The Kinks Konk Recording Studio sits on the edge of London in an area hardly recognizable to a city visitor. Located a good 40 minutes from Picadilly Circus by public transportation (i.e., underground and bus), the studio is on an inconspicuous side street up a slight hill from the bus stop, past a cluster of repair shops, and beyond a few small factories thick with blue-collar bustle. At first, I think that perhaps I got off at the wrong stop. But as I turn the bend, I’m at once relieved to know I’m at the right place after all. I know because of the graffiti that graces the wall of the building in front of me. In runny, spray-painted letters are the words State Of Confusion; to the left of them is written Give The People What They Want. These, of course, are the titles of two of the more […]

February 1985 Issue