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Ray Davies has always marched to the beat of his own drum, which is perhaps why The Kinks never achieved the same colossal ...
What happens when you build your life — and your friendships — around a band that can't keep it together forever.
Ray Davies found the modern world a bit unnerving. "20th Century Man" brings those concerns to the fore via a character in ...
With a sound that was both raw and poetic, The Kinks carved out a legacy in rock history. But which ones are considered their ...
The Kinks were formed in London in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, a pair of gifted musicians who would also become ...
(CNN)-- Even Rock and Roll Hall of Famers aren't free from the hassles of touring. During a phone interview from Tasmania, where Kinks frontman Ray Davies is scheduled to play an afternoon concert ...
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 Elvis Presley's death.
If the Beatles hadn't gotten in the way, the Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" would have been about a different sunset altogether.
But around 1967 or so, when everyone else started exploring the boundaries of psychedelia, Kinks singer and songwriter Ray Davies dipped back to his native England’s Victorian period ...
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 ...