Davies, 74, told Channel 4 that he had been working in the studio with his brother Dave Davies and band mate Mick Avory, which had led to a resolution between the two warring members. Davies said that the group were "making a new Kinks album."
"The trouble is, the two remaining members – my brother Dave and Mick – never got along very well. But I've made that work in the studio and it's fired me up to make them play harder, and with fire," Davies said, adding that he hoped to "recapture those moments."
Davies received a phone call from Avory during the interview, which he finished by telling the drummer he would "see [him] in the pub later".
Davies said he had been "inspired by the Rolling Stones, who recently completed a European tour to critical acclaim.
"I've got all these songs that I wrote for the band when we – not broke up – parted company, and I think it's kind of an appropriate time to do it."
Asked if The Kinks were getting back together, Davies said: "Officially we are... in the pub later on."
"It won't be well-organised like the Rolling Stones," he elaborated. "You must praise the Rolling Stones for being great at publicity and a great band great at organising their careers and Mick [Jagger] has done an incredible PR job and it’s kind of inspiring to see them doing it."
"But The Kinks will probably be playing the local bar."
The group disbanded after lacklustre releases in the Nineties and creative tensions between the two brothers. Their last public performance was in 1996.
UPDATE from ThisSmallPlanet.com:
Today on Twitter, Dave Davies wrote:
"Me and Ray have spoken about the possibility of us working on a new album. Ray has a few songs he wants to finish. I have 3 or 4 songs I’ve written with Ray. We’ve been talking about it for some time now. We haven’t discussed shows or anything else at the moment..."
and
"I never stopped being a Kink"
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Editor's Note from ThisSmallPlanet.com:
November 21, 1975: My first rock concert. I am 14 years old. The Kinks at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (my hometown). Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel opening up. The Kinks perform a set of classics as well as the new album Schoolboys in Disgrace.
I went with Ed Feege. Mr. Feege drove us, dropped us off, and picked us up afterwards. I felt like an adult. Someone handed out fliers outside, a cool November night, for another show, which made a joking reference to that show NOT being part of the then current Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue barnstorming the Northeast with Allen Ginsberg, Roger McGuinn, Joan Baez, and more...
5 years later, I was in London, staying with a friend of a friend, who became a dear friend, Mary Chapman. She went to Hornsey College of Art with Ray Davies.
She remembers him this way:
I never got close to him though he was in same art class at Hornsey Arty School.
I was too wrapped up with David.
I remember him being very quiet, observing everything.
He was confident in being apart.
It was a surprise when the Kinks became famous and we saw his depth and uniqueness in his songs.
Still waters!
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