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He immediately went to Avory's clerk and got him to introduce Hastings to Avory.

Hastings suggested to Avory that Avory could pay the rent, and Hastings would then pay him back when he had the money.

Directly below Smith's chambers were those of Horace Avory, one of the most noted barristers of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

It culminated with Davies insulting Avory and kicking over his drum set after finishing the first song, " You Really Got Me ".

Mick Avory left the band after The Kinks ' last album for Arista, Word of Mouth, mainly due to the growing animosity between him and Dave Davies.

Michael Charles " Mick " Avory ( born 15 February 1944, East Molesey, Surrey ) is an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer and percussionist for the British rock band, The Kinks, joining them shortly after their formation in 1964 and remaining with them until 1984, when he left amid creative friction with guitarist Dave Davies.

Avory joined The Kinks in January 1964, after their previous drummer Micky Willet left the band.

Avory was hired to replace him after their management saw an advertisement Avory had placed in the trade magazine Melody Maker.

Henrit replaced the long-serving drummer of The Kinks, Mick Avory, after Avory's departure in 1984.

Avory responded by knocking down Davies with his Hi-Hat stand, rendering him unconscious.

Davies and Mick Avory seemingly reconciled, as Davies asked him back to play drums on this track.

In the most notorious ( and widely mis-reported ) incident, at the Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, South Wales, in 1965, Avory hit Davies with his drum pedal ( not the cymbal stand, which, according to later interviews with Avory " would have decapitated him "), in reprisal for Davies kicking over his drum kit as revenge for a drunken fight the previous night in Taunton, apparently won by Mick.

Avory later claimed that it was part of a new act in which the band members would hurl their instruments at each other.

Later on, it would seem that Dave Davies and Avory settled their differences, as Avory subsequently played the drums on " Rock ' N ' Roll Cities ", a track on the Think Visual album written by Dave Davies.

Despite his ability, early Kinks recordings ( including hits such as " You Really Got Me ") commonly did not feature Avory on drums ; producer Shel Talmy hired more seasoned session drummers ( most notably Clem Cattini and Bobby Graham ) for studio work well into 1965, but with Avory often providing supporting percussion.

Around late 1963 / early 1964, they changed their name to The Kinks, and hired Mick Avory as a drummer.

Until recently, he performed with The Kast Off Kinks, a line-up which also featured ex-Kink members Mick Avory and John Dalton.

The quartet was formed when drummer Mick Avory joined.

Dave Davies had a turbulent relationship with Avory, one of the reasons behind the latter's departure from the band in the mid 1980s, although the two had been roommates together in the mid 1960s.

Ray and Dave Davies remained the only two steady members of the band ( with the exception of Avory until his departure ) throughout their run together.

The most notorious incident was at The Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales in May 1965, involving drummer Mick Avory and Dave Davies.

At Ray Davies ' invitation Avory agreed to manage Konk Studios, where he also served as a producer and occasional contributor on later Kinks albums.

His other influences include Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, Chad Smith, Mick Avory, and John Bonham.

In 1910, Horace Avory became a judge.

On 23 March 1923 he appeared in R v Secretary of State for Home Affairs ex parte O ' Brien 2 KB 361 at a Divisional Court consisting of Mr Justice Avory and Mr Justice Salter to apply for a writ of habeas corpus for O ' Brien as a test case to allow the release of the others.

Such notable drummers as Hal Blaine, studio legend, Joe Morello of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, Alex Van Halen of Van Halen, Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Ginger Baker of Cream, Dino Danelli of The Rascals, John Densmore of The Doors, Ringo Starr of The Beatles, Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mick Avory of The Kinks, Sandy Nelson, solo artist, Gary Chester, studio legend, Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Steve Gadd, all-around recording artist, used this drum exclusively throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Before he joined The Kinks, Avory was asked twice to rehearse on drums at the Bricklayers Arms pub in London during late May / early June 1962 for a group of musicians who were later to become The Rolling Stones.

Albert Frederick initially refused to recognize the election of Stefan Bathory and supported the candidacy of Maximilian of Hapsburg.

The opposition parties initially refused to participate in the Tripartite Commission, but on 17 February, representatives of the government, the Anjouan separatists, the political opposition, and civil society organizations signed a " Framework Accord for Reconciliation in Comoros ," brokered by the Organization for African Unity

Perry initially refused to deal with Japanese officials and demanded to speak with the Japanese Head of State.

Yale initially refused to join this association because of a disagreement over the number of players to be allowed per team ( relenting in 1879 ) and Rutgers were not invited to the meeting.

Arundel refused Oxford's offer, and he and Howard initially sought asylum with Mendoza.

Vieira defeated Malam Bacai Sanha in a runoff-election, but Sanha refused initially to concede, claiming that the elections had been fraudulent in two constituencies, including the capital Bissau.

However, all 15 councils which initially refused to set a rate eventually did so, and the campaign failed to change Government policy.

Sherf's request was initially refused but he managed to persuade the driver to take him.

The Indians asked the British for military support, which they initially refused.

Although he was initially successful in starving out Britain, Portugal refused to capitulate, leading to the Peninsular War throughout Spain.

His offer was initially refused.

Rock had problems with the release of " Picture ", a country-influenced duet with Sheryl Crow: his label felt it was wrong for his image, and was not keen to spend more money promoting a flagging album ; then, when they agreed to release it, Sheryl Crow's label initially refused to give permission.

Because Moshoeshoe II initially refused to return to Lesotho under the new rules of the government in which the King was endowed only with ceremonial powers, Moshoeshoe's son was installed as King Letsie III.

Although the FAI initially refused to recognize Gagarin's pioneering flight, it subsequently amended its position to recognize ( as the FAI website states ) that he was the " first human being to journey into outer space ".

The constitutional crisis initially developed when the newly appointed Attorney General refused to grant permission for the Nevis Island Administration to assert its legal right in the Courts.

Steven Spielberg initially refused to release a pan-and-scan version of Raiders of the Lost Ark but eventually gave in ( although he successfully ordered the letterboxed format for the home video releases of The Color Purple and Always ); Woody Allen refused altogether to release one of Manhattan, the letterbox version is therefore the only version available on VHS and DVD.

The sons persuaded Gregory to go to Louis's camp to negotiate, and initially Louis refused to treat Gregory with any honor.

Heavily outnumbered, Saladin initially attempted to make terms with the Zengids by abandoning all conquests north of the Damascus province, but they refused, insisting he return to Egypt.

The Somali government initially refused to support the guerrilla forces, which eventually numbered about 3, 000.

In writing of one miracle associated with Oswald, Bede gives some indication of how Oswald was regarded in conquered lands: years later, when his niece Osthryth moved his bones to Bardney Abbey in Lindsey, its inmates initially refused to accept them, " though they knew him to be a holy man ", because " he was originally of another province, and had reigned over them as a foreign king ", and thus " they retained their ancient aversion to him, even after death ".

Stephen was furious over what he saw as potentially precedent-setting papal interference in his royal authority, and initially refused to allow Murdac into England.

The only exception was the Soviet Union, who initially refused to supply Iraq on the basis of neutrality in the conflict, although in his memoirs, Mikhail Gorbachev claimed that Leonid Brezhnev refused to aid Saddam over infuriation of Saddam's treatment of Iraqi communists.

The FBI initially refused to release the voice recording, rejecting requests by Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher and family members of those on board.