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- After 10 years of success as guitarist for the band he co-founded, The Kinks, life had caught up with him: the drink, the drugs, the depression, the paranoia. In a hotel room in New York, Davies had a nervous breakdown. He seriously considered jumping out of the window.
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Mick Avory left the band after the Kinks' last album for Arista, Word of Mouth, mainly due to the growing animosity between him and Dave Davies. Bob Henrit was brought in to take Avory's place. At the invitation of Ray Davies, Avory agreed to manage Konk Studios, where he also served as a producer and occasional contributor on later Kinks albums.
Jul 26, 2022 · I n his new tell-all memoir, Living on a Thin Line, The Kinks guitarist Dave Davies writes movingly about his recovery from a stroke in 2004, his fractious relationship with elder brother and...
Aug 18, 2022 · Dave admittedly struggled with the band’s newfound success at that time and actually suffered a nervous breakdown in August 1972 while touring the States (he seriously contemplated jumping out...
- Lyndsey Parker
Jan 22, 2021 · Because of their notorious record, the American Federation of Musicians banned the group from touring the United States for four years following the Capital Theatre incident. As a result, the group couldn’t get a grip on North America for as long as they performed together.
Nov 6, 2019 · When 1969 dawned, the once mighty Kinks were at a low ebb. Their 1968 album, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, had been a commercial flop, bassist Pete Quaife had quit the...
- Jeff Slate
Sep 21, 2020 · Although years of arguments still seemed to overshadow the band's stellar discography, it was in 1996 that the Kinks disbanded over rising tensions. More than two decades later, the band has yet to reform, and the brothers' relationship is lukewarm at best.
Feb 3, 2017 · Six years later, the frontman attempted suicide by popping pills during a show, unable to deal with his wife leaving him. They’d been married in 1964, and Dave had done his best to ruin the day...
