The Kinks, the iconic English rock band that rocked the 1960s, has a name origin story that some fans might not know. The band, formed in Muswell Hill, north London in 1963, consisted of brothers Ray ...

The origin of The Kinks' band name is a revelation that's just hitting some fans. This iconic English rock band, hailing from Muswell Hill in north London in the UK, was formed back in 1963. Made up ...

the lesser Herman’s Hermits notched eight top-five singles. By the time the ban was lifted, “the Woodstock generation had arrived,” Ray Davies said, “and The Kinks were almost forgotten.” ...

This one-volume collection of early Brit-rock classics (1964-66) is a landmark because the Kinks` songs are presented as they were meant to be heard: in full-blooded mono, not the dim-sounding ...

A little over ten years ago, a two-disc Kinks BBC sessions collection was issued, but this time, those vaults have really been raided. Set for a release date of August 13, a five-CD / one-DVD ...

The Kinks will mark their 60th anniversary as a ... Boasting tracks from the Rock Hall-inducted group’s first singles in 1964 to their 1975 concept albums, each side of The Journey – Part ...

The Kinks in 1968 (photo ... fame and performing to tie it all together thematically, including two great singles, “Celluloid Heroes” and “Supersonic Rocket Ship.” While there are ...

open image in gallery The Kinks’ Sir Ray Davies after ... It and the three latter singles mentioned above feature on the new collection, along with classic B-side “I Need You”, but The ...

Fast-forward to 1983, and The Kinks released the last of their Top 40 singles in the US. The song might not be one that casual fans remember. But it displayed that the songwriting excellence of ...

he says of the indelible two-note figure — composed by Ray on piano before Dave brought it to guitar — that not only took the Kinks to No. 1 on the British singles chart but also launched the ...

As they went to work on "Muswell Hillbillies," the Kinks were riding high on ... from their previous label's insistence on hit singles, "Muswell Hillbillies" arrived the day before Thanksgiving ...