These three rock songs all helped pave the way for the punk heyday in the '70s. Revisit these punk predecessors.

The Kinks really don’t get enough credit as one of the greatest-ever British rock groups, often overshadowed by contemporaries like the Rolling Stones, The Who and David Bowie. Hopefully that changes ...

Van Halen formed in 1972, and since then, they have blessed rock music with classic rock hits, from original songs to covers. One particular song was their breakthrough, and it was a cover of a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

The Kinks' 60-year history has been quite a journey. At times, the discord between brothers Ray and Dave Davies threatened to overshadow the music that was being made. But as Ray writes in the liner ...

“I’ve found that a lot of Kinks music is pretty timeless in the sense that it’s not really been in one particular age or time, but in some ways quite futuristic.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photo: ...

Ray Davies and his younger brother Dave began gigging around North London as teenagers, playing with other future stars such as Rod Stewart and Charlie Watts before settling into a quartet called the ...