the Kinks
For those who’ve forgotten, the Kinks are included in the Heavy Metal Hall Of Fame because this durable band, formed in 1962 and originally part of the first British Invasion, paved the way for the power chords of the next decade’s hard rock explosion.
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the Kinks
For those who’ve forgotten, the Kinks are included in the Heavy Metal Hall Of Fame because this durable band, formed in 1962 and originally part of the first British Invasion, paved the way for the power chords of the next decade’s hard rock explosion. Dave Davies’s experiments with feedback and distortion may actually be the very earliest signs of what was to become the blueprint of heavy rock sound.
Although the membership has changed throughout the Kinks’ incredibly long lifeline (Original Line-Up: Ray Davies: guitar & vocals, Dave Davies: guitar & vocals, Mick Avory: drums and Pete Quaife: bass; Current Line-Up: Ray Davies: vocals & guitar, Dave Davies: lead guitar & vocals, Ian Gibbons: keyboards & back-up vocals, Bob Henrit: drums, Jim Rodford: bass, Mick Avory: additional drums), the group’s trademark remains Ray Davies’s survival chronicle songs and scenarios of the British middle class. Giving the Kinks’ music an utterly unique, quirky attitude, he has made it possible for the band to stay interesting for over two decades since their early entrance with “You Really Got Me” in the autumn of 1964 to their current MCA rediscovery, Think Visual.
After their first burst of popularity in America, the Kinks became something of a cult band until the late 70s, when they finally built a substantial statewide audience.
