The Kinks Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Trust Your Heart: The Kinks’ Misfits at 45

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 Chris Parker 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy, Arista Records, Dave Davies, Misfits, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Reflecting on the UK greats’ late ’70s classic

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Close to the Wire: The Kinks’ Phobia at 30

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1993, Columbia Records, Dave Davies, Phobia, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Is the band’s final studio album more relevant today?

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The Kinks Announce Two-Part 60th Anniversary Anthology

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments BMG, British Invasion, Dave Davies, Mick Avory, Peter Quaife, Ray Davies, The Journey - Part 1, The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset

The Journey – Part 1 comes out on March 24th

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25 Great Songs About Rock & Roll Life

January 31, 2023February 1, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments AC/DC, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bad Company, Beastie Boys, Bonnie Raitt, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Grand Funk Railroad, Horse Girl, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Patti Smith, The Guess Who, The Kinks, The Minutemen, The Old 97's, The Ramones, The Tubes, The Who, Willie Nelson

Ranking some of our favorite tunes that brought you behind the curtain

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Bruce Springsteen: The Last Civil War Widow and the Happy Death of Minstrelsy

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, Chuck Berry, Columbia Records, Fleetwood Mac, Kraftwerk, Little Richard, Neurosis, Only The Strong Survive, Sleep, The Alarm, The Beatles, The Clash, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones

Is the latest Boss album the final straw for a certain kind of cultural appropriation in rock?

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The Missing Link: The Damned’s Strawberries Turns 40

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1982, Blondie, Captain Sensible, CHEAP TRICK, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Dave Vanian, Machine Gun Etiquette, Moody Blues, Strawberries, The Black Album, The Cars, The Damned, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison

How did we miss out on one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time?

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Joe Perry: The Rock & Roll Globe Interview

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, CHEAP TRICK, Dave Davies, Gibson Es 335, guitar, Guitarist, Joe Perry, Keith Richards, Rick Nielsen, Rolling Stones, Sam Kinison, The Kinks

A lengthy chat with the Aerosmith guitar great

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A Funky Little Boat Race: Mott The Hoople’s All the Young Dudes at 50

September 19, 2022September 20, 2022 Tim Sommer 7 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, All the Young Dudes, David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople, The Clash, The Kinks

What makes it one of the weakest albums from one of the greatest British rock bands

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Kinks Kulture in the Early ’70s

September 16, 2022September 18, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 3 Comments Box Set, Dave Davies, England, Everybody’s In Show Biz, Mick Avory, Muswell Hillbillies, Ray Davies, The Kinks

A new box set commemorates a pair of classic albums from the legendary English band

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When Eddie Cochran Invented the Modern

September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Dave Davies, Eddie Cochran, Generation X, Heilung, Manic Street Preachers, MC5, Motörhead, Pixies, Sex Pistols, Somethin' Else, The Kinks, The Monks, The Trashmen, The Who

Looking back at the exact moment Rock ‘n’ Roll was transformed forever

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Glenn Tilbrook Squeezes Into 65

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2015, 2022, 65th birthday, Argybargy, Babylon and On, Chris Difford, Cool For Cats, Cradle to the Grave, Glenn Tilbrook, interview, New Wave, Paul McCartney, Squeeze, The Beatles, The Deathray Davies, The Kinks

Read a previously unpublished interview with the New Wave legend

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Record Man: Mo Ostin (1927-2022)

August 3, 2022August 2, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Devo, Family, Fanny, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Gang of Four, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Richman, Joni Mitchell, Mo Ostin, Neil Young, Reprise Records, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Sex Pistols, T.Rex, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Pentangle, The Small Faces, Van Dyke Parks, Van Morrison, Warner Bros. Records

Remembering a music industry giant responsible for Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and countless others

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The Best Sequences in Album Rock and Beyond

April 30, 2022May 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 7 Comments Blue Oyster Cult, Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen, Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, The Clash, The Kinks, The Wall, The Who

Honoring the art of the mix with Springsteen, the Stones, Prince and more

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Visionary Dreamer: Dave Davies Turns 75

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Dave Davies, Death of a Clown, Living On A Thin Line, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Jim Sullivan revisits his years in conversation with the Kinks guitar great

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The Starchild at 70

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Ace Frehley, birthday, Dynasty, Gene Simmons, Kiss, KISS Alive, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Revenge, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who

Paul Stanley of KISS: “I believe in Superman; I look in the mirror and I see him”

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