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 ...

“I’ve found that a lot of Kinks music is pretty timeless in the sense that it’s not really been in one particular age or time, but in some ways quite futuristic.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photo: ...

In characteristically whimsical fashion, Kinks frontman Ray Davies told the BBC Monday that the group will be getting back together to record a new album after more than 20 years apart — although he ...

“It resonated the way I felt at the time,” Dave Davies says of his signature guitar riff on The Kinks’ seminal power-chord pop masterpiece “You Really Got Me,” which, in an instant in 1964, forged how ...

Dave Davies is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most impactful guitar players of the last 60 years. His work as the lead guitarist of the legendary British Invasion band The Kinks ...

When a dedicated follower of the Kinks, Luke Skywalker (aka Mark Hamill), went to Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre on Nov. 3 to see the band’s guitarist Dave Davies perform a solo show, he had lots to tell ...

After over two decades of animosity, it appears that The Kinks are getting back together. As frontman Ray Davies recently told The Telegraph despite some friction between his bandmates Dave Davies and ...

Dave Davies knew his brother Ray had come up with a special sort of masterpiece in the character-driven “The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society.” A bittersweet song cycle driven by ...

The Kinks were on the verge of collapse when they began 1969’s Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire). They’d just parted ways with original bassist Pete Quaife and their previous ...

Ask Dean is a Journal Star column focusing on all things Peoria: its history, mysteries, quirks and culture. Send your questions to [email protected]. Question: I'm a retired Peoria native and ...

When the Kinks' sixth album, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, was released in November 1968, the band was more than three years removed from its last Top 10 hit. The preceding two ...