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The Kinks found themselves on the receiving end of a four-year ban from touring in the States sanctioned by the American Federation of Musicians. The banning severely hampered the band’s career across the pond as once they were allowed to tour again tastes had drastically changed

He played on 10 of the rock band's albums in the 1970s.The Kinks pose for a group shot. L-R: John Dalton, John Gosling, Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies. GAB Archive/Redferns John Gosling, who played keyboards for The Kinks during the 1970s, has died. He was 75. The Kinks announced the sad news through its social media accounts on Friday (Aug. 4). A cause of death was not provided. “We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of John Gosling. We are sending our condolences to John’s wife and family,” the band wrote in a statement. Gosling joined...

Music video by Tom Cochrane performing Life Is A Highway

The Kinks - ‘Lola Versus Powerman’ - a brand new version of the ‘Lola’ track, remastered from the original tapes

Well deserved methinks . Sir Raymond Davies !

...You Really Got Me delivered something very different. It is taut but increasingly hysterical, hard driven and explosive, an out-and-out rocker. It is more riff than song. And what a riff. It consists of just two power chords, three strings of the guitar, sliding up and down over two frets, striking five times in three beats of the bar then restarting after the fourth beat. It has a feeling of being chopped off in its prime and constantly restarted, spluttering like a motorbike getting ready to race, a jerky, stop-start quality that creates an incredible sense of urgency. It was...

Pete Quaife, who died on June 24 aged 66, was a founder member of The Kinks and played bass guitar on their biggest hits, including You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night and Dedicated Follower of Fashion; in the early 1970s he abandoned the music scene to make his living as a graphic artist.

Based on “20th Century Man” by the Kinks, with grave apologies to Ray Davies.... This is the age of political machinery,A Chicago Way nightmare,The wonderful world of socialism,“Stimulus” defenseless nation bad debt buyout, This is the twenty-first century,But too much coronationIt’s the age of insanity,What has become of Ole Glory and the Constitution.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- About a fifth of Americans think federal agents have listened in on their phone calls, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll released Tuesday suggests. Twenty-one percent of the 1,000 adults who replied to the survey conducted Thursday through Sunday said it was very likely or somewhat likely their conversations had been wiretapped, while 52 percent said it was not at all likely.(snip) According to the poll, Americans appear to be split over the legality of the domestic eavesdropping program. About 49 percent of respondents said the president had definitely or probably broken the law by authorizing the wiretaps and...

NEW ORLEANS - Singer-songwriter Ray Davies (news) of the celebrated British rock band the Kinks was shot in the leg while chasing thieves who snatched a purse from a woman he was with, police said Monday. He was not seriously injured. Police said Davies, 59, and the woman were walking near the edge of the French Quarter when the shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Davies was treated and released at a hospital, said Capt. Marlon Defillo, a police spokesman. One suspect was captured within hours and another person was being sought. The woman was not hurt. Police would not...