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The Kinks (England) – on YouTube


Years active

1962–present

Genres

Pop rock, Garage rock, Rock'n'Roll, Mod, Rock opera

Current members

Ray Davies – lead/backing vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica (1963–1996, 2018–present)
Dave Davies – lead guitar, backing/lead vocals, occasional keyboards (1963–1996, 2018–present)
Mick Avory – drums, percussion (1963–1984, 2018–present)

Former members

Pete Quaife – bass, backing vocals (1963–1969, died 2010)
John Dalton – bass, backing vocals (1966–1976)
Andy Pyle – bass (1976–1978)
Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals (1978–1997, died 2018)
John Gosling – keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1970–1978)
Gordon Edwards – keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1978–1979, died 2003)
Ian Gibbons – keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1979–1989, 1993–1997, died 2019)
Mark Haley – keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1989–1993)
Bob Henrit – drums, percussion (1984–1996)

Discography
(Studio albums)

Kinks (1964)
Kinda Kinks (1965)
The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
Face to Face (1966)
Something Else by the Kinks (1967)
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969)
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)
Percy (1971)
Muswell Hillbillies (1971)
Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)
Preservation Act 1 (1973)
Preservation Act 2 (1974)
Soap Opera (1975)
Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975)
Sleepwalker (1977)
Misfits (1978)
Low Budget (1979)
Give the People What They Want (1981)
State of Confusion (1983)
Word of Mouth (1984)
Think Visual (1986)
UK Jive (1989)
Phobia (1993)