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"It’s not like anything else. I liked it for that. We'd always take a different path": The story behind The Kinks' brilliantly subversive classic Lola

A tale of sexual ambiguity in 60s Soho, Lola provided The Kinks with a worldwide hit at the exact moment they needed it most

Louder

‘Played on over 250 albums’: was Nicky Hopkins the greatest unsung pianist ever?

He helped shape classic songs by the Rolling Stones, The Who and the Beatles but his influence on music has been largely ignored. A new documentary aims to correct that

The Guardian - US

Watch Rory Gallagher and The Kinks set The Midnight Special ablaze in 1974

Includes the fastest version of The Kinks' You Really Got Me you're ever likely to witness

Louder

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They may have lit the fuse for high-voltage rock, but The Kinks are much more than You Really Got Me – and Ray Davies’ inventive acoustic style influenced a generation of players, including Pete Townshend

Listen to the guitar work of the Davies brothers and you’ll gain a real insight into how it was all done back in the 1960s

Guitar World

“Everyone’s story is different… All I can say is he was definitely there, and it was weird”: Syd Barrett’s surprise visit to Pink Floyd‘s studio

Five years after they’d felt forced to dump him, the band’s original leader shocked his former colleagues at Abbey Road in 1975

Louder

Cyril Davies was a grumpy, balding panel beater who "drank bourbon like a fish": He also inspired a generation of rock musicians – and has been all but airbrushed out of history

What do The Kinks, Stones and The Who all have in common? For one thing, a harmonica-playing bluesman nicknamed 'Squirrel'

Louder

"We get halfway through, just before the solo, and all the power goes off on stage": The night a furious Ray Davies cut a Yes set short before aiming blows and kicks at Rick Wakeman

In late 1971, Yes and The Kinks hooked up for a short run of shows in New York, but brotherly love between the bands was in short supply

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“He remembers my guitar sound clearly, end of story”: Dave Davies rejects Eddie Kramer’s Jimmy Page overdub claims and insists that he alone played all guitar parts on You Really Got Me

The Kinks guitarist has responded to recent quotes concerning the recording of the 1964 hit

Guitar World

“There’s some contention about that, but that’s how I remember it”: Eddie Kramer says Jimmy Page did play on The Kinks’ You Really Got Me – but it might not have been the version we know today

The decorated rock producer has recalled the first time he crossed paths with Page, who was busy recording an overdub for the 1964 hit

Guitar World

"I fell to my left and felt a heavy thump as the bullet hit me": What happened when The Kinks' Ray Davies was shot in New Orleans

How a pleasant night out at a Japanese restaurant ended with Kinks mainman Ray Davies diving for cover as a gunman took aim

Louder

24 things to get excited about in 2024

As with all years, 2023 had plenty of great, memorable rock moments. With a new year now upon us, here’s what we’re vibed up for that’s coming along in the next 12 months

Louder

"I want my Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. I want to find real love. I want to make more money than I ever have": Wild nights on the road with The Struts

The Struts have made bad decisions, suffered imposter syndrome and much more, but they haven't stopped wanting to be the biggest and the best

Louder

"We've got loads of songs there in pieces": Ray Davies reveals he's recorded "about 20" new Kinks songs with brother Dave, and he plans to finish them

This year has seen new releases from The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Could The Kinks follow suit?

Louder

Chrissie Hynde: ‘I’m more relaxed now. Ageing is like being a pothead again’

The Pretenders frontwoman takes questions from famous fans and Observer readers on her relentless creativity, rethinking her hippy youth, and her cruelty-free farm

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

The Kinks’ Ray and Dave Davies pay tribute as keyboardist John Gosling dies aged 75

Musician recorded 10 albums with the seminal rock group

Louder

“Ray visited him just before he died and apologised for putting him at the centre of the story”: It took five decades for the Kinks’ Arthur to come of age

The 1969 empire-themed concept album, a commercial flop at the time, is perfectly suited to the current political climate

Los Angeles Times

The Kinks' Ray Davies on the song he wants played at his funeral

Since the 1980s, Ray Davies has intermittently led a seminar for aspiring songwriters through England's Arvon Foundation — a side hustle he landed, of course, as a result of the dozens of classic tunes he penned as frontman of the Kinks, including "You Really Got Me," "All Day and All…

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Different strokes for different folks

It was a bit alarming to learn the Eurovision Song Contest is still going strong, having celebrated its 67th year in Liverpool last weekend. The event had already looked the worse for wear back in the 1960s, but somehow it just won't go away. In fact it's got bigger and…

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Belfast Live

Co Derry music industry insider shares story of working with stars including Van Morrison, Ray Davies and the Buzzcocks

The music industry memoir is set to launch this week

The Guardian - UK

Kinks-shamed: Dave Davies asks Elon Musk to stop flagging band-related tweets

Guitarist pleads with Twitter owner after one of his tweets carried a sensitive content warning

The Guardian - UK

The battle for Highgate: George Michael’s old house at centre of face off over ‘resort for super-rich’

Tensions over old and new money ride high in the historic London enclave, where a makeover of the star’s former Grade II-listed home is under way

Wales Online

50 Welsh rugby matches cancelled as clubs struggle to field teams in post-pandemic 'nightmare'

Welsh community rugby faces a growing problem post-pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Living on a Thin Line by Dave Davies review – a Kink in his armour

This powerful tell-all from the Kinks guitarist puts the spotlight on his own bad behaviour, dalliances with the occult and his recovery from a stroke

Tribune News Service

Singing Charles Mingus’ praises: Keith Richards, Ray Davies, Penn Gillette among jazz giant’s avid fans

How big an impact did Charles Mingus have beyond the jazz world?

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