The Kinks

One of the last chart appearances from this classic 60's & 70's British act came in 1981.  'Give The People What They Want' was a pretty big album, surprisingly, from an old "has been" band trying to compete with the new wave of talent (or maybe, lack of) coming through at the time.  ...

The Kinks Ray Davies has gone on record with Q magazine about his health issues that stem back to the 2004 incident where he was shot in the leg after chasing a thief in New Orleans.  Davies, 66, said that a clot formed due to the residue still in his leg and that made him ill enough where he could not fly and he had to cancel his tour last year because of it...