The Kast Off Kinks

The Kast Off Kinks
The Kast Off Kinks
	From left: John Gosling, John Dalton, Mick Avory, Dave Clarke.
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Rock
Years active	1996 (after kinks breakup) - 2019
Members	Dave Clarke; John Dalton; John Gosling; Mick Avory
Past members	Jim Rodford; Ian Gibbons
Website	Official website

The Kast Off Kinks are a band composed of former members of the band The Kinks. They mostly tour Europe and attend reunions for fans and for charity, such as the Leukemia Research Fund. They have put out one EP, The Archway EP, in conjunction with The Kinks' fan club.

Members

Current members

Dave Clarke – lead vocals, lead guitar (The only member not to have played with The Kinks)
Mick Avory – drums, percussion (member of The Kinks 1964–1984, 2018–present)
John Dalton – bass, backing vocals, lead vocalist on Willesden Green (Percy, 1971...the only Kinks song never sung by one of the Davies brothers)^[1] (member of The Kinks 1966, 1969–1976)
John Gosling: keyboards, backing vocals (member of The Kinks 1970–1978)

Former members

Jim Rodford - bass guitar, backing vocals (member of The Kinks 1978–1996) died 2018
Ian Gibbons – keyboards, backing vocals (member of The Kinks 1978–1989, 1993–1996) died 2019

Dalton and Gosling both retired from The Kast Off Kinks in 2008, but Dalton still appeared numerous times with the band afterwards, Gosling sometimes joined them at fan convention performances. Following Ian Gibbons' death in 2019, Gosling agreed to return to the Kast Off Kinks.

Guest musicians

The original bassist for The Kinks, Peter Quaife, played at selected shows with the band before his death in 2010. The Kinks' drummer from 1984 to 1996, Bob Henrit, has also occasionally performed with the band. At Kinks fan conventions since 2007, The Kast Off Kinks have been joined on stage for a few songs by The Kinks' main songwriter and frontman Ray Davies.

Former Kinks backing singers Debi Doss and Shirlie Roden also perform regularly with The Kast Off Kinks, and Ray Davies' first wife, Rasa Davies, has made occasional guest appearances as backing vocalist. Mark Haley finally guested with the band at the 2011 fan convention in London and again in 2012 in both London and Utrecht.

Timeline

Due to a lack of information, not everything is known for certain.


	? (Some sources say 1994, 96, other dates)-2008	2008-2010	2010-2018	2018-2019	2019-?
Dave Clarke	Lead guitar, vocals	Lead guitar, vocals	Lead guitar, vocals	Lead guitar, vocals	Lead guitar, vocals
John Dalton	Bass guitar, backing vocals	guest	guest	Bass guitar, backing vocals	Bass guitar, backing vocals
Mick Avory	Drums, percussion	Drums, percussion	Drums, percussion	Drums, percussion	Drums, percussion
John Gosling	Keyboards	Possibly a guest	Possibly a guest	Possibly a guest	Keyboards, backing vocals
Peter Quaife	Bass guitar (guest)	Possibly a guest	deceased	deceased	deceased
Ray Davies	guest	guest	Possibly a guest	Possibly a guest	Possibly a guest
Jim Rodford	Possibly a guest	Bass guitar, vocals	Bass guitar, vocals	deceased	deceased
Ian Gibbons	Possibly a guest	Keyboards, vocals	Keyboards, vocals	Keyboards, vocals	deceased
Bob Henrit	Possibly a guest	Possibly a guest	guest	Possibly a guest	Possibly a guest

Annual shows

Kinks Fan Club Konvention, North London
Dutch Kinks Preservation Society, Utrecht, Netherlands
Music at the Crossroads Festival, Hook Norton, England

References

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External links

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Ray Davies Dave Davies Mick Avory Pete Quaife John Dalton John Gosling Andy Pyle Jim Rodford Ian Gibbons Bob Henrit Gordon John Edwards Mark Haley
Studio albums	Kinks (1964) Kinks-Size (1965; US-only) Kinda Kinks (1965) Kinkdom (1965; US-only) The Kink Kontroversy (1965) Face to Face (1966) Something Else (1967) Village Green Preservation Society (1968) Arthur (1969) Lola Versus Powerman (1970) Percy (1971) Muswell Hillbillies (1971) Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) Preservation Act 1 (1973) Preservation Act 2 (1974) Soap Opera (1975) Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975) Sleepwalker (1977) Misfits (1978) Low Budget (1979) Give the People What They Want (1981) State of Confusion (1983) Word of Mouth (1984) Think Visual (1986) UK Jive (1989) Phobia (1993)
Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall (1968) One for the Road (1980) Live: The Road (1988) To the Bone (1994/1996) BBC Sessions: 1964–1977 (2001)
EPs	Kinksize Session (1964) Kwyet Kinks (1965)
Compilations	The Kinks Greatest Hits! (1966) Well Respected Kinks (1966) Sunny Afternoon (1967) Then Now and Inbetween (1969) The Kink Kronikles (1972) The Great Lost Kinks Album (1973) Come Dancing with The Kinks (1986) The Kinks Are Well Respected Men (1987) The Ultimate Collection (2002) Picture Book (2008) Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies (2012) The Essential Kinks (2014)
Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)
Concert tours	1965 UK tour 1965 US tour
Related articles	Discography Band members Session performers: Clem Cattini, Bobby Graham, Nicky Hopkins Konk The Kast Off Kinks Argent X-Ray Do It Again Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks Sunny Afternoon (musical)
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