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The Animals were an English
England

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 music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion
British Invasion

File:The Beatles in America.JPGThe British Invasion was the term applied by the news media?and subsequently by consumers?to the influx of rock and roll, beat music and pop music performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Canada and Australia....
. Known for their gritty, blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
y sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon

Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
, as exemplified by their signature song
Signature song

A signature song is the one song that a popular and well-established singing or band is most closely identified with, even if they have had success with a variety of songs....
s "The House of the Rising Sun
The House of the Rising Sun

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk music from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans....
" and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
We Gotta Get out of This Place

"We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals....
", the band balanced tough, rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
-edged pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 singles against rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
-oriented album material. The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes and emerged as an exponent of psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock

CharacteristicsThe musical style typically features electric guitars, 12 strings being preferred for their 'jangle'; elaborate studio effects - backwards taping, panning , phasing, long delay loops and extreme reverb; exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla; A strong keyboard presence, especially Hammond, Far...
 before dissolving at the end of the decade.






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The Animals were an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion
British Invasion

File:The Beatles in America.JPGThe British Invasion was the term applied by the news media?and subsequently by consumers?to the influx of rock and roll, beat music and pop music performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Canada and Australia....
. Known for their gritty, blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
y sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon

Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
, as exemplified by their signature song
Signature song

A signature song is the one song that a popular and well-established singing or band is most closely identified with, even if they have had success with a variety of songs....
s "The House of the Rising Sun
The House of the Rising Sun

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk music from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans....
" and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
We Gotta Get out of This Place

"We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals....
", the band balanced tough, rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
-edged pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 singles against rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
-oriented album material. The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes and emerged as an exponent of psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock

CharacteristicsThe musical style typically features electric guitars, 12 strings being preferred for their 'jangle'; elaborate studio effects - backwards taping, panning , phasing, long delay loops and extreme reverb; exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla; A strong keyboard presence, especially Hammond, Far...
 before dissolving at the end of the decade. They had a comeback in 1983 and started a world tour. In early 1984 the band disbanded.

History


First incarnation

Formed in Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city developed from a Roman Empire settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the Newcastle Castle built in 1080, by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of...
 during 1962 and 1963 when Burdon joined the Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, the original line-up comprised Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon

Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
 (vocals), Alan Price
Alan Price

Alan Price...
 (organ
Organ (music)

The organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard played either Manual or Pedal clavier. The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the European classical music....
 and keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
), Hilton Valentine
Hilton Valentine

Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
 (guitar
Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
), John Steel
John Steel (drummer)

For other persons named John Steel, see John Steel.John Steel was the original drummer of the band , The Animals.Steel went to the Gateshead Grammar School....
 (drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
), and Bryan "Chas" Chandler
Chas Chandler

Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an England musician, record producer and Talent manager of several successful music acts.Born in the Heaton, Newcastle district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price....
 (bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
).

They were dubbed "animals" because of their wild stage act and the name stuck. The Animals' moderate success in their hometown and a connection with Yardbirds
The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds are an England Rock music band, noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page....
 manager Giorgio Gomelsky
Giorgio Gomelsky

Giorgio Gomelsky is an United States impresario, music manager and record producer. He owned the Crawdaddy Club where The Rolling Stones were house band, and he was involved with their early management....
 motivated them to move to London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in 1964, in time to be grouped with the British Invasion
British Invasion

File:The Beatles in America.JPGThe British Invasion was the term applied by the news media?and subsequently by consumers?to the influx of rock and roll, beat music and pop music performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Canada and Australia....
. They performed fiery versions of the staple rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
 repertoire (Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed

Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed was an United States blues singer notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries....
, John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker was an influential United States post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County, Mississippi near Clarksdale, Mississippi....
, Nina Simone
Nina Simone

Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was a Grammy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist....
, etc). Signed to the UK Columbia
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 subsidiary of EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
, a rocking version of the standard "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" (retitled "Baby Let Me Take You Home
Baby Let Me Take You Home

"Baby Let Me Take You Home" is The Animals' debut single, released in 1964. In the UK, it reached #21 on the UK Singles Chart. In the U.S., its B-side, "Gonna Send You Back to Walker" , was released but was not a significant hit, placing only to #57 on that Billboard Hot 100.,...
") was their first single. It was followed in June 1964 by the transatlantic number one hit "House of the Rising Sun
The House of the Rising Sun

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk music from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans....
". Burdon's howling vocals and the dramatic arrangement created arguably the first folk rock
Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and Rock and roll.In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and Canada around the mid-1960s....
 hit. Whether the arrangement was inspired by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (album)

Bob Dylan is the eponymous debut album from the highly influential American artist Bob Dylan. It was released on March 19, 1962 on Columbia Records, when Dylan was 20 years old....
's version of the song (which in turn was inspired by folk singer Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk

Dave Van Ronk was a folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street."...
) or by blues singer Josh White
Josh White

Joshua Daniel White , best known as Josh White, was a legendary United States of America singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist....
's (who recorded it twice in 1944 and 1949) or by singer/pianist Nina Simone
Nina Simone

Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was a Grammy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist....
 (who recorded it in 1962 on Nina at the Village Gate
Nina At The Village Gate

Nina Simone at the Village Gate is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone . It was her third live album for Colpix Records recorded at The Village Gate....
, predating Dylan's interpretation) remains a dispute, as does whether all five Animals deserved credit for the arrangement and not just Price.

The Animals' two-year chart career, masterminded by producer Mickie Most
Mickie Most

Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes , was a successful English record producer, with a string of Number One singles with his own RAK Records, and with acts such as The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro and the Jeff Beck Group....
, featured singles that were intense, gritty pop covers such as Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke

Samuel Cook, better known as Sam Cooke, was an United States gospel music, R&B, soul music, and popular music singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur....
's "Bring It On Home To Me
Bring It On Home to Me

"Bring It On Home to Me" is a 1961 in music soul song written and recorded by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. The song, about infidelity, was a hit for Cooke and has become a pop standard Cover version by numerous artists of different genres....
" and the Nina Simone
Nina Simone

Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was a Grammy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist....
 number "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964....
". In contrast their album tracks stayed with rhythm and blues, with Hooker's "Boom Boom
Boom Boom (song)

"Boom Boom" is a 1961 song written and performed by John Lee Hooker that is listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll....
" and Ray Charles
Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson , known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an United States pianist, singer, and songwriter who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues....
' "I Believe to My Soul" being notable examples. Burdon's powerful, deep voice and the use of keyboards as much as or more than guitars were two elements that made the Animals' sound stand out.

By May 1965 the group was starting to feel internal pressures. Price left due to personal and musical differences as well as a fear of flying
Fear of flying

Fear of flying is a fear of being on a plane while in flight. It is also sometimes referred to as aerophobia, aviatophobia, aviophobia or pteromechanophobia....
 on tour; he went on to a successful career as a solo artist and with the Alan Price Set. Mickey Gallagher
Mickey Gallagher

Mickey Gallagher is a British keyboardist, best known for his membership of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, and for contributions to three albums by The Clash....
 filled in for him on keyboards for a short time until Dave Rowberry
Dave Rowberry

David Eric Rowberry was an England piano and organ player, most known for being a member of the rock and roll and Rhythm and blues group The Animals in the 1960s....
 replaced him and was on hand for the hit working-class anthems "We Gotta Get out of This Place
We Gotta Get out of This Place

"We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals....
" and "It's My Life
It's My Life (The Animals song)

"It's My Life" is a rock song composed by Roger Atkins and Carl D'Errico and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals....
". Around that time, an Animals Big Band made a one-time appearance.

Many of The Animals' hits had come from Brill Building
Brill Building

The Brill Building is an office building located at 1619 Broadway in New York City, just north of Times Square. The Brill Building was intended as a financial office space for brokers and bankers....
 songwriters recruited by Most; the group, and Burdon in particular, felt this too restrictive. As 1965 ended, the group switched to Decca Records
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
 and producer Tom Wilson, who gave them more artistic freedom. In early 1966 MGM Records
MGM Records

MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films....
, their American label, collected their hits on The Best of The Animals
The Best of The Animals (1966 album)

The Best of The Animals was The Animals' first greatest hits collection. It was released in February 1966 in the United States, but never put out in the United Kingdom ....
; it became their best-selling album in the US. In February 1966 Steel left and was replaced by Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins is an English people musician, who is best known for being a drummer for The Animals during both of that 1960s group's incarnations....
; a leftover cover of Goffin
Gerry Goffin

Gerry Goffin is an United States lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriter partner and first wife, Carole King....
-King
Carole King

Carole King is an United States singer, songwriter, and pianist. She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s, though she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period....
's "Don't Bring Me Down
Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song)

"Don't Bring Me Down" is a rock song composed by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded as a 1966 hit single by The Animals....
" was the last hit as The Animals. For the single "See See Rider
See See Rider

"See See Rider", also known as "C.C. Rider" or "See See Rider Blues" or "Easy Rider" is a popular American 12-bar blues song. It was first recorded, and copyrighted, by Ma Rainey in 1924, and since then has been recorded by many other artists....
" they changed the name into Eric Burdon & The Animals. In September they disbanded and Burdon recorded a solo album, called Eric Is Here
Eric Is Here

Eric Is Here is a 1967 album billed to Eric Burdon & The Animals....
.

By this time their business affairs "were in a total shambles" according to Chandler (who went on to manage Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
) and the group disbanded. Even by the standards of the day when artists tended to be financially naïve the Animals made very little money, eventually claiming mismanagement and theft on the part of their manager Michael Jeffery.

Second incarnation

A group with Burdon, Jenkins, and new sidemen John Weider
John Weider

John Weider is a rock music musician who is equally proficient on guitar, bass guitar, and violin. He is best known as the bass player for the United Kingdom band , Family from 1969 to 1971....
 (guitar/violin
Violin

The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
/bass), Vic Briggs
Vic Briggs

Victor Harvey Briggs III is a former blues musician.Briggs played guitar and piano with various groups in the 1960s, including The Echoes , Steampacket, Brian Auger's Trinity, Johnny Hallyday and The Animals....
 (guitar/piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
), and Danny McCulloch
Danny McCulloch

Danny McCulloch is an England musician, most known for having been the bassist of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Eric Burdon & The Animals....
 (bass) were formed under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals (or sometimes Eric Burdon and the New Animals) in December 1966 and changed direction. The hard driving blues was transformed into Burdon's version of psychedelia as the former heavy drinking Geordie
Geordie

Geordie is a List of regional nicknames for a person from the Tyneside region of England, or the name of the dialect of English language spoken by these people....
 (who later said he could never get used to Newcastle "where the rain comes at you sideways") relocated to California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 and became a spokesman for the Love Generation
Summer of Love

The Summer of Love refers to the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, creating a phenomenon of cultural and political rebellion....
.

Some of this group's hits included "San Franciscan Nights
San Franciscan Nights

"San Franciscan Nights" is a 1967 song performed by Eric Burdon and The Animals, with words and music by the group's members, Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, and Danny McCulloch....
", "Monterey
Monterey (song)

"Monterey" is a 1967 song by Eric Burdon & The Animals, with music and lyrics by the group's members, Eric Burdon, John Weider, Vic Briggs, Danny McCulloch, and Barry Jenkins....
" (a tribute to the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
Monterey Pop Festival

The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California....
), and "Sky Pilot
Sky Pilot (song)

"Sky Pilot" is a 1968 song by Eric Burdon & The Animals, released on the album The Twain Shall Meet. When released as a single the song was split across both sides, due to its length....
".

Their sound was much heavier than the original group. Burdon screamed more and louder on live versions of "Paint it Black" and "Hey Gyp". In 1968 they had a more experimental sound on songs like "We Love You Lil" and the 19 minute record "New York 1963 - America 1968". The songs had a style of being silent at the beginning and then becoming psychedelic and raw straight to the end with screaming, strange lyrics and 'scrubbing' instruments.

There were further changes to this lineup: George Bruno (also known as Zoot Money
Zoot Money

George Bruno "Zoot" Money is a singing, keyboardist, bandleader and actor best known for his playing of the Hammond Organ and the Big Roll Band....
, keyboards) was added in April 1968, and in July 1968 Andy Summers
Andy Summers

Andy Summers is an England guitarist and composer best known for his work in The Police. Summers' primary guitars are the Fender Telecaster, Fender Stratocaster, and various Hamer Guitars models when playing rock; and Gibson Guitar Corporation electric guitars when playing jazz fusion and jazz....
 (guitar) - later of The Police - replaced Briggs and McCulloch.

By February 1969 these Animals had dissolved and the singles "Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire (song)

"Ring of Fire" is a country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore. The single appears on Cash's 1963 compilation album, Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash....
" and "River Deep Mountain High" were internationally released.

Burdon joined forces with a Latin group from Long Beach
Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, called War
War (band)

War is an United States funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider ", "Spill the Wine" and "Why Can't We Be Friends ". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of Rock music, funk, jazz, Latin music, Rhythm and blues, and reggae....
.

Reunions of first incarnation

The original Animals line-up of Burdon, Price, Valentine, Chandler, and Steel reunited for a benefit concert in Newcastle in 1968.

Between 1970 and 1972 several bands toured under the name "The Animals". So they reformed in late 1975 to record again. Burdon later said, nobody understood why they did this short reunion. While the album was recorded at his house, Chandler did not play bass for years. They did a mini-tour in 1976 and shot a few videos of their new songs like "Lonely Avenue
Lonely Avenue

"Lonely Avenue" is a popular song written by Doc Pomus that became a rhythm and blues hit for Ray Charles in 1956. Formerly less than successful as a songwriter, this song drew the attention of the music business to Doc Pomus....
" and "Please send me someone to Love". They released the album in 1977 aptly called Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted

Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted is a 1977 reunion album from The Animals, billed here as The Original Animals....
. The album received critical praise and Burdon and Valentine also recorded some demos at this time, which never released.

1983 reunion

On December 12 1982, Burdon performed together with Alan Price and a complete line-up. They reunited again in 1983 for the album Ark
Ark (The Animals album)

Ark is a reunion album released in 1983 by the original members of The Animals. It was the second, and last, reunion attempt of the original group....
 and a world tour
Tour

Tour may mean:* Tourism, travel for pleasure* Concert tour, series of performances in different markets* James Tour, nanoscientist* Le Tour de France, the world's biggest bicycle race...
, supplemented by Zoot Money
Zoot Money

George Bruno "Zoot" Money is a singing, keyboardist, bandleader and actor best known for his playing of the Hammond Organ and the Big Roll Band....
 on keyboards, Nippy Noya
Nippy Noya

Nippy Noya is a Europe-based Indonesian percussionist and songwriter, specialising in congas, Kalimba, bongos, Campana, G?iro, Cabasa, shek, Caxixi, Triangle and the Berimbau....
 on percussion, Steve Gregory
Steve Gregory

Steve Gregory is an England jazz saxophonist and composer.Steve Gregory plays tenor, soprano and baritone saxophone as well as the flute. With a reputation for his mellow tone and his passionate and powerful solos, he is one of the most respected and sought after musicians around....
 on saxophone and Steve Grant
Steve Grant

Steven Grant is a former American football linebacker for the West Virginia Mountaineers and Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League....
 on guitar.

On September 9 they had their first gig in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 with an sold-out audience at the Mid Hudson Civic Center. The following tour included also a Wembley Stadium concert on December 31 which was released on the "Rip it To Shreds" live album in 1984 when they disbanded. The last concert at the Royal Oak Theatre in April 1984 was released on February 27 2008 as "Last Live Show". They also shot a rare video of the reunion.

The first single "The Night
The Night (The Animals song)

"The Night" is a song performed by The Animals in 1983. It was the first single from their 1983 Ark reunion effort. It reached #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #34 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
" reached #48 at the US Pop Singles and #34 at the Mainstream Rock Charts. It was also a big hit in Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. They released a second single called "Love Is For All Time". Their tour included also songs like "Heart Attack", "No More Elmore" (both released a year earlier by Burdon), "Oh Lucky Man" (from the 1973 album by Price), "It's Too Late", "Tango " and "Young Girls" (later released on Burdon's compilation, The Night).

Chandler died in 1996, putting an end to the full original line-up.

Later incarnations

During the 1990s and 2000s there have been several groups calling themselves Animals in part:

  • In 1993 Hilton Valentine formed the Animals II and was joined by John Steel in 1994 and Dave Rowberry in 1999. Other members of this version of the band include Steve Hutchinson, Steve Dawson and Martin Bland. From 1999 until Valentine's departure in 2001 the band toured as The Animals.


  • After Valentine left these Animals in 2001, Steel and Rowberry continued on as Animals and Friends with Peter Barton, Jim Rodford
    Jim Rodford

    Jim Rodford is a musician who played with The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans and was a founding member of Argent .In the late 1950s, and early 1960s he was a member of The Bluetones, the biggest band in St Albans at the time....
     and John Williamson. When Rowberry died in 2003, he was replaced by Mickey Gallagher (who had briefly replaced Alan Price in 1965). Animals and Friends is still around and frequently plays gigs on a Color Line
    Color Line

    Color Line AS is the largest cruiseferry liner operating on routes to and from Norway. The company is also one of the leading operators in Europe....
     ship that travels between Scandinavia and Germany.


  • In the 1990s Danny McCulloch, from the later-1960s Animals released several albums as The Animals, with a great deal of acceptance. The albums contained covers of some original Animals songs as well as new ones written by McCulloch.


  • Eric Burdon reformed the Animals with a new backing band in 1998 as Eric Burdon and the New Animals. This was actually just a rename of an existing band he had been touring with in various forms since 1990. Members of this new group included Dean Restum, Dave Meros
    Dave Meros

    Dave Meros , is an United States bass guitar player, best known as the bass player for progressive rock band Spock's Beard. Meros has also played with such artists as Gary Myrick, Bobby Kimball of Toto , Simon Phillips, Steve Lukather, Michael Landau, Glenn Hughes, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders and Big Big Train....
    , Neal Morse
    Neal Morse

    Neal Morse is a prolific United States multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer based in Nashville, Tennessee....
     and Aynsley Dunbar
    Aynsley Dunbar

    Aynsley Thomas Dunbar is an England drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock and roll, including John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO , and Journey ....
    . Martin Gerschwitz replaced Morse in 1999 and Dunbar was replaced by Bernie Pershey in 2001. In 2003 the band started touring as Eric Burdon and the Animals. After the line-up changed in 2006 original guitarist Hilton Valentine reunited with the group for its 2008 tours. The group also included Red Young, Paula O'Rourkea and Tony Braunagle.


Legacy

The original Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the are...
 in 1994. Their influence can be heard in artists as varied as The Doors
The Doors

The Doors were an United States rock music band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California by Singer Jim Morrison, keyboard instrument Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger....
, Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker

John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE is an England rock /blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty human voice and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles....
, The Cult
The Cult

The Cult are an England Rock music band which gained a dedicated following in their native Britain with mid-1980s singles like "She Sells Sanctuary" before breaking into the American metal market in the late '80s with "Love Removal Machine"....
, Frijid Pink
Frijid Pink

Frijid Pink was a Detroit hard rock band formed in 1967, best known for their version of "House of the Rising Sun", released in 1970.The initial line-up of the band included drummer Richard Stevers, guitarist Gary Ray Thompson, bassist Tom Harris, lead singer Kelly Green, and later Larry Zelanka as off staff keyboardist....
, The Chocolate Watchband
The Chocolate Watchband

The Chocolate Watchband, was a garage rock-band formed in San Jose, California in 1965 in music. The band had finally broken-up indefinitely by 1970 in music....
, Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss", is an American songwriter, singer and musician. He has recorded and toured with the E Street Band....
, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin was an United States singer, songwriter, and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist....
, David Johansen
David Johansen

David Roger Johansen is an United States rock and roll, protopunk, blues and pop music singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He was a member of the wikt:seminal protopunk, R'n'B/Rock N' Roll band, The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter....
, and Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals

Fine Young Cannibals were a United Kingdom band formed in Birmingham, England in 1984, by guitarist David Steele and bassist Andy Cox , and singer Roland Gift....
. In 2003, the band's version of "House of the Rising Sun" ranked number 122 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Their 1965 hit single "We Gotta Get out of This Place
We Gotta Get out of This Place

"We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals....
" was ranked number 233 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list that was compliled in 2004. Both songs are included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll is an unordered list of 500 songs, created by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that they believe have been most influential in shaping the course of rock and roll, though some of them belong to different styles even after the consolidation of rock music ....
.

Discography


Member history

 Line-ups
The Animals
(1962-1965)
  • Eric Burdon
    Eric Burdon

    Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
     - vocals
  • Hilton Valentine
    Hilton Valentine

    Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
     - guitar
  • Alan Price
    Alan Price

    Alan Price...
     - keyboards
  • Chas Chandler
    Chas Chandler

    Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an England musician, record producer and Talent manager of several successful music acts.Born in the Heaton, Newcastle district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price....
     - bass
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
The Animals
(1965)
  • Eric Burdon
    Eric Burdon

    Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
     - vocals
  • Hilton Valentine
    Hilton Valentine

    Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
     - guitar
  • Mickey Gallagher
    Mickey Gallagher

    Mickey Gallagher is a British keyboardist, best known for his membership of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, and for contributions to three albums by The Clash....
     - keyboards
  • Chas Chandler
    Chas Chandler

    Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an England musician, record producer and Talent manager of several successful music acts.Born in the Heaton, Newcastle district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price....
     - bass
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
    • The Animals
    (1965-1966)
  • Eric Burdon
    Eric Burdon

    Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
     - vocals
  • Hilton Valentine
    Hilton Valentine

    Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
     - guitar
  • Dave Rowberry
    Dave Rowberry

    David Eric Rowberry was an England piano and organ player, most known for being a member of the rock and roll and Rhythm and blues group The Animals in the 1960s....
     - keyboards
  • Chas Chandler
    Chas Chandler

    Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an England musician, record producer and Talent manager of several successful music acts.Born in the Heaton, Newcastle district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price....
     - bass
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
    • The Animals
    (1966)
  • Eric Burdon
    Eric Burdon

    Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
     - vocals
  • Hilton Valentine
    Hilton Valentine

    Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
     - guitar
  • Dave Rowberry
    Dave Rowberry

    David Eric Rowberry was an England piano and organ player, most known for being a member of the rock and roll and Rhythm and blues group The Animals in the 1960s....
     - keyboards
  • Chas Chandler
    Chas Chandler

    Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an England musician, record producer and Talent manager of several successful music acts.Born in the Heaton, Newcastle district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price....
     - bass
  • Barry Jenkins
    Barry Jenkins

    Barry Jenkins is an English people musician, who is best known for being a drummer for The Animals during both of that 1960s group's incarnations....
     - drums
    • Eric Burdon and the Animals
    (December 1966-1968)
  • Eric Burdon
    Eric Burdon

    Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
     - vocals
  • Vic Briggs
    Vic Briggs

    Victor Harvey Briggs III is a former blues musician.Briggs played guitar and piano with various groups in the 1960s, including The Echoes , Steampacket, Brian Auger's Trinity, Johnny Hallyday and The Animals....
     - guitar, piano
  • Danny McCulloch
    Danny McCulloch

    Danny McCulloch is an England musician, most known for having been the bassist of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Eric Burdon & The Animals....
     - bass
  • John Weider
    John Weider

    John Weider is a rock music musician who is equally proficient on guitar, bass guitar, and violin. He is best known as the bass player for the United Kingdom band , Family from 1969 to 1971....
     - bass, guitar, violin
  • Barry Jenkins
    Barry Jenkins

    Barry Jenkins is an English people musician, who is best known for being a drummer for The Animals during both of that 1960s group's incarnations....
     - drums
    • Eric Burdon and the Animals
    (1968)
  • Eric Burdon
    Eric Burdon

    Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
     - vocals
  • Vic Briggs
    Vic Briggs

    Victor Harvey Briggs III is a former blues musician.Briggs played guitar and piano with various groups in the 1960s, including The Echoes , Steampacket, Brian Auger's Trinity, Johnny Hallyday and The Animals....
     - guitar, piano
  • Danny McCulloch
    Danny McCulloch

    Danny McCulloch is an England musician, most known for having been the bassist of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Eric Burdon & The Animals....
     - bass
  • John Weider
    John Weider

    John Weider is a rock music musician who is equally proficient on guitar, bass guitar, and violin. He is best known as the bass player for the United Kingdom band , Family from 1969 to 1971....
     - bass, guitar, violin
  • Zoot Money
    Zoot Money

    George Bruno "Zoot" Money is a singing, keyboardist, bandleader and actor best known for his playing of the Hammond Organ and the Big Roll Band....
     - keyboards
  • Barry Jenkins
    Barry Jenkins

    Barry Jenkins is an English people musician, who is best known for being a drummer for The Animals during both of that 1960s group's incarnations....
     - drums
    • Eric Burdon and the Animals
    (April 1968- February 1969)
  • Eric Burdon
    Eric Burdon

    Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
     - vocals
  • Andy Summers
    Andy Summers

    Andy Summers is an England guitarist and composer best known for his work in The Police. Summers' primary guitars are the Fender Telecaster, Fender Stratocaster, and various Hamer Guitars models when playing rock; and Gibson Guitar Corporation electric guitars when playing jazz fusion and jazz....
     - guitar
  • John Weider
    John Weider

    John Weider is a rock music musician who is equally proficient on guitar, bass guitar, and violin. He is best known as the bass player for the United Kingdom band , Family from 1969 to 1971....
     - guitar, bass
  • Zoot Money
    Zoot Money

    George Bruno "Zoot" Money is a singing, keyboardist, bandleader and actor best known for his playing of the Hammond Organ and the Big Roll Band....
     - keyboards
  • Barry Jenkins
    Barry Jenkins

    Barry Jenkins is an English people musician, who is best known for being a drummer for The Animals during both of that 1960s group's incarnations....
     - drums
    • Eric Burdon and the Animals
    (February 1969 - 1975)    		 Split
    The Animals
    (Reunion :1975 -1976)
    • Eric Burdon
      Eric Burdon

      Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
       - vocals
    • Hilton Valentine
      Hilton Valentine

      Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
       - guitar
    • Alan Price
      Alan Price

      Alan Price...
       - keyboards
    • Chas Chandler
      Chas Chandler

      Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an England musician, record producer and Talent manager of several successful music acts.Born in the Heaton, Newcastle district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price....
       - bass
    • John Steel
      John Steel

      John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
       - drums
    The Animals
    (Reunion : September 1983-April 1984)
  • Eric Burdon
    Eric Burdon

    Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
     - vocals
  • Hilton Valentine
    Hilton Valentine

    Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
     - guitar
  • Alan Price
    Alan Price

    Alan Price...
     - keyboards, vocals
  • Chas Chandler
    Chas Chandler

    Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an England musician, record producer and Talent manager of several successful music acts.Born in the Heaton, Newcastle district of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he began his career playing bass guitar in a trio with Alan Price....
     - bass, background vocals
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
  • Zoot Money
    Zoot Money

    George Bruno "Zoot" Money is a singing, keyboardist, bandleader and actor best known for his playing of the Hammond Organ and the Big Roll Band....
     - keyboards, background vocals
  • Steve Grant
    Steve Grant

    Steven Grant is a former American football linebacker for the West Virginia Mountaineers and Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League....
    – guitar, synthesizer, background vocals
  • Steve Gregory
    Steve Gregory

    Steve Gregory is an England jazz saxophonist and composer.Steve Gregory plays tenor, soprano and baritone saxophone as well as the flute. With a reputation for his mellow tone and his passionate and powerful solos, he is one of the most respected and sought after musicians around....
     – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Nippy Noya
    Nippy Noya

    Nippy Noya is a Europe-based Indonesian percussionist and songwriter, specialising in congas, Kalimba, bongos, Campana, G?iro, Cabasa, shek, Caxixi, Triangle and the Berimbau....
     – percussion
    • The Animals
    (1984-1992)    		 Split
    Valentine's Animals
    (1992)
    • Hilton Valentine
      Hilton Valentine

      Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
       - guitar
    • Josh Eliott
    • Robert Robinson
      Robert Robinson

      Robert Robinson may refer to:*Robert G. Robinson, American WWI hero*Robert Robinson , British broadcaster, famous for Call My Bluff, Ask The Family, ''Stop The Week, and Brain of Britain...
       - vocals
    • The Dod
    • George Fearson
    Animals II
    (1992-1994)
  • Robert Robinson
    Robert Robinson

    Robert Robinson may refer to:*Robert G. Robinson, American WWI hero*Robert Robinson , British broadcaster, famous for Call My Bluff, Ask The Family, ''Stop The Week, and Brain of Britain...
     - vocals
  • Hilton Valentine
    Hilton Valentine

    Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
     - guitar
  • George Fearson -
  • Steve Hutchinson
    Steve Hutchinson

    Steven J. Hutchinson is a National Football League offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings....
     - Keyboards
  • Josh Elliott
    Josh Elliott

    Josh Elliott is a sports journalist with ESPN. He currently co-anchors the live SportsCenter telecast from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET. He formerly filed reports for SportsCenter, filled in as a co-host on Cold Pizza and ESPN First Take, and appeared on ESPNEWS programming....
     -
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
    • Animals II
    (1994-1999)
  • Robert Kane
    Robert Kane

    Robert Kane may refer to:* Bob Kane , born as Robert Kahn; co-creator of Batman.* Robert Kane , Irish chemist.* Robert Kane , president of the United States Olympic Committee....
     - vocals
  • Hilton Valentine
    Hilton Valentine

    Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
     - guitar
  • Steve Dawson
    Steve Dawson

    Steven "Dobby" Dawson , United Kingdom bass guitarist, founder of Saxon .It has been documented that Dawson was the inspiration for Harry Shearer's Spinal Tap character Derek Smalls....
     - guitare
  • Steve Hutchinson
    Steve Hutchinson

    Steven J. Hutchinson is a National Football League offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings....
     - Keyboards
  • Martin Bland - Bass
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
    • The Animals
    (1999-2001)
  • Tony Liddle - vocals
  • Hilton Valentine
    Hilton Valentine

    Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
     - guitar
  • Dave Rowberry
    Dave Rowberry

    David Eric Rowberry was an England piano and organ player, most known for being a member of the rock and roll and Rhythm and blues group The Animals in the 1960s....
     - Keyboards
  • Jim Rodford
    Jim Rodford

    Jim Rodford is a musician who played with The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans and was a founding member of Argent .In the late 1950s, and early 1960s he was a member of The Bluetones, the biggest band in St Albans at the time....
     - Bass
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
    • The Animals
    (2001)
  • Eamon Cronin - vocals
  • Hilton Valentine
    Hilton Valentine

    Hilton Valentine is a English people musician, who was an original guitarist in the The Animals.Valentine was influenced by the 1950's skiffle craze....
     - guitar
  • Dave Rowberry
    Dave Rowberry

    David Eric Rowberry was an England piano and organ player, most known for being a member of the rock and roll and Rhythm and blues group The Animals in the 1960s....
     - Keyboards
  • Jim Rodford
    Jim Rodford

    Jim Rodford is a musician who played with The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans and was a founding member of Argent .In the late 1950s, and early 1960s he was a member of The Bluetones, the biggest band in St Albans at the time....
     - Bass
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
    • Animals and friends
    (2001-2003)
  • Pete Barton - vocals, guitar
  • Johnny 'Guitar' Williamson - guitar, vocals
  • Dave Rowberry
    Dave Rowberry

    David Eric Rowberry was an England piano and organ player, most known for being a member of the rock and roll and Rhythm and blues group The Animals in the 1960s....
     - Keyboards
  • Jim Rodford
    Jim Rodford

    Jim Rodford is a musician who played with The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans and was a founding member of Argent .In the late 1950s, and early 1960s he was a member of The Bluetones, the biggest band in St Albans at the time....
     - Basse
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
    • Animals and friends
    (2003-present)
  • Pete Barton - vocals, guitar
  • John Williamson
    John Williamson

    John Williamson may refer to:* Jack Williamson , American science fiction writer* John Finley Williamson , American conductor, musician, and co-founder of Westminster Choir College...
     - guitar, vocals
  • Mickey Gallagher
    Mickey Gallagher

    Mickey Gallagher is a British keyboardist, best known for his membership of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, and for contributions to three albums by The Clash....
     - keyboards
  • John Steel
    John Steel

    John Steel may refer to:*John Miles Steel , first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command*John Steel , American tenor*John Steel , original drummer of the band, The Animals...
     - drums
  • Christian Madden - Keyboards (additional)
  • Zoot Money
    Zoot Money

    George Bruno "Zoot" Money is a singing, keyboardist, bandleader and actor best known for his playing of the Hammond Organ and the Big Roll Band....
     - Keyboards (additional)
    		•  


    Songs in film

    • 2007: My Name Is Earl
      My Name Is Earl

      My Name Is Earl is an United States situation comedy created by Gregory Thomas Garcia. It is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. In the United States of America it is broadcast on the NBC television network Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern time....
       (Episode: The Trial), "House Of The Rising Sun"
    • 2007: Supernatural
      Supernatural (TV series)

      Supernatural is an American drama-Horror fiction television series starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, brothers who hunt demons and other figures of the paranormal....
       (Episode: Roadkill), "House Of The Rising Sun"
    • 2007: Zodiac
      Zodiac (film)

      Zodiac is a 2007 in film Cinema of the United States directed by David Fincher and based on Robert Graysmith's non-fiction book Zodiac . The Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros....
      , "Sky Pilot
      Sky Pilot (song)

      "Sky Pilot" is a 1968 song by Eric Burdon & The Animals, released on the album The Twain Shall Meet. When released as a single the song was split across both sides, due to its length....
      "
    • 2007: Music Within
      Music Within

      Music Within is a 2007 drama film starring Ron Livingston and Melissa George....
      , "We Gotta Get out of This Place
      We Gotta Get out of This Place

      "We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals....
      "
    • 2004: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
      The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

      The Life and Death of Peter Sellers is a 2004 in film about the life of British comic actor Peter Sellers, based on Roger Lewis's The Life and Death of Peter Sellers ....
      , "It's My Life
      It's My Life (The Animals song)

      "It's My Life" is a rock song composed by Roger Atkins and Carl D'Errico and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals....
      "
    • 2004: Layer Cake
      Layer Cake (film)

      Layer Cake is a 2004 in film United Kingdom gangster Thriller , directed by Matthew Vaughn. It is based on a Layer Cake by J. J. Connolly....
      , "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
    • 2002: The West Wing (Episode: Process Stories), "House Of The Rising Sun"
    • 2001: 15 Minutes
      15 Minutes

      15 Minutes is a 2001 film starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns. It is about a homicide detective and a New York City fire marshals who must stop a couple of Eastern European murderers from videotaping their killing and becoming sensationalized by the media....
      , "House Of The Rising Sun"
    • 2000: Piso Porta, "Squeeze Her, Tease Her", "That's All I Am To You"
    • 2000: Angels of the Universe
      Angels of the Universe

      Angels of the Universe is an Iceland film released in 2000 and directed by Fri?rik ??r Fri?riksson. The leading role is played by Ingvar E....
      , "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
      Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

      "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964....
      "
    • 1999: The Sopranos
      The Sopranos

      The Sopranos was an United States television drama series created and Executive producer#Television by David Chase. It was originally broadcast in the United States on the premium television cable television HBO from January 10, 1999 to June 10, 2007, spanning List of The Sopranos episodes....
       (Episode: Down Neck), "Don't Bring Me Down
      Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song)

      "Don't Bring Me Down" is a rock song composed by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded as a 1966 hit single by The Animals....
      "
    • 1998: The Waterboy
      The Waterboy

      The Waterboy is a 1998 in film United States comedy film directed by Frank Coraci. It stars Adam Sandler alongside Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates, Jerry Reed, and Fairuza Balk....
      , "House Of The Rising Sun"
    • 1995: Casino
      Casino (film)

      Casino is an Academy Award nominated 1995 in film crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
      , "House Of The Rising Sun"
    • 1992: American Me
      American Me

      American Me is a film directed by Edward James Olmos, his first film as director, and written by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano. Olmos also stars as the movie's main character....
      , "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
    • 1988: 1969
      1969 (film)

      1969 is a 1988 in film drama film starring Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Winona Ryder. It was written and directed by Ernest Thompson....
      , "When I Was Young
      When I Was Young

      "When I Was Young" is a song performed by Eric Burdon & The Animals in 1967. It was their first single, released on 8 April. It charted in Australia peaking #2 and stayed 4 weeks there....
      "
    • 1987: Hamburger Hill
      Hamburger Hill

      Hamburger Hill is a 1987 in film United States war film about the actual assault of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, on a well-fortified position, including trench warfareworks and bunkers, of the North Vietnamese Army on Ap Bia Mountain near the Laos border....
      , "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"
    • 1986: The A-Team
      The A-Team

      The A-Team is an United States Action film adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-Special Forces who work as Mercenary while being on the run from the military for a "Miscarriage of justice"....
       (Episode: Beneath The Surface), "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"
    • 1985: Men, "When I Was Young"
    • 1983: Purple Haze, "When I Was Young"
    • 1965: The Wednesday Play
      The Wednesday Play

      The Wednesday Play was a United Kingdom television play which ran on BBC One from 1964 to 1970. Every week this drama anthology series presented a different play, usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources were also presented....
       (Episode: Stand Up, Nigel Barton), "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"


    External links

    • - closed down
    • - January 2009 interview with Eric Burdon