Originally called the Ravens, the London-based band changed their name in 1964 to the Kinks before the release of their first single, "Long Tall Sally," and broke the Top 10 on the American charts with their third single, "You Really Got Me." Led by Ray Davies, with his brother Dave on guitar, Pete Quaife on bass and Mick Avory on drums, the Kinks first two albums, Kinda Kinks (1965) and The Kinks Kontroversy (1965), are considered some of the best works of the British Invasion. After being banned from entering the United States for four years due to a dispute with the American Federation of Musicians union, they returned to the American charts in 1970 with the Top 10 single "Lola." Throughout the '70s, the Kinks continued to release successful albums, including 1977's Sleepwalker and 1979's Low Budget, though it wasn't until 1983's State of Confusion that they again scored a Top 10 single with "Come Dancing." In 1990 the Kinks were inducted into to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Reviews

• Phobia
• Think Visual
• A Soap Opera
• Preservation Act II
• Percy
• Kinda Kinks
• UK Jive
• The Road, Live
• Schoolboys in Disgrace
• Sleepwalker
• Preservation Act I
• Kinks
• Word of Mouth
• To the Bone
• Low Budget
• Misfits
• Everybody’s in Showbiz
• The Kink Kontroversy
• Give the People What They Want
• BBC Sessions, 1964–1977

Features

• The Kinks
• Life After Rock: Peter Quaife of the Kinks