The Kinks’ breakthrough hit “You Really Got Me” arrived 60 years ago this summer. In celebration of the milestone anniversary, the legendary British Invasion band is releasing a limited-edition 7-inch ...

If You Really Got Me is the first thing that springs to mind when you think of The Kinks then fear not, you aren’t alone. Their 1964 hit defined an era with that ‘slashed speaker’ sound, ...

The Kinks’ You Really Got Me is one of the greatest rock songs ever committed to tape, but the history surrounding its actual recording is the subject of some intense debate. One key issue surrounds ...

Shel Talmy, the influential rock producer who cut such classics as The Kinks‘ “You Really Got Me” and “Waterloo Sunset” and The Who‘s “My Generation” and “I Can’t Explain,” died during Wednesday at ...

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Who invented heavy metal music? The list of those cited as inventing rock music's sub genre includes iconic musicians Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. But could it be the guitarist for ...

Two years before Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side”, a British band introduced the world to a gender-fluid heroine. Brothers Ray and Dave Davies formed The Kinks in London in 1962. They first made a ...

The Kinks' 60-year history has been quite a journey. At times, the discord between brothers Ray and Dave Davies threatened to overshadow the music that was being made. But as Ray writes in the liner ...

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“There was The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who and The Kinks,” says Arnold Engelman, the New York producer who has been pursuing the story of the last band on that list for some 20 years. “And ...