The Kinks to reunite
25 September 2008
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The Kinks are set to reform - but not for a "nostalgic" reunion.Singer Ray Davies says he wouldn't reunite the 'Waterloo Sunset' hitmakers just to play their back catalogue, but admitted they are "three quarters of the way" towards recording new material.The only doubt comes from Ray's brother and the band's former guitarist Dave Davies, who suffered a stroke in 2004.Ray told the BBC: "The stumbling block is my brother because he was seriously ill recently and whether he feels ready to do it."The thing that would make me decide yes or no would be whether or not we could do new songs, even if it's four or five."But I couldn't do it just for nostalgic reasons. My pitch to the other guys in the band - because I'm really for it - was what would we have written if we hadn't have had our first hit, 'You Really Got Me'? "What if we put ourselves in that situation, what would have happened? So I think new work is important for artists as they mature and get older."The Kinks formed in 1963 with a line-up consisting of Ray and Dave, Pete Quaife on bass and Mick Avory on drums. However, they had several line-up changes over the years and by the time they eventually split in 1996, only Ray and Dave were original members.
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