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Debate: What’s the greatest concept album of all time?
By Martin Kielty published
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is incredible, but were Genesis outdone by Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, Rush, Marillion or even The Kinks?

The night The Kinks partied at serial killer John Wayne Gacy's house
By Fraser Lewry published
The Kinks' US tour of 1965 was eventful even before the Killer Clown got involved

Why The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s version of You Really Got Me
By Niall Doherty published
The band’s famously chilled out frontman Ray Davies had a hard time accepting that people thought Eddie Van Halen & co. wrote his timeless classic

The Kinks guitarist Dave Davies’ wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin and more
By Rob Hughes published
Partying with Keith Moon, jamming with Jerry Lee Lewis, getting into a ménage à trois with Brian Jones – Dave Davies has done it all

The story behind The Kinks' brilliantly subversive classic Lola
By Nick Hasted published
A tale of sexual ambiguity in 60s Soho, Lola provided The Kinks with a worldwide hit at the exact moment they needed it most

Death Of A Clown: The Kinks' Ray Davies on the double-edged sword of solo success
By Nick Hasted published
The artist formerly known as Dave The Rave explains how his disenchantment with Swinging Sixties culture spawned an unlikely solo hit

"I fell to my left and felt a heavy thump as the bullet hit me": What happened when The Kinks' Ray Davies was shot in New Orleans
By Fraser Lewry last updated
How a pleasant night out at a Japanese restaurant ended with Kinks mainman Ray Davies diving for cover as a gunman took aim

Watch Rory Gallagher and The Kinks set The Midnight Special ablaze in 1974
By Fraser Lewry published
Includes the fastest version of The Kinks' You Really Got Me you're ever likely to witness
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