ Ray Davies on drugs, mortality, and his volatile relationship with his brother: ‘I have a dark side’ While the frontman was always the more subdued of his bandmates, especially ...
But, lo and behold, when the ‘80s dawned, the Kinks were there again, with new hits. They didn’t hit as hard or score as big as the ‘60s songs had, but they were still putting out music that ...
SIR Raymond Douglas Davies and the United States Of America – let’s just say it’s a complicated relationship. Their paths first crossed in 1964 when the British Invasion was in full swing. The ...
Kinks reunion album update Dave and Ray are still at work on new material that fans are hoping will become the Kinks' first studio release since 1993. "It's going well," Davies says.
When they are doing their things, the Kinks are marvelous to listen to. The listener is amused and confused, enchanted and entertained, and always questioning. And Something Else is the Kinks at ...
You Really Got Me lyrics by The Kinks show the raw energy and bold sound that made this rock song a lasting classic.
To come up with the fuzzy distortion on ‘You Really Got Me,’ members of the Kinks distressed their speakers with knitting needles and razorblades. A look at how the influential 1964 hit took shape ...
The Kinks had that telepathy, and my brother, we grew up with one another.” Asked if they still fought -- and they had some doozies -- Ray said, “Not total violence.
‘The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society,’ which has been reissued for its 50th anniversary, showed the band a way forward.