27 Facts About Pete Quaife

Pete Quaife was a founding member and the original bass guitarist for the Kinks, from 1963 until 1969.

Pete Quaife sang backing vocals on some of their records.

Pete Quaife departed from the Kinks in 1969 and formed the band Mapleoak, which he left in April 1970.

Pete Quaife relocated to Belleville, Ontario, in 1980, where he worked as a cartoonist and artist.

Pete Quaife was diagnosed with kidney failure in 1998 and moved back to Denmark in 2005.

Pete Quaife attended Coldfall Primary School in Muswell Hill and later William Grimshaw School.

Pete Quaife was commonly the voice of the band in early press interviews.

Pete Quaife later said that he had enjoyed the time off from the band, as he was sick of the conflict which was constant.

John Dalton replaced him, as Pete Quaife resigned from the band as a result of his hospitalisation, but Pete Quaife reconsidered and returned in November 1966.

Pete Quaife left the Kinks permanently in April 1969, but the others did not at first believe him, and only realised his intention when they saw an article in a music paper revealing Pete Quaife's new band.

Pete Quaife was again replaced on bass, this time permanently, by Dalton.

Pete Quaife had contacts in Denmark, so the group gigged heavily there and in the UK during most of 1969 and early 1970.

Pete Quaife then left both the band and the music industry.

Pete Quaife subsequently moved to Denmark, and did not appear on Mapleoak's only album, which was released in 1971.

At the ceremony in New York City, Pete Quaife jammed on stage with the other musicians being honoured that year.

Pete Quaife was an active amateur astronomer and was known as a capable astro-photographer who enjoyed the dark skies of The Bay of Quinte area in Ontario, Canada.

Pete Quaife was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and encouraged many people in the science of astronomy.

Thomas Kitts writes that in early 1966, Eric Clapton invited Pete Quaife to join a band that would eventually become Cream.

At the time of his death Pete Quaife had no formal association with the Kinks, but still enthusiastically talked of his time in the band, and made appearances at fan gatherings.

Pete Quaife joined in with the Kast Off Kinks on a few songs.

Pete Quaife lived in Canada for more than two decades, but he moved back to Denmark in 2005 after his marriage ended in divorce, to live with his girlfriend Elisabeth Bilbo, whom he had known since she was a 19-year-old Kinks fan.

In 2005, Pete Quaife was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame with Kinks, marking the final reunion of the four original band members.

However, in an interview aired on the Biography Channel in December 2008, Pete Quaife flatly said he would never participate in any type of Kinks reunion.

In March 2009, Pete Quaife released a statement that he was permanently retiring from the public eye.

Pete Quaife, who had been receiving kidney dialysis for more than ten years, died on 23 June 2010, aged 66.

Pete Quaife stated that Quaife "was never really given the credit he deserved for his contribution and involvement [with the Kinks]".

Mick Avory said that Pete Quaife's decision to leave was a shame, adding it "made a big difference" to the band.