The album Ray Davies called “a deathwish”
“Maybe it’s an artistic death wish.”
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How Ray Davies knew The Who would “rewrite the rules” in the late 1960s
Ray Davies greatly admires Pete Townshend.
Ray Davies at 80: the life and times of rock music’s most revolutionary songwriter
A groundbreaking wordsmith…
‘Ole Man Trouble’: the most potently political anthem, according to Ray Davies
“Stronger than Black power, tougher than the Klu Klux Klan.”
How “comedy songs” represented a maturing in the songwriting of The Kinks’ Ray Davies
“It’s not material for a single”.
The lyric Ray Davies wishes he had written: “It resonated with my childhood”
The Kinks frontman unearths some nostalgic lyrics.
The classic rock song Ozzy Osbourne played on repeat: “I couldn’t stop listening to it”
The beginnings of hard rock snarl.
“I’m Ray Davies and I’m dying”: the tragic suicide attempt at the heart of The Kinks
The dark tragedies behind rock and roll.
“This must catch on”: How Ray Davies’ two-year-old daughter confirmed ‘Lola’ would be a hit
One of the band’s biggest hits.
The Kinks song where Dave Davies “found his voice”
Dave Davies reflects on a British Invasion classic.