
The Kinks
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Year:
1990
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Inducted by:
Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
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Category:
Performers
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Dave Davies
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Mick Avory
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Pete Quaife
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Ray Davies
Introduction
Wickedly satirical, wryly observant and fiercely independent, the Kinks ran counter even to the counterculture.
While other major Sixties bands were on drug-fueled psychedelic jam sessions, the Kinks kept their focus close to home. They dissected England with witty, literate lyrics set to pop-rock that gained them a cult following that only grows.