Original Kinks Bassist Dies
Original Kinks bassist Pete Quaife has died at the age of 66.
The Kinks are to have a DVD titled You Really Got Me released next month by Voiceprint.
This time, we get to grips with Brit legends (Peter Gabriel and Jeff Beck), the Europeans (Brother Firetribe and Skanska Mord) and the Americans (Year Long Disaster and While Heaven Wept).
This week, Mick remembers the late David Byron and Keith Moon, expresses relief at Abbey Road Studios being saved, recalls meeting Kris Kristofferson, celebrates the Nordoff Robbins charity, listens to Coverdale Page and has something to say about the Number 25 bus route. Oh, and some football club called Spurs win a match!
As the UK is the grip of the worst freeze since 1981, we thought it was time to take a look back at the last time everywhere was white and slippery, and public transport was about as mobile as a comatose snail. Come inside for 10 rock-related things that happened 29 years ago…
Tired of waiting for a new Kinks album? There could be a new one from the band next year, their first since 1993′s Phobia.
Metallica were joined by Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Davies and Lou Reed as they got Madison Square Garden headbanging on October 30.