The animals band biography form

In the UK in , when Hilton Valentine was a member of Tyneside based Rhythm & Blues band The Alligators, he was approached by Peter Barton, an agent from Lancashire in the UK, to see if he would be interested in performing some shows in Germany as The Animals. Hilton liked the idea and quickly set about augmenting the Alligators grupp with a keyboard player to recreate the original ’s Animals sound. Auditions were held at the Pheasant pub in Tynemouth where Hilton. Original Animals bass player Chas Chandler and original drummer John Steel were also present. Following a comprehensive trial run of the Animals songs Chas Chandler decided that local keyboard player Steve Hutchinson (aka Stevie Hutch) was in his words “The man for the job”. Chas Chandler however declined to become a member of the new band due to health problems, but did offer instead to become the manager for the grupp.

Using the remaining members from Hilton's Alligators grupp, the line-up of his new re

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Inductees: Eric Burdon (vocals; born May 11, ), Chas Chandler (bass; December 18, - July 17, ), Alan Price (keyboards; born April 19, ), John Steel (drums; born February 4, ), Hilton Valentine (guitar; born May 21, )The Animals were part of the budding, homegrown U.K. blues scene of the early Sixties and one of the most noteworthy bands of the British Invasion. Formed in Newcastle-on-Tyne, a port city and coal-mining hub in northeast England, the Animals reflected their upbringing with brawling, blues-based rock and roll. The group derived its inspiration - and much of its early repertoire - from American blues and R&B sources, adapting them to their native British working-class sensibility. Eric Burdon was among the best white R&B singers of the Sixties. His gruff, soulful vocals brought out the anguish in such anthems as "It's My Life" and "We Gotta Get Out of This

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The Animals

Rock band

For the Record&#x;

Sound Migrated to the U.S.

Burdon Took the Reins

Film Influences Led to Dissolution

Two Brief Reunions

Selected discography

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In the s, the Animals became a part of what became known as the British invasion. Contemporaries of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the band was an influence and inspiration for decades after their peak. After the band began to disintegrate, singer Eric Burdon took over the name and continued the group as Eric Burdon & the Animals. The band&#x;s songs were later covered by such artists as Grand Funk Railroad, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Bruce Springsteen.

Despite the group&#x;s initial success, the Animals never reached the same level as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. They gleaned the inspiration for their sound from the rawness and toughness of American blues and rhythm and blues (R&B). One reviewer wrote in Rolling Stone, If the Beatles were the British Invasion&#x;s