The Kinks

The Kinks (1963–1996) were a British rock group that came out of the British R&B/Garage Rock scene of the early 1960s.

Formed in 1963 in London, UK, they first gained prominence on the heels of the well-received and highly influential single You Really Got Me (1964). The group originally consisted of lead singer/guitarist Ray Davies, his brother lead guitarist Dave Davies, drummer Mick Avory and bassist Peter Quaife. Quaife left (twice) in the late 1960s, and Avory finally left in 1984 due to a long-running dispute with Dave Davies, leaving only the Davies brothers as the core of the original group.

With Ray’s splendid songwriting skills and unashamedly English voices, Dave’s impressive guitar work and Avory’s tight and steady drumming, the band became one of the best and most influential groups of British rock and the "british invasion" of America, lasting longer than any of their competitors, apart from The Rolling Stones, as they broke up in 1996. Their impressive back catalogue of songs have been covered by Van Halen, The Pretenders, The Black Keys, The Stranglers and Queens of the Stone Age to name but a few.

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The Kinks Albums

0.0 0.0 Arthur The Kinks
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September 6, 2011 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks
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October 14, 2003 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Come Dancing with the Kinks The Kinks
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October 24, 2000 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Everybody’s in Show-Biz The Kinks
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February 10, 2003 Read More →


0.0 0.0 Everybody’s in Showbiz The Kinks
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February 10, 2003 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Face To Face The Kinks
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September 6, 2011 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Give The People What They Want The Kinks
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February 10, 2003 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Greatest Hits The Kinks
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November 30, 1984 Read More →


0.0 0.0 Kinda Kinks The Kinks
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October 11, 2005 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Kinks The Kinks
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0.0 0.0 Kinks Greatest Hits! The Kinks
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0.0 0.0 Lola vs Powerman And The Moneygoround The Kinks
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0.0 0.0 Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 The Kinks
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0.0 0.0 Low Budget The Kinks
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May 6, 2003 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Misfits The Kinks
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August 24, 2004 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Muswell Hillbillies The Kinks
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February 17, 2003 Read More →


0.0 0.0 One for the Road The Kinks
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September 7, 2004 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Phobia The Kinks
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March 29, 1993 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Picture Book The Kinks
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December 8, 2008 Read More →

0.0 0.0 Preservation Act 1 The Kinks
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February 10, 2003 Read More →




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