Kinks (Organization)
‘The lyrics to Lola by the Kinks are gross – I was really taken aback’: Moby’s honest playlist
The DJ and multi-instrumentalist thinks Donna Summer still sounds like the future, but which ‘unevolved’ Kinks staple can he no longer stomach?
The Guardian - UK
3 min read
“All I need is insurmountable odds. Give me your worst guitar, an amp made in a garage and a pedal that’s not meant to be there. We’ve got something”: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone
From flea market finds to amps that aren’t amps at all, the Queens of the Stone Age mastermind has begun to reveal his tone secrets – starting with the little Peavey that could. The self-proclaimed shepherd of the weird explains why it’s time to share
Guitar World
14 min read
'I once saw an Arsenal player stub out his cigarette as he ran onto the field' Ray Davies on his lifelong obsession with Arsenal, from the era of "boring, boring" era to the liquid football of Wenger
The Kinks frontman on watching the Gunners with brother and bandmate Dave, and nearly missing a gig to see England’s World Cup win
FourFourTwo
8 min read
"It's not hard to see why they got left behind by Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and Saxon": Praying Mantis fail to surf the NWOBHM wave on Time Tells No Lies
Life at the melodic end of the hard rock spectrum was not always kind
Louder
15 min read
“We were afraid the record company was going to chuck us, so I started playing these chords. It all came about pretty quickly – like magic”: Dave Davies on the Kinks’ argumentative energy, mixed feelings on Van Halen, and Jeff Beck, the “loose cannon”
One of the O.G. progenitors of rock 'n' roll sits in with us to discuss the vital spark that lit the fire for a new generation – the sound, the fury, the friction, and the legacy
Guitar World
12 min read
What’s the greatest prog concept album of all time?
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is incredible, but were Genesis outdone by Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, Rush, Marillion or even The Kinks?
Louder
2 min read
“So Dave, how do I slash the amp?”: Dave Davies shows you the proper way to slash an amp to achieve his Kinks tone
The guitarist gives a firsthand showing of how to achieve the band’s landmark distortion without the use of pedals
Guitar World
3 min read
“So, Dave, how do I slash the amp?”: Dave Davies picks up a razor and slashes a speaker on camera to demonstrate how he got the Kinks’ iconic proto-fuzz guitar tone
There are gear demos and then there are gear demos in which a guitar legend performs the most radical amp mod to show us how he got the guitar tone on You Really Got Me
MusicRadar
5 min read
“The albums hadn’t been doing well. We weren’t doing great. Suddenly we kind of surprised people”: Dave Davies on how You Really Got Me saved The Kinks, those Jimmy Page rumors – and what he really thought of Van Halen’s cover
The guitarist who paved the way for rock and metal distortion breaks down the truths and myths of the groundbreaking 1964 hit
Guitar World
4 min read
“I thought it was quite funny-sounding. It was very good as well, though. I’ve gotten used to it”: Dave Davies on Van Halen’s rendition of this career-making Kinks track
Van Halen covered The Kinks, not once, but twice – signaling the Eddie Van Halen-led outfit's respect for the band
Guitar World
2 min read
