Konk (album) Konk (album) Konk is the second album by British indie rock band The Kooks, released on 14 April 2008 on Virgin Records. Produced by Tony Hoffer, the album is named after the London studio where it was recorded, which is the property of Ray Davies. This was the last album to feature original bassist Max Rafferty. As early as October 2006, nine months after the release of their platinum debut album "Inside In/Inside Out", lead singer Luke Pritchard was already claiming that The Kooks' second album would be "fucking amazing. We're going to take our time and release it when
Café Society (British band) clubs including Bunjies, and were mentored by Alexis Korner. After adopting their new name of Café Society, they won a residency at the Troubadour Club where they were heard by Ray Davies. He signed them to his record label, Konk, and produced their self-titled 1975 album, together with fellow Kinks Dave Davies and John Gosling. However, the album reputedly only sold 600 copies, and the band were unhappy about the instrumentation added in its production. They released a single, "Whitby Two Step", and undertook a nationwide tour supporting Barclay James Harvest before adding a bass player, Nick South (from Vinegar