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- The Kinks were signed to Pye Records in late 1963, and Dave Davies turned 17 three days before the first Kinks single (a version of "Long Tall Sally") was issued in early 1964. Davies was solely responsible for the signature distorted power chord sound on the Kinks' first hit, "You Really Got Me".
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Jul 7, 2022 · The Kinks’ influence on British music echoes down the decades, from The Jam to Madness, Blur to Arctic Monkeys. The book, meanwhile, plays like a postcard from the past. Largely...
The front room and these parties were musically nurturing to the Davies brothers, later influencing the Kinks' interpretations of the traditional British music hall style. Dave and his brother worked out the famous two-chord riff of their 1964 hit "You Really Got Me" on the piano in the front room. [4][16] Career.
Jun 8, 2024 · As the founding member of The Kinks, Dave Davies forever re-shaped the sound of hard rock with his distinctively distorted open chords heard on “You Really Got Me,” released in 1964. Of course, there was no way that Davies could have known that when he sliced open the cone of his Elpico amp, he’d be creating one of the first mainstream ...
[3] [152] Several of the most prominent bands of the decade cited the Kinks as a major influence. Despite this recognition, the group's commercial viability continued to decline. [3] They gradually became less active, leading Ray and Dave Davies to pursue their own interests.
Feb 20, 2015 · Dave Davies sat down with Billboard to discuss the myriad of musical influences that created the Kinks from a working class British family, and how his latest solo album, 'Rippin' Up Time,'...
May 17, 2023 · Davies spoke with GRAMMY.com about some of his favorite songs from The Journey, Part 1 that deserve more love, the impact of his parents' and siblings’ favorite music, and the lessons he’s taken from the Kinks’ discography.
Jul 6, 2015 · The sound that resulted on The Kinks ‘You Really Got Me’ not only went on to lay the ground for Hard Rock, Punk and Grunge and inspire countless musicians but also gave the world the music of The Kinks: a band who at that point in time had a three ‘single’ deal and were about to deliver the third.
