Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ray Davies and his younger brother Dave began gigging around North London as teenagers, playing with other future stars such as ...

While The Kinks have been known for the greatest English character portraits, there was some lustful energy beyond this ...

The Kinks enjoyed a career spanning more than 30 years, but there was a point much earlier when Dave Davies thought they were done. During a recent appearance on the Magnificent Others with Billy ...

In 1971, the great British rock group The Kinks embarked on a new phase of their career by signing with RCA Records. Freed from their old label Pye's insistence on hit singles, Ray Davies' song ...

They were the founding fathers of riff rock. Later, they’d become obsessed with album-long artistic statements. But in 1967, The Kinks delivered an LP with an identity all its own, one that gained ...

The rock and roll track was the iconic band's breakthrough hit and is still a fan-favorite.

After the Kinks tapped into American music on 1971's Muswell Hillbillies, they continued to take inspiration from across the pond on its 11th album, Everybody's in Show-Biz. The LP was a direct ...

The Kinks stand among the most influential British rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s, defined by sharp guitar riffs and observational songwriting. Their studio work, from early singles to ambitious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Journey through the unexpected downfall and triumphant resurgence of The Kinks' album that surprisingly flopped before achieving ...

Dave Davies, founding lead guitarist of The Kinks, celebrates his 78th birthday on February 3. While Davies’ older brother, Ray, was the British Invasion group’s main driving creative force, lead ...

The Kinks enjoyed a career spanning more than 30 years, but there was a point much earlier when Dave Davies thought they were done. During a recent appearance on the Magnificent Others with Billy ...

The Kinks stand among the most distinctive bands to emerge from the 1960s rock explosion. Their classic albums combined sharp social observation, British storytelling and riffs that influenced hard ...