Original KINKS Bassist Pete Quaife Passes
June 27, 2010, 14 years ago
According to CBC News, bassist Pete Quaife, a co-founder of British group THE KINKS, has died at age 66.
BBC News reported Friday that the musician had been undergoing kidney dialysis over the past decade, but could not confirm the exact cause of death. Reports say he died in Denmark on Thursday.
Quaife left the group in 1969. He could be heard on the band's early hits such as 'You Really Got Me', 'All Day And All Of The Night' and 'Dedicated Follower Of Fashion'.
The bassist said he left because he was unhappy and couldn't deal with the infighting between brothers, and band members, Ray and Dave Davies.
However, he still remained proud of his work with the band, especially its Village Green Preservation Society album.
"For me it represents the only real album made by the Kinks ... in which we all contributed something," he told Jukebox Magazine in 2006.
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