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 number-one singles, starting in 1964 with "You Really Got Me"; plus 18 Top 40 singles in the 1960s alone and further Top 40 hits in the 1970s and 1980s. The Kinks had five Top 10 singles on the US "Billboard" chart. Nine of their albums charted in the Top 40. In the UK, the group had seventeen Top 20 singles along with five Top 10 albums. The RIAA has certified four of the Kinks' albums as gold records. "Greatest Hits!", released in 1965, was certified gold for sales of 1,000,000 on 28 November 1968—six days after the release of "The