Bad-tempered groups of the 60s

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Bad-tempered groups of the 60s

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From the Everly Brothers to the brothers Gallagher of Oasis notoriety, rock ‘n’ roll has been littered with groups who internally, no matter how much of a united public face they put on it, had ego and personality problems that ultimately got the better of them. Several high profile British groups of the 1960s being no exception.

The bickering that bubbled and eventually came to the boil inside the Beatles has been well documented. While most of you who regularly read Roy Clough on the subject of the Searchers should by now be all too aware of the unpleasantness that has beset that group down through the years. Even the Who in their pomp were not adverse to odd bout of back-stage verbal and physical violence amongst themselves when, according to Roger Daltrey, euphemistically referred to “artistic differences” would arise after live performances.

But, by their own admission, possibly the most argumentative and sometimes violent of British group of the 60s were surprisingly the KINKS. That is if what is said in the below and often less that flattering 30-minute rockumentary (in 4 YouTube parts) is too believed.

Part 1:

Right from the opening of this first clip, the Davies brothers, Ray and Dave, while recognizing that blood is thicker that water, freely admit to this day they can’t be in one another’s company for too long before they start verbally taking shots at one another.



Part 2:

In this clip Ray Davies tells how he came to write the satirical “Dedicated Follower of Fashion” following a fight with an unnamed fashion designer and his girl friend during a party. Seemingly the altercation started because of some remark that the said unnamed fashion designer made to Ray Davies about the style of trousers he happened to be wearing at the time. Ray Davies’s response was apparently to punch the offending fashion designer and then go write a song about it.



Part 3:

In this clip, it is interesting to listen to drummer, Mick Avory and the set-tos between him and Dave Davies. The referred to on-stage incident during a live performance in Cardiff is one I can particularly remember being reported at the time. That propelled symbol stand from Mick Avory’s drum kit did indeed put Dave Davies in hospital.

Also, aired in this clip are rather under-explained reasons why the Kinks were banned from playing live in America for 3 years (from 66 to 69). Mutterings of being made to feel like oh!-not-another-British-Invasion-group and as Ray Davies puts it, a lack of show business tack backed up with a punch or two being thrown having something to do with it.



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The Alvin Brothers don't get on well they say. I saw the band a couple of years ago and had the group autograph an Lp..Dave had one dressing room while Phil and the rest of the band had another larger one.



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