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The band played the first rock concert held in Red Square, Moscow, as part of a benefit concert for the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. [28] The band then morphed into Animals and Friends, with Peter Barton on vocals, Rodford, and John E. Williamson on guitar.
All five original band members reunited in 1983 for the album Ark and a world concert tour, supplemented by Zoot Money on keyboards, Nippy Noya on percussion, Steve Gregory on saxophone and Steve Grant on guitar. In the 1990s, Danny McCulloch, from the later-1960s Animals, released several albums as the Animals. [13]
The original band was the Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, which formed in 1958; [17] they became the Animals shortly after Burdon joined the band. The Animals combined electric blues with rock; in the US they were considered one of the leading bands of the British Invasion. [18]
Stacker identified 20 music legends from the '70s who still perform today. All acts included either performed in 2024 or have a show scheduled for 2025. 20 popular '70s bands that still perform today
John Steel (born 4 February 1941) [1] is an English musician who is the long-serving drummer for the Animals. Having served as the band's drummer at its inception in 1963, he is the only original band member playing in the current incarnation of the Animals. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
The Animals released separate UK and US albums, a practice common to other British Invasion bands of the time such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s and suffered from poor business management.
Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (18 December 1938 – 17 July 1996) [1] was an English musician, record producer and manager, best known as the original bassist in The Animals, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
The first incarnation of The Animals was dissolved in September 1966. Animals lead singer Burdon then formed "Eric Burdon & The (New) Animals", with Jenkins as the only band member, other than Burdon, from the previous line-up. Along with studio musicians, the two recorded the album, Eric Is Here, recorded in late 1966 and released in March 1967.