The Animals

The Alan Price Combo (1958 - 1962)
  • Alan Price - keyboards - b. April 19, 1942, County Durham, England.
  • Bryan "Chas" Chandler - bass - b. December 18, 1938, Newcastle upon Tyne, England; d. July 17, 1996.
  • John Steel - drums - b. February 4, 1941, Gateshead, England.
  • Hilton Valentine - guitar - b. May 21, 1943, North Shields, England.
The Animals I (1962 - 1965)
  • Alan Price - keyboards
  • Bryan "Chas" Chandler - bass
  • John Steel - drums
  • Hilton Valentine - guitar
  • Eric Burdon - vocals - b. May 11, 1941, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Albums:
  1. "The Animals" (1964)
  2. "The Animals on Tour" (1965)
  3. "Animal Tracks" (1965)
The Animals II (1965 - 1966)
  • Eric Burdon - vocals
  • Bryan "Chas" Chandler - bass
  • John Steel - drums
  • Hilton Valentine - guitar
  • Dave Rowberry - keyboards - b. David Eric Rowberry, July 4, 1940, Mapperly, Arnold, NTT, England (Ref: Polly Lawrence).
Albums:
  1. "Animalization" (1966)
  2. "Animalism" (1966)
The Animals III (1966 - late-1966)
  • Eric Burdon - vocals
  • Bryan "Chas" Chandler - bass
  • Hilton Valentine - guitar
  • Dave Rowberry - keyboards
  • Barry Jenkins - drums - b. December 22, 1944, Leicester, England.
Group disbands.
The Animals IV (1967 - 1968) (reformed)
  • Eric Burdon - vocals
  • Barry Jenkins - drums
  • Johnny Weider - guitar - b. April 21, 1947, Shepherd's Bush, England.
  • Vic Briggs - guitar - b. February 14, 1945, Twickenham, England.
  • Danny McCulloch - guitar - b. July 18, 1945, London, England.
  • Zoot Money - keyboards/vocals - formerly with Zoot Money and His Big Roll Band and Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated.
Albums:
  1. "Eric Is Here" (1967)
  2. "Winds of Change" (1967)
  3. "The Twain Shall Meet" (1968)
  4. "Every One of Us" (1968)
The Animals V(1967 - 1968)
  • Eric Burdon - vocals
  • Barry Jenkins - drums
  • Johnny Weider - guitar
  • Zoot Money - keyboards/vocals
  • Andrew Somers (aka, Andy Summers) - guitar - b. December 31, 1942, Blackpool, England.
Albums:
  1. "Love Is" (1969)
Group disbands.  Eric Burdon forms Eric Burdon and War. Andy Summers becomes later member of The Police.
The Animals VI (1977) (reformed with original lineup)
  • Eric Burdon - vocals
  • Alan Price - keyboards
  • Bryan "Chas" Chandler - bass
  • John Steel - drums
  • Hilton Valentine - guitar
Albums:
  1. "Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted" (1977)
Group disbands.
The Animals VII (1983) (reformed, again, with original lineup)
  • Eric Burdon - vocals
  • Alan Price - keyboards
  • Bryan "Chas" Chandler - bass
  • John Steel - drums
  • Hilton Valentine - guitar
Albums:
  1. "Ark" (1983)
  2. "Rip It To Shreds: Greatest Hits Live" (1984)
Group disbands.
The Animals VIII (1992) (reformed)
  • Vic Briggs (aka, Vikram S. Khalsa) - guitar
  • Barry Jenkins - drums
  • ...others?
Compilations:
  1. "The Best of The Animals" (1966)
  2. "Best of Eric Burdon and The Animals, Vol. 2" (1967)
  3. "The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals" (1969)
  4. "The Best of Eric Burdon and The Animals, 1966-1968" (1991)
  5. "Complete Animals" (box set) (1997)
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