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Other uses|Animal (disambiguation) English rock band Use British English January 2014 September 2020 Infobox musical artist | name = The Animals | background = group_or_band | image = Eric Burdon & the Animals.jpg | caption = Posing for publicity in 1964: from left to right, Eric Burdon (vocals, Alan Price (keyboards, Chas Chandler (bass, Hilton Valentine (guitar, John Steel (drummer)|John Steel (drums) | alias = unbulleted list|The Alan Price Combo|Eric Burdon and the Animals (1966–1969, 2003–2008, 2016–present)|Valentine's Animals|Animals II|Animals & Friends | origin = Newcastle upon Tyne, England | genre = hlist|Blues rockcite web https://www.liveabout.com/the-animals-bio-and-discography-2522164 The Animals as the British Invasion's Blues-Rock Band Fontenot Robert 30 January 2019 LiveAbout 2023-03-01 |British rhythm and blues|R&B|psychedelic rock|progressive rockcite web https://www.shsu.edu/~lis_fwh/book/british_invasion/Animals.htm Eric Burdon and the Animals Hoffman Frank |work=Survey of American Popular Music 2023-06-02|quote=The band was also one of the few First Wave acts to make a successful transition from mainstream pop to progressive rock in the late 1960s.|rock and roll | years_active = hlist|1963–1969|1975–1976|1983|1992–present | label = hlist|Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia (EMI)|Decca Records|Decca|MGM Records|MGM|Jet Records|Jet|I.R.S. Records|I.R.S.|Atco Records|Atco|Atlantic Records|Atlantic | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = ''Eric Burdon and the Animals'':
Eric Burdon
Johnzo West
Davey Allen
Dustin Koester
Justin Andres
Ruben Salinas
Evan Mackey
''Animals and Friends'':
John Steel (drummer)|John Steel
Norman Helm
Danny Handley
Barney Williams | past_members = Hilton Valentine
Alan Price
Chas Chandler
Mick Gallagher
Dave Rowberry
Barry Jenkins (musician)|Barry Jenkins
John Weider
Vic Briggs
Danny McCulloch
Zoot Money
Andy Summers ''The Animals'' (currently billed as ''Eric Burdon & The Animals'' (feat. original frontman Eric Burdon) and ''Animals & Friends'' (feat. original drummer John Steel (drummer)|John Steel) are an English Rock music|rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1963. The Animals' original lineup consisted of frontman Eric Burdon, guitarist Hilton Valentine, bass guitarist Chas Chandler, keyboardist Alan Price, and drummer John Steel (drummer)|John Steel. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound, they balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm-and-blues-orientated album material, and were part of the British Invasion of the US. The Animals rose to prominence with their signature song and transatlantic number-one hit single "The House of the Rising Sun#The Animals' version|The House of the Rising Sun", and continued this success with hits such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life (The Animals song)|It's My Life", "Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song)|Don't Bring Me Down", "I'm Crying", "See See Rider" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood#The Animals version|Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". They underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s, and suffered from poor business management, leading the original incarnation to split up in 1966. Burdon then assembled a mostly new lineup of musicians under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals; the much-changed act moved to California and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic music|psychedelic and progressive rock band with hits such as "San Franciscan Nights", "When I Was Young (song)|When I Was Young" and "Sky Pilot (song)|Sky Pilot" before disbanding at the end of the decade.cite magazine https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-animals/biography The Animals Biography|magazine=Rolling Stone|year=2001 7 August 2016 The original lineup of Burdon, Price, Chandler, Valentine and Steel reunited for a one-off benefit concert in Newcastle in 1968. They later launched brief comebacks in 1975 and 1983. Several partial regroupings of the original-era members have occurred since then under various names. Altogether, the band has had 10 top-20 hits in both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100. The Animals' original lineup were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Eric Burdon
Johnzo West
Davey Allen
Dustin Koester
Justin Andres
Ruben Salinas
Evan Mackey
''Animals and Friends'':
John Steel (drummer)|John Steel
Norman Helm
Danny Handley
Barney Williams | past_members = Hilton Valentine
Alan Price
Chas Chandler
Mick Gallagher
Dave Rowberry
Barry Jenkins (musician)|Barry Jenkins
John Weider
Vic Briggs
Danny McCulloch
Zoot Money
Andy Summers ''The Animals'' (currently billed as ''Eric Burdon & The Animals'' (feat. original frontman Eric Burdon) and ''Animals & Friends'' (feat. original drummer John Steel (drummer)|John Steel) are an English Rock music|rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1963. The Animals' original lineup consisted of frontman Eric Burdon, guitarist Hilton Valentine, bass guitarist Chas Chandler, keyboardist Alan Price, and drummer John Steel (drummer)|John Steel. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound, they balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm-and-blues-orientated album material, and were part of the British Invasion of the US. The Animals rose to prominence with their signature song and transatlantic number-one hit single "The House of the Rising Sun#The Animals' version|The House of the Rising Sun", and continued this success with hits such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life (The Animals song)|It's My Life", "Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song)|Don't Bring Me Down", "I'm Crying", "See See Rider" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood#The Animals version|Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". They underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s, and suffered from poor business management, leading the original incarnation to split up in 1966. Burdon then assembled a mostly new lineup of musicians under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals; the much-changed act moved to California and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic music|psychedelic and progressive rock band with hits such as "San Franciscan Nights", "When I Was Young (song)|When I Was Young" and "Sky Pilot (song)|Sky Pilot" before disbanding at the end of the decade.cite magazine https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-animals/biography The Animals Biography|magazine=Rolling Stone|year=2001 7 August 2016 The original lineup of Burdon, Price, Chandler, Valentine and Steel reunited for a one-off benefit concert in Newcastle in 1968. They later launched brief comebacks in 1975 and 1983. Several partial regroupings of the original-era members have occurred since then under various names. Altogether, the band has had 10 top-20 hits in both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100. The Animals' original lineup were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.