The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" may be one of their biggest hits, but songs like "Picture Book" and "All Day and All of the Night" are also among their best.

The Kinks remain one of the biggest rock bands to come out of the 1960s, but like anyone else, it took them a bit before they finally made their breakthrough. For the popular band, they finally really ...

In 1964, the Kinks released what would become their breakthrough hit with the song "You Really Got Me." The single, from the English rock band's self-titled 1964 album, peaked at No. 7 on the ...

The Kinks are one of the bands from the British Invasion of the 1960s that displayed staying power. Although the popularity of their albums waxed and waned throughout the next few decades, they were ...

The Kinks' "The Journey - Part 3" compiles their greatest hits from the '70s and '80s. The band shifted from conceptual works to a harder rock sound, achieving renewed commercial success. Conflicts ...

The pioneers of heavy guitar riffing - at least among the first to make a full record of it - were the Kinks, who paved the way for heavy metal and punk rock. While the band was already iconic, its ...

The Kinks are legends, icons, whatever. There’s no questioning that, of course. The gnarly opening riff of “You Really Got Me has been leaking its influence into other artists’ music since the first ...

The Kinks remain one of the biggest rock bands to come out of the 1960s, but like anyone else, it took them a bit before they finally made their breakthrough. For the popular band, they finally really ...