The 1960s was one long party for Dave Davies. While his older brother, Ray, observed and wrote about Swinging London from a distance, The Kinks’ guitarist was aptly dubbed Dave The Rave.
Partying with Keith Moon, jamming with Jerry Lee Lewis, getting into a ménage à trois with Brian Jones –Dave Davies has done it all ...
They were the founding fathers of riff rock. Later, they’d become obsessed with album-long artistic statements. But in 1967, The Kinks delivered an LP with an identity all its own, one that gained ...
Ray Davies was the singer-songwriter of The Kinks’ first hit, but it was kid brother Dave Davies who created its fuzzed-up guitar sound by slashing his amp’s speaker with a razor in hooligan ...
Ray Davies has been discussing his current relationship with his brother, Dave, and the possiblility of further Kinks activity. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Davies said, "Over the years ...
The Kinks have denied reports that they will reunite without band member Dave Davies. In an interview with Mojo magazine, Ray Davies is quoted as saying that the band could reform without his ...
But around 1967 or so, when everyone else started exploring the boundaries of psychedelia, Kinks singer and songwriter Ray Davies dipped back to his native England’s Victorian period ...
For Ray Davies, personal issues came to a head in July 1973, when he announced onstage that he was quitting the Kinks.