In January 1978, Van Halen released their debut single, a cover of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.” The tune became a radio ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1964, the Kinks released what would become their breakthrough hit with the song “You Really Got Me.” The single, from the ...

The 1960s were an incredibly formative decade for rock music, with bands such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones completely morphing the genre from its rock-and-roll roots into something much more ...

Some rock tracks go down in history for being trailblazers in the genre, like a 1964 rock classic by The Kinks. It's celebrated as a hit track that presaged hard rock and put power chords on the map, ...

The ban helped the band shape their musical legacy.

The Kinks‘ “Lola” is innately controversial. The British rockers played off a story of a man unknowingly falling in love with a transgender person. To add another layer, they don’t seem to mind too ...

Despite being one of the greatest songs he ever wrote, The Kinks' iconic frontman Ray Davies didn't want the band to record ...

Arts writer Geoff Edgers produced and starred in a 2010 documentary, “Do It Again,” about his quirky quest to convince Ray and Dave Davies to reunite the Kinks (spoiler: He failed), during which he ...