Dave Davies

..Dave Davies' 'My Space' page is newly opened and is currently a work in progress. It is being made in collaboration with Dave in order to spread the musical legacy and spiritual wisdom of Dave Davies. Stay tuned to this space on myspace for further updates! You can also visit Dave's website @ www.davedavies.comDave created a revolutionary guitar sound in the early 60's that turned rock 'n roll guitar playing on it's head when he slashed the speaker cone of an Elpico amp with a razor blade and fed it into a larger amp. Therefore 'inventing' pregain and a raunchy guitar sound that changed the face of rock music forever. It was featured on the Kinks first major hit 'You Really Got Me' in 1964. As lead guitarist and founder of The Kinks, Dave Davies is one of the most unpredictable and original forces in rock, without whom guitar-rock styles including heavy metal and punk would have been inconceivable. A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Dave's massive guitar sounds have inspired bands from Van Halen to Green Day.In addition to his dozens of albums with The Kinks, Dave has released many solo albums. Stay tuned to Dave's space on My Space for music and news on upcoming tour dates and info on Dave's forthcoming solo albums. Fans of Dave's book Kink already know a bit about his spiritual adventures. Visit his website where Dave will take you on a journey to the Spiritual Planet, a web experience unlike anything you've ever seen!Please visit Dave's official website ... www.davedavies.comDave Davies in the press - Camden New Journal, Aug '07 ..."The guitarist yesterday signed a petition urging the council to halt plans to allow developers to drive heavy-duty vehicles along cobbled ­Little Green Street, the oldest road in Kentish Town. The Kinks used the 300-year-old street as the backdrop to their promotional video for Dead End Street in the 1960s ...http://www.thecnj.co.uk/camden/083007/news083007_03.htmlC heck out Dave's new song and album 'Fractured Mindz' available through davedavies.com and detune.tv ...A recent documentary on the Kinks with interviews with Dave ...Dave doing 'Death of a Clown' ...Klassik Kinks on the 'One For the Road' US tour in the early 80's with klassic Dave Davies guitar solo on perhaps one of the greatest rock songs in the history of rock ...Dave Davies 'Living on a Thin Line' coming soon to detune.tv ...More footage from an interview in the late 80's of Dave describing how he got his distorted sound for the Kinks early hits ...