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Fronted by singer-songwriter Ray Davies and his brother, guitarist and singer Dave Davies, The Kinks were a popular and influential rock band who came to fame during the 1960's "British Invasion". Their singles "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night", ""Waterloo Sunset", and "Lola" are all considered classics.
The Kinks were never as popular than The Beatles, or the Stones, nor did they attain Arena Rock God status like The Who, but their influence in rock and pop remains deep and widespread. Dave Davies crunching chords in "You Really Got Me" have been cited as an early warning of punk and metal—his guitar work was also a major, if underrated, influence on the garage rock revival or the early '00s.
The most enduring element of the Kinks may be Ray Davies' wistful sense of melody and bittersweet—often deadpan—lyrics. His combination of lilt and literacy has influenced a decades-long succession of bands, including Mott the Hoople, The Pretenders, The Smiths, Belle and Sebastian, Pulp and The Lilys.
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- Years Active: 1964 - 1996
- Hometown: London, England
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View All The Kinks Questions (10) | Ask a QuestionWhats your favorite song by The Kinks? (10 Answers)"The Village Green Preservation Society." My favorite Kinks album and song. It's just so damn British... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syqQdfWO6KY I would have been tempted to go with "Picture Book," but ever since ... read moreWhich The Kinks's album is the most hardrock? (1 Answer)The kinks album which is the most hard rock is "You Really Got Me". -quote- However, their third single, "You Really Got Me", hit No. 1 in the United Kingdom ... read moreDoes anyone know how to relieve either a severe kink in the neck or a pinched nerve??? (2 Answers)For a pinched nerve, you would usually have numbness, a pins and needles sensation, burning, and pain that radiates outward from the area. If you don't have any of this ... read more
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The Kinks' The Village Green Preservation Society (Thirty Three and a Third series) - $10.95
Andy Miller traces the circumstances surrounding "The Village Green Preservation Society" released in November 1968, and celebrates the songs pieced together by a band who were on the verge of disintegration and who refused to follow fashio...
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Lola versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part One - $11.98
The Kinks' 1970 effort was the penultimate creation in a five-year, six-album burst that ranks just a notch below the great sustained rock & roll eruptions of Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones, and Elvis Costello. Of course, the linchpin t...
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Sensing that the Beatles, Stones, and Who were radically transforming rock music by turning it literate and conceptual, Ray Davies decided the Kinks should be his vehicle to explore his unusual longing for a simpler time when the English em...
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Taped in Providence, RI during the Kinks tour to promote their surprise hit 1979 album Low Budget, One for the Road is an excellent showcase of one of rock's most innovative bands, and features most of the Kinks classics that you'd expect —...
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