Konk (recording studio) Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One" (1970), "Percy" (1971), "Muswell Hillbillies" (1971) and "Everybody's in Show-Biz" (1972). The Kinks began recording full-time at the studio in about 1973. The group recorded the massive "" (1973 & 1974) project at Konk, and it would remain their main studio until the group disbanded in 1996. It received a considerable amount of attention recently when English Indie rock group the Kooks recorded an album there, entitled "Konk" (2008), which topped the UK albums chart in April 2008. In 1989, Big Audio Dynamite recorded "Megatop Phoenix", their final album together at Konk, and
Konk (album) contrived with the recycling of old guitar lines and intros." "NME" suggested the departure of Rafferty affected "Konk" production, stating ""Konk" is the sound of a band in disarray, unsuccessfully attempting to hold things together." In 2011, responding to claims that he had left the band due to drug abuse, Rafferty insisted that the real reason for his departure was because he "didn't think "Konk" was very good, and I said that." Further elaborating on these comments, he said that his dissatisfaction with the album was because "it wasn’t written in the same way (as the first album) so there