What if the Kinks were Britain’s best pop band?

On the English rock scene, three names. The Beatles’, acknowledged and undisputed gold medal. In the distance a silver glitters on the rolling stones. In third place is Who, which has been active since 1964 despite regular sound and picture interruptions. Kinks were never part of this trifecta. However, the formation appear to be the best English group of the sixties.

Very English in any case. While Mick Jagger adopted the American accent of admired bluesmen, Ray Davies was the first to adopt his London vernacular a few years before Syd Barrett and David Bowie. Unloved, unrecognized and still admired, The Kinks celebrate the first sixty years of their existence with a beautiful compilation, travel. The first volume, devoted to the 1960s, was published last month. The second, focusing on the 1970s and 1980s, will be released in September. Very rare in the interview, Dave Davies, younger brother of singer Ray Davies