Their influence gets overshadowed by two other bands of the British Invasion era, but plenty of artists consider the Kinks to have had a longer lasting influence on their work than the Beatles or Stones.  Kinks fans have been frustrated over the stone walling that prevents Ray and Dave Davies from being willing to work together. The sniping siblings never got along when the band was together - so why can't they agree to disagree now?  The answer seems to depend on which one you ask - and when you ask them (story).  Ray is working with a number of other artists on a Kinks tribute album.  Metallica is the latest to sign-on for the project, joining Bruce Springsteen (Better Things), Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora (Celluloid Heros), Jackson Browne (Waterloo Sunset), Lucinda Williams (Long Way From Home),  Billy Corgan (Destroyer and All Day and All of the Night), and the late Alex Chilton of Big Star and the Box Tops ('Til The End Of the Day).  Metallica and Davies will take on You Really Got Me, the song they did at the Rock Hall Of Fame anniversary concert.
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