The past few years has seen an explosion of interest in transgender issues. Decades before that, The Kinks’ “Lola” discussed its narrator’s attraction to a cross-dresser. The subject matter of ...

The Kinks will mark the 50th anniversary of their music industry-satirizing 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround Part One with a massive reissue that pairs the remastered album with ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - There were many reasons “Lola Verses Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One,” was a benchmark in the Kinks’ 47-year history. The British Rock and Roll Hall of Fame troupe’s eighth ...

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, commonly abbreviated to Lola Versus Powerman, or just Lola, is the eighth studio album by The Kinks, recorded and released in 1970. A concept album ...

Original bassist Pete Quaife left the group for good in 1969, replaced by John Dalton, and John Gosling took over keyboards from Nicky Hopkins, debuting on “Lola.” In liner notes for a new 50th ...

Ray Davies based his 1970 song on an eventful night out in Paris. It raised howls of outrage – but 50 years on, were the lyrics prescient? Martin Chilton is a former Culture Editor for The Telegraph.

Stories about the glory days of the music business often focus on wild excesses of a recreational nature, but rock stars didn't just go over the top with sex and drugs: They could also blow outlandish ...