In January 1978, Van Halen released their debut single, a cover of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.” The tune became a radio hit and helped launch Van Halen's career – but what did the Kinks think of it ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It wasn't meant to be that way. One of the first five songs that Dave's brother Ray ever wrote, You Really Got Me was supposed to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Shel Talmy, the American record producer who helped foment the British Invasion by capturing the scabrous guitar riff in the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” and Roger Daltrey’s stuttering vocal line in the ...

The pioneers of heavy guitar riffing - at least among the first to make a full record of it - were the Kinks, who paved the way for heavy metal and punk rock. While the band was already iconic, its ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Kinks' Dave Davies has blasted an AI cover of the band. Fortunately for him, the YouTube clip of the song claiming to be a "new original song" called 'Hop Skip Jump!' has since been deleted.

The Kinks set themselves apart from the rest of the British Invasion via the ingenuity and cleverness of Ray Davies’ writing. On top of that, their instrumental approach could switch from tough to ...