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[[File:tkinks.jpg|frame|From left to right -- Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Mick Avory, Pete Quaife.]]
{{quote|''"We are the Village Green Preservation Society."''}}
[[The Kinks]] were an English rock band, one of the "Big Four" [[The British Invasion|British Invasion]] bands of [[The Sixties]] (along with [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], and [[The Who]]) and a [[Long Runner]], having experienced a long career's worth of highs and lows before throwing in the towel in 1996. While they have had numerous members, their most famous line-up was composed of vocalist/guitarist/[[I Am the Band|mastermind]] Ray Davies, his vocalist/guitarist brother Dave Davies, bassist Pete Quaife (who left in 1969) and drummer Mick Avory (who left in 1984).
The Kinks began their career as a bluesy, hard-edged mod-rock band, gaining success with their loud, [[Ear Worm|memorably]] [[Epic Riff|riffy]] hits "You Really Got Me", "All Day and All of the Night" and "Tired of Waiting for You", which set them up as a band to contend with and provided endless inspiration to future genres like [[Garage Rock]] and [[Power Pop]]. Their rowdy live shows got them banned from America until 1969, though arguably it ultimately served them well, encouraging [[I Am the Band|Ray Davies]] to write songs that emphasised their essential Britishness and tended to a more nostalgic and pastoral feel than their States-struck contemporaries.
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Admired for their melodic mastery of pop, their enormous variety of styles, the insight and wit of their lyrics, and their huge influence on almost all subsequent bands that cultivated any sort of outsider underdog image.
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* ''Kinks'' (1964)
* ''Kinda Kinks'' (1965)
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* ''Phobia'' (1993)
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* [[Album Title Drop]]: ''Everybody's in Showbiz'' takes its title from a lyric in "Celluloid Heroes".
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Dave Davies is a good [[Real Life]] example.
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