the Kinks
For those who’ve forgotten, the Kinks are included in the Heavy Metal Hall Of Fame because this durable band, formed in 1962 and originally part of the first British Invasion, paved the way for the power chords of the next decade’s hard rock explosion.
April 2, 1987
the Kinks
For those who’ve forgotten, the Kinks are included in the Heavy Metal Hall Of Fame because this durable band, formed in 1962 and originally part of the first British Invasion, paved the way for the power chords of the next decade’s hard rock explosion. Dave Davies’s experiments with feedback and distortion may actually be the very earliest signs of what was to become the blueprint of heavy rock sound.