Play Ultimate Kinks Trivia: Hits, History & Facts Now
Ultimate Kinks Trivia: Hits, History & Facts Now
Test your knowledge of The Kinks with this fun, fast quiz — from Ray & Dave Davies facts to classic hits, eras and band trivia. Perfect for rock fans!
![Image in QuizMyDay Ultimate Kinks Trivia: Hits, History & Facts Now trivia quiz featuring A 1964 promotional photograph of the Kinks. London's Tower Bridge is in the background.<br>In band biographer Doug Hinman's 2004 book <i>All Day and All of the Night</i>, p. 31, he dates this photograph to around August 2, 1964. He further writes: "It is likely that classic red-hunting-jacket shots with The Kinks in various poses around the Tower Of London [<i>sic</i>] and sitting on a cannon are taken at this time. They are used extensively in early promotional material. The session may well have been at the urging of new press officer Brian Sommerville upon the launch of his campaign to smarten up the band's image. Also, Summerville seeks to represent them as symbols of Englishness, a notion that will in time sell well to the American market."](https://d3le1x71fx28bd.cloudfront.net/27041438-5708-4b78-932a-e80557444285/5576ca8a-1dfb-41d0-aac7-7d3cef7b9d3d.jpg "Image in QuizMyDay Ultimate Kinks Trivia: Hits, History & Facts Now trivia quiz featuring A 1964 promotional photograph of the Kinks. London's Tower Bridge is in the background.<br>In band biographer Doug Hinman's 2004 book <i>All Day and All of the Night</i>, p. 31, he dates this photograph to around August 2, 1964. He further writes: \"It is likely that classic red-hunting-jacket shots with The Kinks in various poses around the Tower Of London [<i>sic</i>] and sitting on a cannon are taken at this time. They are used extensively in early promotional material. The session may well have been at the urging of new press officer Brian Sommerville upon the launch of his campaign to smarten up the band's image. Also, Summerville seeks to represent them as symbols of Englishness, a notion that will in time sell well to the American market.\"")
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The Kinks were banned from performing in the United States from 1965 to 1969 after onstage fights and disputes with the American Federation of Musicians, a setback that pushed Ray Davies to focus on a more English, character-driven songwriting approach.
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Dave Davies deliberately slashed the cone of his amplifier speaker and used an out-of-phase wiring trick to create the raw, slashed-guitar tone on The Kinks' 'You Really Got Me', a technique often cited as a direct ancestor of hard rock and heavy metal guitar sounds.