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.

The Kinks were formed in London in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, a pair of gifted musicians who would also become legendary feuding siblings long before the Gallaghers made family rifts a ...

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 ...

Partying with Keith Moon, jamming with Jerry Lee Lewis, getting into a ménage à trois with Brian Jones –Dave Davies has done it all ...

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 ...

Kinks leader Ray Davies releases his latest solo album, Working Man’s Café, next week. The Kinks 101 In early 2008, The Kinks wound up, oddly and out of the blue, at the top of the U.S. album ...

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 ...

“I don’t want to see the legacy of The Kinks soured by two miserable old men doing it for the money,” says Dave Davies ... cursed concep... Ray found life without the band far harder ...

A profile of the maverick pop icon of the 60s - hailed now more than ever as one of the greatest songwriters Britain has ever produced. In a unique and revealing interview, he talks about his ...

Dave Davies Accuses Brother Ray of 'Lying' About the Kinks' 'You Really Got Me' Guitar Sound Dave Davies Accuses Brother Ray of 'Lying' About the Kinks' 'You Really Got Me' Guitar Sound Most Kinks ...

For Ray Davies, personal issues came to a head in July 1973, when he announced onstage that he was quitting the Kinks.