Post by sacrilegend on May 27, 2007 9:22:17 GMT -5
The Kinks were an English rock group formed in 1963 by lead singer-songwriter Ray Davies and his brother, lead guitarist and vocalist, Dave Davies. The band's early hard-driving singles set a standard in the mid-1960s for Rock & Roll, while albums such as Face to Face, Something Else, Village Green, Arthur and Muswell Hillbillies are highly regarded by fans, critics, and peers alike, and are considered amongst the most influential recordings of the era. In the United States, The Kinks are categorised as a British Invasion band, along with the other members of the so-called Big Four (including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who). Despite being less commercially successful than these three contemporaries, the band is cited among them as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time.
The Kinks first gained prominence in 1964 with the hit single "You Really Got Me", written by Ray Davies. The band's name came from their "kinky" dress sense of leather capes and boots worn on stage. The group's original line-up consisted of Ray Davies on lead vocals/rhythm guitar/keyboards, Dave Davies on lead guitar/vocals, Pete Quaife on backing vocals/bass guitar, and Mick Avory on drums and percussion. Following Quaife's departure in 1969, the band centered around the three remaining original members and frequently changed bassists and keyboardists, until 1984, when friction between Dave Davies and Mick Avory resulted into the latter's departure, leaving only the Davies brothers from the original line-up.
The band has been inactive since 1996. The relationship between the Davies brothers seemed to have completely deteriorated around this time, and both have since embarked on successful solo careers. Rumours of a Kinks reunion are persistent but still vague. Whatever the band's fortunes, however, their influence on emerging artists has been a constant. During the New Wave era, groups such as The Jam, The Knack, and The Pretenders covered Kinks songs and Britpop acts such as Blur, Oasis, XTC and Supergrass have cited them as a major influence. Many modern bands as The Killers, The Fratellis and Franz Ferdinand also acknowledge The Kinks and Ray Davies' expert songwriting skills. As self-professed Kinks fan Pete Townshend said for 'The History of Rock 'n' Roll': "The Kinks were much more quintessentially English. I always think that Ray Davies should one day be Poet Laureate. He invented a new kind of poetry and a new kind of language for Pop writing that influenced me from the very, very, very beginning."
Discography:
1. The Kinks (Released in the US as You Really Got Me) – 1964
2. Kinda Kinks– 1965
3. The Kink Kontroversy– 1965
4. Face to Face – 1966
5. Something Else by The Kinks – 1967
6. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society – 1968
7. Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) – 1969
8. Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One – 1970
9. Muswell Hillbillies – 1971
10. Everybody's in Show-Biz1 – 1972
* The Great Lost Kinks Album – 1973
11. Preservation: Act 1 – 1973
12. Preservation: Act 2 – 1974
13. Soap Opera – 1975
14. Schoolboys in Disgrace – 1976
15. Sleepwalker – 1977
16. Misfits – 1978
17. Low Budget – 1979
18. Give the People What They Want – 1981
19. State of Confusion – 1983
20. Word of Mouth – 1984
21. Think Visual – 1986
22. UK Jive – 1989
23. Phobia – 1993
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kinks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AugzgP1I-z4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMsnqQHOwFg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DV-5d6a5g
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfLuvYPZTB0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2lcsVIYiio
The Kinks first gained prominence in 1964 with the hit single "You Really Got Me", written by Ray Davies. The band's name came from their "kinky" dress sense of leather capes and boots worn on stage. The group's original line-up consisted of Ray Davies on lead vocals/rhythm guitar/keyboards, Dave Davies on lead guitar/vocals, Pete Quaife on backing vocals/bass guitar, and Mick Avory on drums and percussion. Following Quaife's departure in 1969, the band centered around the three remaining original members and frequently changed bassists and keyboardists, until 1984, when friction between Dave Davies and Mick Avory resulted into the latter's departure, leaving only the Davies brothers from the original line-up.
The band has been inactive since 1996. The relationship between the Davies brothers seemed to have completely deteriorated around this time, and both have since embarked on successful solo careers. Rumours of a Kinks reunion are persistent but still vague. Whatever the band's fortunes, however, their influence on emerging artists has been a constant. During the New Wave era, groups such as The Jam, The Knack, and The Pretenders covered Kinks songs and Britpop acts such as Blur, Oasis, XTC and Supergrass have cited them as a major influence. Many modern bands as The Killers, The Fratellis and Franz Ferdinand also acknowledge The Kinks and Ray Davies' expert songwriting skills. As self-professed Kinks fan Pete Townshend said for 'The History of Rock 'n' Roll': "The Kinks were much more quintessentially English. I always think that Ray Davies should one day be Poet Laureate. He invented a new kind of poetry and a new kind of language for Pop writing that influenced me from the very, very, very beginning."
Discography:
1. The Kinks (Released in the US as You Really Got Me) – 1964
2. Kinda Kinks– 1965
3. The Kink Kontroversy– 1965
4. Face to Face – 1966
5. Something Else by The Kinks – 1967
6. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society – 1968
7. Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) – 1969
8. Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One – 1970
9. Muswell Hillbillies – 1971
10. Everybody's in Show-Biz1 – 1972
* The Great Lost Kinks Album – 1973
11. Preservation: Act 1 – 1973
12. Preservation: Act 2 – 1974
13. Soap Opera – 1975
14. Schoolboys in Disgrace – 1976
15. Sleepwalker – 1977
16. Misfits – 1978
17. Low Budget – 1979
18. Give the People What They Want – 1981
19. State of Confusion – 1983
20. Word of Mouth – 1984
21. Think Visual – 1986
22. UK Jive – 1989
23. Phobia – 1993
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kinks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AugzgP1I-z4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMsnqQHOwFg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DV-5d6a5g
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfLuvYPZTB0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2lcsVIYiio
