When Van Halen recorded You Really Got Me, they took a beloved Kinks song and gave it a raw, heavy edge that helped define ...

Dave Davies isn’t quite as active as he used to be after a stroke slowed his pace in 2013. But right now he’s busier than usual, promoting The Journey – Part 3, which documents The Kinks’ late era.

For a song that’s two minutes and change in length, “You Really Got Me” has kept guitarists entertained for decades with stories about its creation and recording. The 1964 Kinks classic rose to the ...

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: (AUSTRALIA OUT) Photo of KINKS and Ray DAVIES and Dave DAVIES and Pete QUAIFE and Mick AVORY; L-R: Ray Davies, Dave Davies, Pete Quaife, Mick Avory. The Kinks' "You Really ...

The Kinks’ breakthrough hit “You Really Got Me” arrived 60 years ago this summer. In celebration of the milestone anniversary, the legendary British Invasion band is releasing a limited-edition 7-inch ...

Shel Talmy, the influential rock producer who cut such classics as The Kinks‘ “You Really Got Me” and “Waterloo Sunset” and The Who‘s “My Generation” and “I Can’t Explain,” died during Wednesday at ...

NEW YORK — Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger who worked on such British punk classics as The Who’s “My Generation” and The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” helped oversee hits by ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born ...

Over 20 years of chart success represent an impressive feat by any standards. The Kinks managed to pull that off, even in the US, where their music didn’t always translate as well. Their first hit in ...

The sound is unmistakable. A barre chord slices through the speakers, the guitar edging into distortion. The snare kicks in and kicks you over, each hit growling like a ’69 GTO. These are the songs: ...