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“People Are Becoming Weirder”: The Kinks’ Dave Davies Pushes Back on Controversy Surrounding This 1970 Classic

The backlash to the backlash proved even more passionate. The post “People Are Becoming Weirder”: The Kinks’ Dave...

Why Dave Davies Thought 'Arthur' Would Be the Kinks' Last Album

He explains why “it felt like it could be the end” of the band. Continue reading…

Two Kinks Super Fans Wrote a Book So Exhaustive That It Apparently Pissed Off Ray Davies

The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night The Day-By-Day Story Pt 1: 1940-1971 is a thoroughly researched history. Davies reportedly believes it'll kill the market for his own book

Dave Mason and Friends - Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA 1979

Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, recently deceased, left us over 100 songs written and 16 solo albums recorded along with numerous appearances on various classi...

How to Play the Kinks’ Swingy, Snarky Hit “Sunny Afternoon”

This guitar arrangement combines bass and chords in one part that can stand alone, and it’s a blast to play.

Dave Davies Tells Billy Corgan That John Wayne Gacy “Was So Nice” When They Met

If John Wayne Gacy had been an asshole, a lot of nightmarish things might've never happened. The notorious serial killer tortured, raped, and murdered at least 33 young men and boy...

Why The Kinks Worried That Their No. 1 Song Signaled the End of Their Hipness Back in 1966

"Sunny Afternoon" crossed generational divides, earning The Kinks a chart-topping hit. What's a few cool points for a No. 1 hit? The post...

"I'm still looking for the next challenge. This album is part of that journey." Sixty years into his career, Slade's Dav...

Dirty Foot Lane will be released in October as Dave Hill's Slade prepare for a Christmas tour

“It was a lot of trial and error with Dave – a lot of just trying to find out what worked, fine-tune it and then do it a...

The year was 1986, London was calling for Jimmie Vaughan, where album sessions alongside Dave Edmunds led to a classic LP, and this is how it all went down

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“People phoned in, saying, ‘If you play that song again, I’m going to firebomb your station!’” How XTC battled the “rott...

Andy Partridge reflects on Skylarking, a change of direction for XTC that was the most difficult of births under producer Todd Rundgren's direction and the label’s interference

"His songwriting, musicianship and distinctive spirit helped create music that has lasted far beyond its era." Steve Win...

Dave Mason and Steve Winwood founded Traffic in 1967 alongside Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood

“A unique symbol of punk’s emergence in the UK”: The Damned frontman Brian James’ iconic Gibson SG, the guitar that defi...

The 1964 SG soundtracked the Damned’s first two records, and featured on the first punk single to ever be released in the UK

“I played the songs for him, and he said, ‘No… I don’t think we can use any of that.’ I was like, ‘Right. Cheers’”: Damo...

With eight solo records and four film scores under his belt, Coxon has looked back on the moment that led to his first solo record, 1998’s The Sky Is Too High

Good Evening, Hippies – and welcome to this month’s FREE Uncut CD, curated by Robert Fripp!

Starring Robert Fripp with King Crimson, Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Andy Summers and more The post Good Evening, Hippies – and welcome to this month’s FREE Uncut CD, curated by Robe...

The British Invasion Is an American Story

Dave Mason has just passed away, so we thought it appropriate to re-up this interview from 2017. The post The British Invasion Is an American Story appeared first on The Good Men P...

David Delinquent To Release “The Lads Are Away” Solo Single

Dundee’s David Delinquent (Delinquents / Spacers / David Delinquent & The I.O.U’s) is set to release a new two track solo single, The Lads Are Away / Lost In Dusseldorf, throug...

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In the Studio with DFL

The Members: Tom “Crazy Tom” Davis, vocals; Monty Messex, guitar; Patrick Sullivan, bass; Snare Jordan, drums Producer/Mixer: Fletcher Dragge (Pennywise) Recording Engineers &...

No lazing on this Sunny Afternoon

Sunny Afternoon may just be one of the many hits from The Kinks, but it is fitting to witness this entertaining look at their early days into show business on stage this week at Ed...

"She said, 'Mick wants to speak to you.' It was Jagger asking if I was free to tour with the Stones." He produced the Se...

The cult singer and guitarist whose fingerprints are all over British music

“Itwas a very conscious decision on Peter’s part tocome up with material that would make avery good and accessible recor...

For former Genesis man Peter Gabriel, 1986 was Sledgehammer time, and guitarist David Rhodes takes us back to the So sessions

“Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets Live At The BBC” Set For Record Store Day Release

To coincide with two sold-out shows at London’s iconic 100 Club, Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group , original Nuggets compiler), alongside Joe De Lorenzo (former The Damned tour manage...

Monday Morning Video – Dave Mason (1946 – 2026)

Dave Mason earned his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as a founding member of Traffic. It was well-deserved, yet it’s only a fraction of his contribution to rock history. You...