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The original 1963 line-up:
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| Clarification re the band name |
| THE ANIMALS |
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It is now 40 years since the
the original band The Animals was formed in Newcastle, England.
The use of the band name Animals and The Animals has
become quite confusing over the years, particular during the 1990's when ex-members of the
1960's line-ups of The Animals and Eric Burdon &
The Animals formed recording and/or touring bands which have have been
called and/or marketed as Animals or The Animals.
The following summarises how Kojak has identified and/or delineated between the various
bands and band names in the construction of this web site: |
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| The Animals |
The original England based 1963-66 band (Burdon, Price,
Valentine, Chandler and Steel plus replacements Rowberry for Price and later Jenkins for
Steel). |
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| Eric Burdon & The Animals |
The USA based 1967/69 band line-ups: |
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1) Burdon, Jenkins, Weider, Briggs and McCulloch ('Winds of
Change' and 'Twain Shall Meet' albums). This band is sometimes referred to as Eric
Burdon & The New Animals probably because of the reference to "The
New Animals" in the artwork on the cover of the 'Winds OF Change" album. |
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2) Burdon, Jenkins, Weider, Briggs, McCulloch and Bruno
('Every One Of Us' album - Zoot Money was listed as George Bruno due to legal
complications). |
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3) Burdon, Jenkins, Weider, Money and Summers ('Love Is' double
album). |
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| The Original Animals |
The 1975 ('Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted' album) and 1983
("Ark" and "Rip It To Shreds - Greatest Hits Live!' albums) reunions of the
original 1963-66 band (Burdon, Price, Valentine, Chandler and Steel plus
"extras" Grant and Money re the 1983 reunion). |
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| Animals II |
Valentine formed a band in 1993 to play Animals' music and was
joined by Steel in 1994. Kane, Hutchinson, Dawson and Bland joined the band in 1996 and it
performed and recorded during 1996-99 as Animals II. |
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| Valentine's "The Animals" |
1999/01 group (Valentine, Steel and Rowberry plus Rodford and
Liddle) toured and recorded as The Animals. Cronin replaced
Liddle briefly in 2001. |
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| McCulloch's "The Animals" |
1990's band formed by ex Eric Burdon & The
Animals bassist McCulloch but not featuring any other 1960's members of the
of The Animals or Eric Burdon & The Animals.
Numerous CD issues have been made during the 1990's and 2000's misleadingly marketing this
band as Animals or The Animals and
even The Animals featuring Eric Burdon. The CD's contain
covers of 1960's hits made famous by The Animals and Eric
Burdon & The Animals plus new songs recorded in the 1990's by
McCulloch's band. |
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| Animals & Friends |
Steel, Rowberry and Rodford plus others performed gigs as Animals
& Friends in the early 2000's (prior to Rowberry's death in April
2003). |
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| Eric
Burdon's New Animals |
From around 1988 through to 1991, Burdon performed in various
band line-ups with musicians such as Robbie Kreiger, Brian Auger and Dave Meros. In 1992
he formed the Eric Burdon - Brian Auger Band which included Dave
Meros and Larry Wilkins. When this line-up disbanded in 1994, Burdon formed Eric
Burdon's i Band (Burdon, Meros, Wilkins, Craney and Restum). After
several line up changes and the release of 'The Official Live Bootleg Album #1' and 'The
Official Live Bootleg Album #2", this band in 1998 became Eric Burdon
& The New Animals (Burdon, Morse, Restum, Meros and Dunbar - later
Gerschwitz replaced Morse on keyboards and Pershey replaced Dunbar on drums). |
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| Eric
Burdon's Animals |
In April 2003, Burdon announced that the band (Burdon,
Meros, Restum, Gerschwitz and Pershey) had dropped the word "new" from their
name to become Eric Burdon & The Animals. |
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