They were on the bill with the BBs on the July 4 65 show in San Fran but had a huge fight with the promoter and basically walked on stage-waved to the audience and then walked off and out to their cars-did not endear them to that promoter!! And mercurial behavior like that damaged their career in the 60s (in fact they got banned from the states for a few years after Mick Avory and Dave Davies had a fistfight on stage) A great band though-no doubt about it. Ray Davies wrote incredible songs from 64 to 71.
Ray wrote incredible songs from 72 to 93, too. And there's some good stuff on Other Peoples Lives and Working Man's Cafe, too.