The Kast Off Kinks The Kast Off Kinks 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. Dalton and Gosling both retired from The Kast Off Kinks in 2008, but Dalton does still appear with the band. The first bassist for The Kinks, Peter Quaife, played at various shows with the band before his death in 2010. The Kinks' drummer from 1984 to
The Kinks return to the US, the Kinks recorded another album, "Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)". As with the previous two albums, "Arthur" was grounded in characteristically English lyrical and musical hooks. A modest commercial success, it was well received by American music critics. Conceived as the score for a proposed but unrealised television drama, much of the album revolved around themes from the Davies brothers' childhood; their sister Rosie, who had migrated to Australia in the early 1960s with her husband, Arthur Anning, the album's namesake; and life growing up during the Second World War. The