# List of the Kinks band members

The Kinks are an English rock band from Muswell Hill, London. Formed in January 1963, the group originally comprised the Davies brothers Ray (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Dave (lead guitar, vocals), Pete Quaife (bass, backing vocals), and Mick Avory (drums). Quaife left the band for five months from June to November 1966, during which time he was replaced by John Dalton. In April 1969, Quaife left for the second and final time and was once again replaced by Dalton. In May 1970, the Kinks expanded to a five-piece with the addition of John Gosling as their first full-time keyboardist. This lineup remained stable until 1976, when Dalton left. The band underwent several lineup changes during the late 1970s, before stabilizing in late 1979 with a lineup of the Davies brothers, Avory, bassist Jim Rodford and keyboardist Ian Gibbons. After two more studio albums, Avory left the Kinks in July 1984 following numerous conflicts with Dave Davies, which had culminated in his exclusion from the recording of "Good Day" for their then-new album Word of Mouth. He was replaced by Bob Henrit, who completed work on the album. Gibbons left in 1989, with Mark Haley taking his place beginning with the tour in support of UK Jive. Haley remained a touring member, with the 1993 album Phobia recorded as a four-piece.
After a European tour, Haley resigned from the Kinks in July 1993, with Gibbons returning to take his place for US dates two weeks later. The group released a final live album, To the Bone, before disbanding after a final tour ending in June 1996 and appearing for the last time together at Dave Davies’ 50th birthday party in February 1997. In 2018, the Davies brothers announced that they were working on new music together with longtime drummer Mick Avory, however since then there has been no studio release and not much indication the band is active.

## Members
### Former

| Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
| Ray Davies | 1963–19972018–present | lead and backing vocalsrhythm acoustic, electric and resonator guitarskeyboardspianoharmonicaoccasional lead guitar | all Kinks releases to date |
| Dave Davies | 1963–19972018–present | lead electric, slide and acoustic guitarsbacking and lead vocalsbanjooccasional keyboards and piano | all Kinks releases to date |
| Mick Avory | 1963–19842018–present | drumspercussion | all Kinks releases from Kinks (1964) to State of Confusion (1983)Appearances on individual tracks: Word of Mouth (1984)Think Visual (1986)UK Jive (1989) |
| Pete Quaife | 1963–19661966–1969 (died 2010) | bassbacking vocals | all Kinks releases from Kinks (1964) to The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) |
| John "Nobby" Dalton | 19661969–1976 | bass guitarbacking vocals | all Kinks releases from Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969) to Sleepwalker (1977)Appearances on individual tracks: Face to Face (1966) and Misfits (1978) |
| John "the Baptist" Gosling | 1970–1978 (died 2023) | keyboardspianobacking vocals | all Kinks releases from Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) to Misfits (1978) |
| Andy Pyle | 1976–1978 | bass | Misfits (1978)Appearances on individual tracks: Sleepwalker (1977) |
| Jim Rodford | 1978–1997 (died 2018) | bassbacking vocals | all Kinks releases from Low Budget (1979) to To the Bone (1994) |
| Gordon Edwards | 1978–1979 (died 2003) | keyboardspianobacking vocals | Uncredited appearances on individual tracks: Low Budget |
| Ian Gibbons | 1979–19891993–1997 (died 2019) | keyboardspianobacking vocals | all Kinks releases from One for the Road (1980) to UK Jive (1989)To the Bone (1994) |
| Bob Henrit | 1984–1996 | drumspercussion | all Kinks releases from Think Visual (1986) to To the Bone (1994)Appearances on individual tracks: Word of Mouth (1984) |
| Mark Haley | 1989–19901992–1993 | keyboardspianobacking vocals | none |

### Session performers

| Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
| Perry Ford | 1964 (died 1999) | piano | Kinks (1964) |
| Arthur Greenslade | 1964 (died 2003) | piano | Kinks (1964) |
| Jon Lord | 1964 (died 2012) | organpiano | Kinks (1964) |
| Jimmy Page | 1964 | twelve-string acoustic guitar | Kinks (1964) |
| uncredited musicians | N/A | rhythm guitarcelloviolaoboepiccolostrings | Kinks (1964)Something Else by the Kinks (1967)The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) |
| Rasa Davies (née Didzpetris) | 1964–1968 | backing vocals | all Kinks releases from Kinks (1964) to The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) |
| Bobby Graham | 1964–1965 (died 2009) | drumspercussion | Kinks (1964)Kinda Kinks (1965) |
| Nicky Hopkins | 1965–1968 (died 1994) | keyboardspiano | all Kinks releases from The Kink Kontroversy (1965) to The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) |
| Clem Cattini | 19651977 | drumspercussion | The Kink Kontroversy (1965) and overdubs on Misfits (1978) |
| Shel Talmy | 1965 | electric guitarproduction | production on all Kinks releases from Kinks (1964) to Something Else by the Kinks (1967)performance on The Kink Kontroversy (1966) |
| David Whitaker | 1967 (died 2012) | arrangements | Something Else by the Kinks (1967)The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) |
| Stanley Myers | 1970 (died 1993) | arrangements | Percy (1971) |
| Vicki Brown | 1971 (died 1991) | backing vocals | Muswell Hillbillies (1971) |
| Ken Jones | 1971 | harmonica | Muswell Hillbillies (1971) |
| Dave Rowberry | 1972 (died 2003) | organ | Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) |
| Krysia Kocjan | 1973 | backing vocals | Preservation Act 1 (1973) |
| Lee Pavey | 1973 | backing vocals | Preservation Act 1 (1973) |
| Lewis Rich | 1973 | backing vocals | Preservation Act 1 (1973) |
| Sue Brown | 1973–1974 | backing vocals | Preservation Act 1 (1973)Preservation Act 2 (1974) |
| Pamela Travis | 1973–1975 | backing vocals | Preservation Act 1 (1973)Preservation Act 2 (1974)Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975) |
| Maryann Price | 1974 | backing vocals | Preservation Act 2 (1974) |
| Angi Girton | 1974 | backing vocals | Preservation Act 2 (1974) |
| Christopher Timothy | 1974 | voice | Preservation Act 2 (1974) |
| Chris Musk | 1974 | voice | Preservation Act 2 (1974) |
| June Ritchie | 1974 | voice | Soap Opera (1975) |
| Debbie Doss | 1975 | backing vocals | Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975) |
| Shirley Roden | 1975 | backing vocals | Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975) |
| Nick Trevisik | 1977 | drums | Misfits (1978) |
| Ron Lawrence | 1977 | bass | Misfits (1978) |
| Zaine Griff | 1977 | bass | Misfits (1978) |
| Chrissie Hynde | 1979–1981 | vocals | Give the People What They Want (1981) |
| Kim Goody | 1986 | backing vocals | Think Visual (1986) |

### Brass section

| Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
| Mike Cotton | 1971–19721977–1978 | trumpet | Muswell Hillbillies (1971)Everybody's in Showbiz (1972)Misfits (1978) |
| John Beecham | 1971–19761977–1978 | trombonetuba | Muswell Hillbillies (1971)Everybody's in Showbiz (1972)Preservation Act 1 (1973)Preservation Act 2 (1974)Misfits ( 1978) |
| Alan Holmes | 1971–1976 | saxophoneclarinet | Muswell Hillbillies (1971)Everybody's in Showbiz (1972)Preservation Act 1 (1973)Preservation Act 2 (1974) |
| Laurie Brown | 1973–1976 | trumpet | Preservation Act 1 (1973)Preservation Act 2 (1974) |
| Nick Newall | 1975–1980 (died 2010) | saxophoneclarinetkeyboardscongas | Misfits (1978)Low Budget (1979)One for the Road (1980) |

## Lineups

| Period | Members | Releases |
| 1963 – 1966 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Pete Quaife – bass, backing vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion | "Long Tall Sally" (1964) "You Still Want Me" (1964) Kinks (1964) "All Day and All of the Night" (1964) Kinksize Session (1964) Kinda Kinks (1965) "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" (1965) "Set Me Free" (1965) "See My Friends" (1965) Kwyet Kinks (1965) The Kink Kontroversy (1965) "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (1966) Face to Face (1966) |
| 1966 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion John Dalton – bass, backing vocals | "Dead End Street" (1966) |
| 1966 – 1969 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion Pete Quaife – bass, backing vocals | Live at Kelvin Hall (1967) Something Else by The Kinks (1967) "Autumn Almanac" (1967) "Wonderboy" (1968) "Days" (1968) The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) "Plastic Man" (1969) |
| 1969 – 1970 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion John Dalton – bass, backing vocals | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969) |
| 1970 – 1976 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion John Dalton – bass, backing vocals John Gosling – keyboards, piano, backing vocals | Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround (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) |
| 1976 – 1978 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion John Gosling – keyboards, piano, backing vocals Andy Pyle – bass | Misfits (1978) |
| 1978 – 1979 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals Gordon Edwards – keyboards, piano, backing vocals | none |
| 1979 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals | Low Budget (1979) |
| 1979 – 1984 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals Ian Gibbons – keyboards, piano, backing vocals | One for the Road (1980) Give the People What They Want (1981) State of Confusion (1983) |
| 1984 – 1989 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals Ian Gibbons – keyboards, piano, backing vocals Bob Henrit – drums, percussion | Word of Mouth (1984) Think Visual (1986) The Road (1986) UK Jive (1989) |
| 1989 – 1990 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals Bob Henrit – drums, percussion Mark Haley – keyboards, piano, backing vocals | none |
| 1990 – 1992 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals Bob Henrit – drums, percussion | Phobia (1993) |
| 1992 – 1993 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals Bob Henrit – drums, percussion Mark Haley – keyboards, piano, backing vocals | none |
| 1993 – 1997 | Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals Bob Henrit – drums, percussion Ian Gibbons – keyboards, piano, backing vocals | To The Bone (UK 1994, US 1996) |