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April 30, 2020: GQ: Sixteen The Kinks songs that soundtracked England perfectly
It can be easy to assume that The Kinks were just a British rock band who didn’t make it quite as big as The Beatles and were pipped to the post of Kings Of Concept Albums by The Who. It’s an easy assumption and completely wrong, ignoring that The Kinks did something completely different to all their competition: at their best, they were a great rock band who captured the blandness of suburbia and the stupidity of the spoiled. They were the Gilbert & Sullivan of 20th century Britain, writers of weird little operettas of human folly. April 4, 2020: The Guardian: The Kinks: where to start in their back catalogue
The album to start withThe Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) June 19, 2019: Rolling Stone: The Kinks Album Guide
THE KINKS’ STORY is a messy one, because they’ve been so many different bands: British Invasion mods, art-school jesters, Seventies stadium hounds. But over the years, Ray Davies built his legend as one of rock’s great eccentric wits, the poet laureate of England’s dead-end streets, rooting for the losers and outsiders, always feuding with his kid brother Dave on guitar. Not exactly a cozy family relationship: the Kinks had a infamous history of onstage fisticuffs. The hits are just the beginning — they made classic albums as well as disasters, creating one of rock & roll’s most gloriously weird songbooks. So here’s a guided tour to their music — the absolute kream of the krop. God save the Kinks. Jun 26, 2018: Independent: The Kinks to reunite after 20 years apart, Ray Davies confirms
Ray Davies has revealed that his band The Kinks are planning to reunite after 20 years apart. The legendary punk rock group originally split up in 1996 after tensions hit an all-time high between Ray and his brother Dave Davies. 
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June 15, 1964: "You Really Got Me", a Ray Davies song, was recorded at Pye Studios.
July 15, 1964: The Kinks re-recorded "You Really Got Me" in a little faster tempo then the first recording by Davies request. August 24, 1964: The Kinks began recording material for their second album, "Kinda Kinks." September 19, 1964: "You Really Got Me" reached number one on UK Charts. October 2, 1964: "The Kinks," their first LP, was released. January 15, 1965: The single "Tired of Waiting For You" b/w "Come On Now" was released in the UK.
February 7, 1965: The Kinks finished recording their second LP "Kinda Kinks." February 15, 1965: The single "Tired of Waiting For You" b/w "Come On Now" was released in the USA. March 5, 1965: "Kinda Kinks" LP is released in the UK by Pye.. August 11, 1965: "Kinda Kinks" LP is released in the USA by Reprise. May 19, 1965: An on-stage fight between Avory and Dave Davies happened at the Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales. After finishing the first song, "You Really Got Me", Davies insulted Avory and kicked over his drum set. Avory responded by hitting Davies with his hi-hat stand, rendering him unconscious, before fleeing from the scene, fearing that he had killed his bandmate. Davies was taken to Cardiff Royal Infirmary, where he received 16 stitches to his head.5 March 1965 November 28, 1968: "Greatest Hits!," released in 1965, was certified gold for sales of 1,000,000.
April 4, 1969: An article appeared in New Musical Express featuring Pete Quaife's new band, Maple Oak, which he had formed without telling the rest of the Kinks.
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June 23, 2010: Pete Quaife, who had been receiving kidney dialysis for more than ten years died at the age of 66.
January 25, 1982: Give The People What They Want, released in 1981, received its certification for sales of 500,000 copies.
January 20, 2018: Bassist Jim Rodford died at the age of 76.
June 26, 2018: Ray Davies revealed in an interview with Channel 4 News, stating that he was "making a new Kinks album” with brother Dave Davies and Mick Avory.
"The trouble is, the two remaining members, my brother Dave and Mick, never got along very well. But I've made that work in the studio and it's fired me up to make them play harder, and with fire," Davies said.
June 26, 2018: Ray Davies revealed in an interview with Channel 4 News, stating that he was "making a new Kinks album” with brother Dave Davies and Mick Avory.
"The trouble is, the two remaining members, my brother Dave and Mick, never got along very well. But I've made that work in the studio and it's fired me up to make them play harder, and with fire," Davies said.
April 30, 2020: GQ article penned by David Levesley wrote about The Kinks: "no band did more to capture England's ennui and arrogance in the 20th century.....and...They were the Gilbert & Sullivan of 20th century Britain, writers of weird little operettas of human folly. "
