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Mike Pinder, the Moody Blues’ longtime keyboardist and the last surviving founding member of the Rock Hall-inducted band, has died at the age of 82. Pinder’s family announced his death via a ...
The Moody Blues founder Mike Pinder has been remembered as a “great cosmic philosopher” following his death at the age of 82. The Birmingham-based rock band, famous for hits such as Nights In ...
Paul McCartney has paid tribute to his former Wings bandmate Denny Laine, who has died aged 79.. Laine was also a founding member of the Moody Blues. “I have many fond memories of my time with ...
He was a founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band's ninth album Octave in 1978. Pinder was renowned for his technological contributions to rock music, most notably in the development and emergence of the Mellotron in 1960s rock music.
The Moody Blues performing in 2013. The Moody Blues were an English progressive rock band from Birmingham. Formed in May 1964, the group originally consisted of guitarist and vocalist Denny Laine, keyboardist and vocalist Mike Pinder, woodwind player and vocalist Ray Thomas, bassist Clint Warwick, and drummer Graeme Edge.
In 2018 Laine was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues. [27] In January 2023, Laine announced tour dates in the U.S., including New York and Nashville, and said he was working on new material for an album. [28] [clarification needed] Laine was featured in three fanzines, including Ahh Laine. [citation needed]
Mike Pinder, the keyboardist and last surviving original member of the rock group the Moody Blues, has died. he was 82.
The Moody Blues – consisting only of Hayward, Lodge and Edge (Edge being the only remaining original member) plus four long-serving touring band members, including Gordon Marshall on percussion and Norda Mullen who took over Thomas's flute parts – only released one further studio album, December, following his departure from the band. [43] [44]