The band’s drummer, Mick Avory, offered an alternative explanation. He said being called “The Kinks” meant the group ...

Ray Davies was one of rock's great eccentric wits ... "Waterloo Sunset" became the climax of the band's 1967 masterpiece, Something Else by the Kinks, which had gems like "Two Sisters," "End ...

The Kinks invented the power chord ... but low-selling albums that elevated Davies to one of rock’s best-ever songwriters. The band had a commercial rebirth at the end of the ‘70s that ...

Bob Dylan inspired Ray Davies of The Kinks to write “Sunny Afternoon”, but it wasn’t “inspiration” in the general sense. While writing the song, Davies was exhausted and over it living in London. He ...

The Kinks weren't alien to the idea of lampooning trend-followers, but they went all out on their attack of one artist who ...

The Kinks' Dave Davies paid tribute to his former colleague, who played with the band between 1979 and 1993 ... I always thought Jim would live forever in true rock and roll fashion - strange ...

Fans can catch the band performing covers of classic rock songs such as "Tired of Waiting" by The Kinks and Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," perfect for a night out on the town with your dad.

But the band had not achieved chart success in America until “Our House” peaked at number seven. Today, the track, which like the Kinks' “Come Dancing” is also nostalgic-sounding ...

(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) The iconic actor’s tour sees him being backed by the blues band Blood Brothers ... A Rolling Stone’ and The Kinks’ ‘Tired Of Waiting’.

rock, pop and soul cover band. This is live music at its most visceral, most thumping and most entertaining. Make no mistake about it, no stone is left unturned; from The Kinks to Guns n' Roses ...