The band’s string of albums in the first half of the decade was steady and, for the most part, forgettable. Everybody’s in Show-Biz, the two-act Preservation series, Soap Opera, Schoolboys in Disgrace ...

As a long-time the Kinks fan, I have witnessed band members come and go. During the Kinks’ 1977 Sleepwalker tour, I encountered former bass player Andy Pyle on three separate tour stops. His recording ...

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 ...

Nobody was better at the detailed character sketch than Ray Davies of The Kinks during that band’s late ‘60s, early ‘70s heyday. Davies often delivered these snapshots as part of the concept albums ...