The Kinks have assumed several different guises in their impressive rock and roll history. They began as furious riff-rockers, segued into intelligent popsters, took a hallowed pit stop in theme album ...

The Kinks‘ chief songwriter Ray Davies always seemed to be a bit out of step with the prevailing trends in the world of rock and roll, which is part of why his band’s music stood out from the pack. On ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ray Davies and his younger brother Dave began gigging around North London as teenagers, playing with other future stars such as ...

The Davies brothers, raised in North London near the Muswell Hill suburb that would inspire one of their albums, formed the Kinks in 1963, eventually adding Avory and the late bassist Pete Quaife. The ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. British artist Ray Davies, left, performs at the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London's Hyde Park, Saturday, June 25, 2011. This ...

The Kinks. The Journey - Part 3. Before the Gallaghers' soap opera, Ray and Dave Davies set the benchmark for rock'n'roll sibling warfare. The working-class outsiders were half of one of the greatest ...

Read our review of *Sunny Afternoon*, written by Joe Penhall, now in performances at Alexandra Palace to 31 January. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

MINNEAPOLIS - He wasn't as cute and playful as Paul McCartney, as sexy and dangerous as Mick Jagger or as handsome and wholesome as Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits. But the Kinks' Ray Davies was the ...

Ray Davies and his younger brother Dave began gigging around North London as teenagers, playing with other future stars such as Rod Stewart and Charlie Watts before settling into a quartet called the ...