Either way, the Beeb disapproved. Taken from The Stranglers’ 1977 debut album Rattus Norvegicus, Peaches was very much in ...

Watch in this video as Jinkx Monsoon performs Kurt Schwabach and Mischa Spoliansky’s 'The Lavender Song”—a German cabaret ...

Including works by the likes of The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks and more, was 1971 the greatest year in music history? Read more about it here.

Family bands have been a staple of popular music over the past 150 years. These are three prime examples in classic rock.

The Kinks, from the British Invasion, evolved steadily over time. They stayed true to their roots but still tried new things ...

The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" has a secret third verse that made it to a few live performances... and the lyrics are quite risqué.

The guitarist blamed boring guitar sounds and his own love of imperfection for his actions, saying, "That sound was born out ...

Ray Davies thought that The Kinks were on the verge of separating, and he inadvertently wrote one of their most poignant ...

If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat / If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet / Cause I’m the taxman / Yeah, I’m the Taxman.” ...

The Kinks' frontman Ray Davies has named the song that he doesn't enjoy being compared to The Beatles. It is not unusual for the two bands to be compared, given that they were both making music around ...

If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat / If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet / Cause I’m the taxman / Yeah, I’m the taxman.” ...

To read about the polymath was to marvel at how much he was venerated by the best and seemingly brightest. As no less than Oprah Winfrey once said, Nichols was the individual that everyone wanted to ...