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“I don’t think anyone is anywhere near Ray Davies as a songwriter. He’s the best we’ve ever had. Closely followed by Paul McCartney”: Graham Coxon on his unearthed solo adventures, the challenge of writing for Blur and Damon Albarn’s guitar skills

The Blur guitarist takes us down to Castle Park – his lost solo album that was made 15 years ago but is just seeing the light of day

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Dedicated followers of passion: the Kinks’ 40 greatest songs – ranked!

To coincide with a new exhibition in London about the Davies brothers, we rate the best of a band who brought a sociologist’s eye to hard rock, gentle pastoralia and so much in between

The Guardian - UK

The Kinks' 'miraculous' reconciliation

The Kinks star Dave Davies has hailed his reconciliation with brother Ray Davies as "miraculous" and he has hinted they could return to performing together because they are now so "bonded".

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"It's miraculous, really, how we've become so bonded." Ray and Dave Davies would "never say never" to a Kinks reunion

The Kinks: Brothers exhibition of paintings is currently showing in London

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“I don’t know, but never say never... We have fluctuated between getting on really well and not getting on at all over the years but there’s always been telepathy": Could the Kinks reform onstage? Dave Davies isn't completely ruling it out

The Davies brothers are collaborating on an art exhibition in London

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"It was the first time David committed a self-composed song to wax. At the end of the session, Jimmy said 'Well, it's definitely not going to be a hit.' And he was right": When Jimmy Page and David Bowie collided, pre-fame

Early Bowie recordings featuring Jimmy Page to be released

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“I cannot endorse it. There’s misinformation in it about our early recording sessions”: Dave Davies denounces new Kinks book – and those Jimmy Page rhythm guitar rumors are at the center of it

Page has been wrongly credited with appearances on a handful of early Kinks tracks in a new book – and Davies has called it out

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"Give The People What They Want proves that The Kinks were still alive and kicking as the 80s began." Ray Davies successfully trades music-hall whimsy for slabs of radio-ready arena rock

The Kinks' 19th studio album explored the band's harder edges and saw the reintroduction of an old friend

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$"I was transfixed. I thought it was someone else. I said: 'Is that us? That's us!'" The fractious story of the Kinks classic they're still arguing about$

"I was transfixed. I thought it was someone else. I said: 'Is that us? That's us!'" The fractious story of the Kinks classic they're still arguing about

For a song at Hard Rock Ground Zero, there sure is a lot of disagreement about You Really Got Me

Louder

The Kinks' Dave Davies says serial killer John Wayne Gacy was 'so nice'

Dave Davies made the revelation during a chat on The Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan’s podcast The Magnificent Others, where he reflected on his time with The Kinks, and recited the lyrics from their 1967 tune Death of a Clown.

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“If anybody could play like that, they must be crazy”: How Dave Davies wrote the savage solo for the Kinks’ breakthrough hit

Davies debunks false claims that the track featured Jimmy Page and reveals how it all came about

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Historic London music studio where The Kinks, Adele and Sir Paul McCartney recorded faces demolition

The Kinks lead guitarist Dave Davies called the studio ‘an important part of UK’s musical heritage’

The Independent UK

The Kinks star Dave Davies says Moby made 'clumsy mistake' in Lola comments

The Kinks star Dave Davies has declared Moby made "a clumsy mistake" by slamming the band's song Lola as "gross and transphobic" - insisting there is "nothing nasty" about the lyrics.

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"If it were made today, it would sound like Green Day or a metal band." How a neurotic 19-year-old and a guitarist with a razor created the blueprint for metal and punk

The story of the song that schooled Metallica's James Hetfield

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The Guardian - UK

Kinks guitarist Dave Davies hits back at Moby for calling 1970 single Lola ‘gross and transphobic’

The band’s co-founder responded to the US musician’s comments, defending the song and saying they are ‘not transphobic’

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Thank you, Keir, for keeping calm

Brief letters: Starmer the statesman | Moby’s misunderstanding | London taxis | Chuck Norris | Small portions

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‘Gross and transphobic’: Why is Moby taking shots at ‘Lola’ by The Kinks?

American musician Moby is no fan of The Kinks' hit song 'Lola', describing its lyrics as "gross", "transphobic" and "unevolved". No one seems to agree with him - least of all The Kinks' guitarist Dave Davies...

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Moby slammed by Dave Davies after calling The Kinks’ Lola lyrics transphobic

Dave Davies has hit back at Moby’s claim that The Kinks’ classic Lola contains “gross and transphobic” lyrics, defending his brother Sir Ray and sharing support from trans musician Jayne County.

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Kinks legend defends classic song after transphobia accusation

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“The little idiot”: Dave Davies hits back at Moby calling Lola “unevolved” and “transphobic”

And he quotes Jayne County’s thoughts about the song

The Independent UK

Moby slammed by Dave Davies for calling The Kinks’ song Lola ‘transphobic’

US musician condemned lyrics as ‘gross’ after hearing the song pop up on a playlist

Louder

"I am highly insulted that Moby would accuse my brother of being 'unevolved' or transphobic in any way." Dave Davies fires back after criticism of The Kinks' classic Lola

Moby describes Lola's lyrics as "gross and transphobic" and "unevolved"

The Guardian - UK

‘The lyrics to Lola by the Kinks are gross – I was really taken aback’: Moby’s honest playlist

The DJ and multi-instrumentalist thinks Donna Summer still sounds like the future, but which ‘unevolved’ Kinks staple can he no longer stomach?

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“All I need is insurmountable odds. Give me your worst guitar, an amp made in a garage and a pedal that’s not meant to be there. We’ve got something”: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone

From flea market finds to amps that aren’t amps at all, the Queens of the Stone Age mastermind has begun to reveal his tone secrets – starting with the little Peavey that could. The self-proclaimed shepherd of the weird explains why it’s time to share

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'I once saw an Arsenal player stub out his cigarette as he ran onto the field' Ray Davies on his lifelong obsession with Arsenal, from the era of "boring, boring" era to the liquid football of Wenger

The Kinks frontman on watching the Gunners with brother and bandmate Dave, and nearly missing a gig to see England’s World Cup win

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