Zack wrote on Apr 5
th, 2011 at 1:06pm:
uncleson wrote on Apr 4
th, 2011 at 2:24pm:
Dave's autobiography, "Kinked", is a good read.
Ray's fictional autobiography, "Xray", is also a good read.
Agree on both counts though (Dave's is actually titled just "Kink"). In it, he dishes the dirt on himself about drugs and weird sex then goes off into the cosmos talking about "intelligences" from another planet. Worst is how he dumped his wife after she gave him four children. But that's rock and roll I guess.
Ray's is one of my favorite rock and roll books ever. A "unauthorized autobiography"!
I think a Kinks reunion at this point would have been a downer, so I'm not crying too many tears in my beer.
Yes, I believe Xray is not technically a biography, though its based on The Kinks early years.
I saw Ray live a couple of years ago and he was great! Full of energy! If Dave had been there with him, it would have been even better.
But Dave is doing his own thing now, and seems quite content. He suffered a stroke about seven years ago, recovered, and has become even more involved with mysticism and philosophy.