European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Davies works the kinks of Ito his anger rage by Hillel take the associated press a Davies loves the world he swears he does. It s just that some people keep getting in the Way liars hypocrites his brother Dave. The offending parties May have to get used to it Davies has a memory that rivals the hat Fields and Mccoy. He has not forgotten the insults from John Lennon the. To producers who wanted to hide his Gap toothed smile which he still haste supermarkets that drove out the beloved Corner shops of his native England. You wonder sometimes if Davies keeps a Little Black Book with the names of every schoolmate who Ever tried to steal his lunch. Then again that s one reason Why the kinks Are still around after three decades. From the Punk rage of you really cot me to the satire of a Well respected Man to the escapism of celluloid heroes and Waterloo Sunset society s bad vibes just keep pushing Davies to wave a Finger in return. Thank a certain uncooperative educator for the kinks very existence. Back in the Early 1960s, Davies was hoping to take film and theater courses at Art school but he says the principal threatened to take away his Grant. With Little Money and lots of attitude he. Hooked up with Lead guitarist Dave and eventually formed the world s crudest Rock n Roll band. Sometimes it s Good to hold on to a grudge said Ray who turns 49 during the kinks current tour which includes dates in Germany next month. If he had t been so negative about that i would t have left College and started in a Rock band. Maybe there s still kind of. Not hatred but it put a Needle in me that sparked off some burst of creative Energy that said i la show you i can do this " the kinks current album phobia is the group s first studio release in four Kay Davies Musk is fed by creative rage. Years and much of its spirit is amazingly dose to the Early surly Days of Post Art school rejection. Davies lives in Guildford one of the nicest old cities left within 30 Miles of London but phobia is an Urban Boombox record the burning cover Art recalling the gothic sets of Batman. One of the song titled hatred a duet is a tribute to the battling Davies Brothers in which the kinks sing of the hatred that lasts forever chanting driven by hate like some ind of grunge mantra. I have never lost that anger in me Ray said. I Don t think it s fear but i instill fear in myself to make me write. It s this wonderful feeling when you re on the Edge of something living at an intense Pace. Looking at reality really makes you look which brings up another favorite theme surviving a song title on the new album. While the band s original drummer and bassist left Long ago Ray and Dave have endured dry spells divorces endless record labels Columbia is the latest and a sibling rivalry so intense Ray once told an interviewer he tried to Stab his brother. The kinks Haven t had much commercial Success lately and Davies insists they Are not Rich Rock stars but a working band that barely held on Over the past few years. He blames marketers for turning the music into a commodity. We be always stayed out of it. Even with our hit singles we never went Down the route of the stones or the who he said. Yes we re in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but the kinks Are still the last remaining Independent band. It has a lot to do with our characters and our personalities and our stubbornness. If we had conformed we d probably be Richer and More recognized. It gives you something to get angry about something to feel something to Stew up the creative Deborah Harry concert fist Ings see pages 20 & 21 the former Lead Singer for Blondie will be in Britain later this month promoting her new album Debrava Ion. Short subject stylistics slow going heats up the House Bubuc Syfox sunday Magazine editor you had to wonder about the Midnight starting time. Who would show up the cleaning lady actually a whole Bunch of Melody Loving romantic nostalgic fans of the stylistics that s who. So Many squeezed into the Plantation club on belts Cavern in Frankfurt Germany last saturday night you practically needed a fax to order a drink. Awake the Only things out were the lights this was a nightclub in the traditional sense with an aroused female dominated audience clapping and cooing to the stylistics approach. The stylistics hardly had to go up Tempo to spark the atmosphere. Thompkins their Wavy songs kept the crowd afloat for 1v4 hours. Good thing because if people had come in expecting something fast they were in the wrong place. The stylistics basically stay in first gear the Only times they shifted up were for Rock n Roll baby and a disco is the stylistics betcha by Golly wow. So is this you re my everything. Plus this i m Stone in love with you. And especially this you make me fee Brand new. By the time Russell Thompkins or. Had High pitched that one in the show s finale the crowd had to feel woozy with sentiment. The stylistics starring Thompkins Herb Murrell and Airrion love have been singing their slow stuff for 25 years. It s a stretch they re celebrating with this world tour which will reach As far As Australia. The Trio joined voices and Steps in Philadelphia in1968. They worked local dubs and Heaters and finally hit it big in Early Murrell girl now which landed in the top 10 of the soul charts. The stylistics followed with 15 straight top 10r&b hits. A stack of them crossed Over to the pop charts including Stop. Look and listen break up to make up and people make the world go round. Those were three More tunes the stylistics Sang saturday night. In Ait the group belted out 22 numbers. All but one my my my from their new love talk cd were oldies. A seven piece band backed them up most notably Eligio Concepcion on a mean sax. He played his share of makeup notes just in Case anyone needed them on this night of slow Rock around the clock. Friday november 13,1993 thi stats and stapes 19
