Andrew Sandoval explains why he and co-author Doug Hinman are publishing an expanded history of the great British band, investing $100,000 in the project ...
There was perhaps no band of the 1960s' British Invasion more British than the Kinks, with their story-songs that pined intensely for the Merry Olde England of the Davies brothers’ lost North London ...
Twitter has been chaos over the last few months ever since Elon Musk took over, and now The Kinks are even starting to feel the effects of it. Apparently, the platform has been putting warnings on the ...
The Kinks were yesterday’s men as the 70s dawned, written off as 60s relics. Their only significant hit since 1967, Days, hardly arrested a calamitous, lift-shaft fall which hit bottom with a ...
The Kinks have announced a new box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of their album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. The collection includes the original 1970 LP, remastered ...
Ray Davies didn't originally want the Kinks to release “Waterloo Sunset” because he wanted to keep the classic song for his family. Released in 1967, the track has achieved wide acclaim over the years ...
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 ...
The Kinks formed in London in 1963, and they amassed a practically peerless catalog of sharp, incisive, writerly rock 'n' roll. They're among the most-loved rock bands in history, and they might not ...
John Gosling, who played keyboard and piano in the Kinks for the better part of the 1970s, has died. The Kinks revealed the news on their official social media accounts, writing: “We are deeply ...
Shel Talmy, the producer behind hits including the Kinks‘ “You Really Got Me” and the Who’s “My Generation,” died on Wednesday following complications from a stroke, a representative confirmed to ...
When we think of the natural progression of rock ‘n’ roll, the Kinks are often toward the left of the timeline amongst other jangly rock groups like the Byrds and Donovan. But without the Kinks and ...