THE UK's ULTIMATE TRIBUTE BAND TO THE KINKS
BIOGRAPHY
The Konks were born in the autumn of 2015, the day after Jerry T Jones went to see Sunny Afternoon, the inspirational musical that dramatized the early days of The Kinks. The timeless songs are just as fresh and relevant today, and The Konks have been performing their “ All Day and All of The Night; The Kinks Songbook “to great responses across the UK ever since.
The band were honoured in 2024 to be asked to perform at the official Kinks@ 60 celebrations in London, and were thrilled to be joined on stage by Kinks drummer Mick Avory, and backing singer Debi Doss.
The Konks look forward to keeping The Kinks songbook alive and kicking at a venue near you!
Jerry Guitar & Vocals
Jerry has been around the block a
few times, and shows no sign of
stopping any time soon.
In eighties he was part of influential
glam folk rockers One the Juggler,
has played with Mick Ronson, and
more recently Glamweazel
and Disco Jets International..
he also dabbles in film soundtracks
and anything else that tickles his fancy!
Equipment used.......
anything that works and stays
(mainly) in tune
and throat lozenges
Musical influences....
too many to list....but Bowie ,
Iggy, Lou, The NY Dolls,
Todd Rundgren,
The Stones would do for starters...
Fred
Drums & Backing Vocals
Fred plays a
1964 Ludwig drum kit,
with zilgeon cymbals.
Influences .....
The Kinks, The Who,
The Small Faces, Pretty Things,
Marc Bolan, David Bowie
and Bob Dylan.
Paul Bass Guitar
Paul has been playing the bass guitar
in various bands for many years.
Paul uses Duesenberg,
Rickenbacker and Fender bass
guitars to get as close
to the sound of the Kinks.
Alan
Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals
Al has been playing guitar
for almost 300 years,
although you wouldn’t believe it!
He says, “The Kinks cover a lot of different styles and this makes my guitar job really varied andchallenging.
Dave Davies is a guitar legend and it’s
great fun playing his parts”.
Al uses a variety of guitars but
favours a 60’s inspired Fender
Custom Shop Telecaster and a
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe from 1973
for authentic sounds. He uses Morgan amplifiers, which cover all those
classic 60’s and 70’s tones.
You’ll also hear Al singing Dave’s impossibly high vocal parts, which feature in “Lola”
and manyothers. He also sings Dave’s “Death of a Clown”, “I’m Not Like Everybody Else”
and “David Watts”(most famously covered by The Jam).
