THE KINKS guitarist Dave Davies interviewed in 2010 | Raw & Uncut 

Dave Davies cut into the fabric of time when he ripped that speaker and left a lasting impression on guitar players forever.

One of the best interviews you've done. Fantastic.

This is a great fucking story. Wow. This is brilliant.

I have heard of some of the things he did in order to change the sound!♥️

DAVE DAVIES WILL BE FOREVER LINKED WITH "WATERLOO SUNSET". THE SOUND OF THAT DECADE.

Awesome.

I don't know if Dave Davis already knew what visceral meant but, if not, credit to him for asking for an explanation.

Play You Really Got Me (The Kinks version of course) in a loud rock club today and it STILL sounds great next to all the other stuff that's come out since. What a legend this guy is. A pioneer.

I love it when he asks what visceral means, and then comes back with a musical definition that's relatable and spot on. This is back when music meant something. Touched us in ways that was hard to explain.

He still has those sparkling eyes from his youth which is nice to see as it means he is not finished exploring creating. A brilliant musical artist. Wishing him the very best in his creativity and renewed health.

The KInks are one of the most underrated never talked about bands they were around back with Beatles and Stones but never get talked about these guys wrote countless great simple driving guitar riffs and tunes

Dave, Ray, Pete and Mick were an incredible band! "Village Green Preservation Society" is one of the greatest albums, ever recorded! EVER!

Please don't mention Slayer in the same sentence as The Kinks. The Kinks deserve much better than that.

If anyone knows what he's talking about when it comes to music and the raw feeling connected to it, it's Dave! Great work!

I wish I could be like Dave Davies... :0)

If you listen very closely to the orginal version of, "You Really Got Me", just before the solo, Ray Davies, sings, "Oh no". He does this to cover up Dave telling him to, Fuck off. It is just a blip, but with head phones, if you focus, you can hear it.

First punk artist ever.

Legend!

Yes excellent. I love Dave Davies

he seems like such a lovely man. i’ve seen a couple of his interviews and he always leaves an impression on me like he’s very down to earth.

This is great! FYI, The Ventures' rhythm guitarist is Don Wilson. We have a new documentary out, which covers the wide-ranging influence of The Ventures' sound. It is called 'The Ventures: Stars on Guitars' if interested.

At the end Davies says: "You're good, you're very good." High praise from a legend my man, and he's right.

Brilliant interview. Dave Davies is a true music pioneer, innovative, creative, force of nature. With his brother they were perfect. The songwriting and music is superb. I love Dave and Ray Davies and wish I could see them perform before I die. This body is ancient, yeah I know how you feel. ❤️💋

Sam, you must have been so honored with what he says at the end! You're lucky to have met Dave Davies. Congrats on a stellar interview.

some great wisdom, for example about the body > mind thing

There'd be no Slayer?, oh no, that would be awful. What would we listen to?.

legend

The Kings were so cool. Great band. Lots of cool playing and a massive influence of punk rock, heavy metal, blues rock, and pretty much everyone after them.

One of Rock musics truely great guitar players. When you listen trough all the kinks albums, it seems like he could handle pretty much every different style thrown at him, AND handle it well, as well as being a proper rock guitarist with really good solos. Very listenable, everything he does.

Dave is on another plain of existence. He doesn’t see the world as normal/average people do. I’ve had a couple of exchanges with him on Instagram, and he is just wonderful; such an inspiration. Thank you for telling his story. It been so invigorating, creatively, to hear his sound evolve. When it comes to musical evolution I truly put him on par with someone like Jeff Beck. They are both tone chasers and they are always trying to create new soundscapes. Incredible.

Dave Davies is such a sweetheart!

Had not seen this, very cool, Dave Davies is a true pioneer in the heavy rock sound.

Very friendly and interesting guy!

Without Dave the Kinks would never have been.Brilliant artist!❤

Dave Davies is a spiritually insightful guy.

became a GREAT lead player, country blues, & rock.

This is a super important interview. The Davies brothers are a couple of brilliant and adorable humanists.

this man is the best so sincere love the kinks my favorite growing up

even with a stroke and having lost most of what made him a legend, he embodies more rock n' roll and heavy metal history than 99.9% of the guitarist alive today... hats off to you Dave (and your brother Ray).. the Kinks were the OG.

Thanks, Dave. For everything.

Legend!

Awesome. Thank you. Sam.

The Kinks. DAMN! Just too, too good.

Sam, you ARE good. I've enjoyed all of your work including this channel. Keep it up!

Dave is referring to Don Wilson, rhythm guitarist and founding member of the Ventures. Another example of The Ventures massive influence on budding rock stars of that time. They were innovators and master players and ahead of their time.

Fantastic! 👽👽👽

btw, grab a copy of one of their last studio albums "Word of Mouth" from 1984..... tell me the guitar work in "Do it again" isn't the stuff of legend...

This is a great interview. This is why I love music.

Love listening to you Dave.. Love to you.. From Scotland. 💙

Dave was far more than one sound. In his history, he created so many different guitar tones. Both electric and acoustic, Dave wrote some great guitar riffs and solos. He brought great energy to the stage. I liked his harmony singing also. Dave was an important part of the Kinks sound.

"What is visceral ?" Best question I've heard ! All that pretentious bullshit.

You really got me is the start of metal and punk all in one song, from the distortion and the heaviness to the vocal angst, it’s all there. That was great Sam. He described the metal vibe when you asked him how the distorted bar cord made him feel. The basic elements where there. He was emboldened by the grandiose and heavy sound... enter in the first metal song. People have been remiss in assigning the proper due because the Kinks didn’t settle into the metal or punk genres throughout their career, but they had both elements in “you really got me” (and other songs). And that’s all it takes to be first.

You got more out of Dave than most, if not anyone. Dave learned something in the interview also.

Great interview. He had more to say...

Thx for this. LOVE!!

Very innovate and influential gui tarist obviously, his contribution is right up there with the 11 setting on the volume knob of an amp.

the Ventures song he mentions for those curious ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3WpIHEyIf1E.html

Pronounced “Davis”

Those first kinks records have some really harsh bluesy type guitars and vocals!!..try also the pretty things or cubby and the blizzards or for darker sounds the 13 floor elevators...there's many "pre metal" bands from the sixties to listen!!

Thanks for publishing this incredible and important interview! One more point: Dick Dale, who I do really like, did NOT invent Surf guitar, nor Metal-as he claims! The forerunner of Dick Dale was Link Wray who began his solo instrumentals in 1957. Wray pioneered Surf, Grunge, and Metal. He did so by doing just as Dave Davies did with his amp. Wray punched holes in the amp's speaker cone, creating the legendary -and actually banned song, "Rumble." If you love Surf, listen to "Rawhide." If you love Metal, listen to "Deuces Wild!"

A dude who I feel does not get the full and proper credit, nor respect he deserves. This guy is a real INNOVATOR when it comes to Rock music. He could well be one of the first "Punk-Rockers."

Don Wilson is the rhythm guitarist in the ventures... and that is a hell of a great band to learn from!

Dave Davies is a giant of rock guitar. His guitar tone and solo on ''Moments" literally brings me to tears.It's sooo tasteful, beautiful, musical and moves you in such a way that is just impossible to put into words. What a talent!!!

Great interview, Thanks for giving Dave the freedom to completely express his feelings. I appreciate all your creative work.

It is Don Wilson of the Ventures who's name he can't recall.

Still no mention of the other guitar player,. Yeah the guy that plays all the lead fills in during the live performance one more for the road yeah that's the guy who is he ? Anybody know? Please comment or reply if anybody knows who that guy is 💯👌 and one more thing, The kinks did it first the stoned Rose is copied it yeah that's right jumpin Jack flash 🎸 ,,,

"If it wasn't for this guy there would be no Slayer." If there was no Slayer there would still be this guy, though. I think that's the difference.

I have loved the kinks fot sixty years much better than the beatles love Ray and dave ❤❤❤❤anne Darlington

The Lead Guitar and Riffs Dave plays are phenomenal. Right up their with all The Greats.

Dave Davies, the first punk rock guitarist. What a legend.

Perfect Rock and Roll literacy! Nothing more is necessary.

He and his brother Ray were very handsome when they were young. Still love them

Power , sexy . Go Dave Davies . It took a razor blade to get that sound

Dave Davies IS the godfather of hard rock and metal

Happy Rocking Birthday Sir!!!

what metalhead doesnt love the kinks

Dave's definition of an artist is spot on.

It's Don Wilson from The Ventures, that Mr. Davies is talking about. I love this SO much!

The Kinks > Slayer all day.

An absolute gent.

A true badass

Good interview, and Dave seemed happy, but I feel it was way to short. Was the remainder unusable?

This interview is visceral…you interviewed a genius and you did very well. Thank you for this

Where's the Timo Tolkki interview? Upload that shit.

He looks like he could have been related to Angus Young.

So it was Dave who did that with the speaker!

He reminds me of Jimmy Page for some reason.