An Interview with Dave Davies of The Kinks By Andrew Daly 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 examples of distortion. Nevertheless, this serendipitous moment in guitar-related history —in all its fuzzed-out glory— went on to influence droves of heavy metal and punk rockers, in particular. The post Dave Davies of The Kinks: The ClassicRockHistory.com Interview appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.