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Eric Burdon
Birth name Eric Victor Burdon
Born May 11, 1941 (1941-05-11) (age 66), Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne
Years active 1960s - present
Associated
acts		 The Animals
War
Website ericburdon.com
myspace.com/ericburdon

Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne) was the lead singer of The Animals, and War before becoming a solo artist.

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He was a founding member and vocalist of the Animals, a band originally formed in Newcastle in the early 1960s. The Animals were one of the leading bands of the "British Invasion", and the band had quite a following around the world. Along with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five, and Gerry and The Pacemakers, they introduced British music and fashion to an entire generation in an explosion of great tunes and outspoken attitude on, and off the stage. Burdon sang on such Animal classics as "The House of the Rising Sun", "Good Times", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "Bring It On Home to Me", "A Girl Named Sandoz," and "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place". The Animals combined the traditional blues with rock to create a unique sound.

Original Animals members keyboardist Alan Price and drummer John Steel quit, and were replaced by Dave Rowberry and Barry Jenkins respectively. By 1966 the other members had left, except for Barry Jenkins, and the band was reformed as Eric Burdon and the Animals, which featured future Family member John Weider and future The Police guitarist Andy Summers. This incarnation had hits with songs such as "When I Was Young", "Sky Pilot" and "Monterey".

This ensemble lasted until 1969, going through several line-up changes, and changing the name from Eric Burdon and the Animals to Eric Burdon and the New Animals.

Burdon is claimed by some to be the 'Eggman' from The Beatles song "I Am The Walrus". The reason for this is that Burdon was known as 'Eggs' to his friends, originating from his fondness for breaking eggs over naked girls. Burdon's biography mentions such an affair taking place in the presence of John Lennon, who shouted "Go on, go get it, Eggman ..."[1]

When the New Animals disbanded, Burdon joined forces with funky California jam band War. The resulting album, Eric Burdon Declares "War" yielded the classics "Spill the Wine" and "Tobacco Road". A second Burdon and War album, a two-disc set, The Black-Man's Burdon, was released later in 1970.

Burdon received a phone call on 18 September 1970 from Monika Dannemann, informing him that her boyfriend Jimi Hendrix was not waking up and was unresponsive. He told her to call him an ambulance.

In 1971 Burdon began a solo career. Around this time, he also recorded the album Guilty! (later released on CD as Black & White Blues) with the great blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon and also featuring Ike White & the San Quentin Prison Band.

Burdon rejoined briefly with the other original Animals in 1976 and 1983, but neither union lasted, although the 1983 reunion yielded the ignored single "The Night".

He has led a number of groups named Eric Burdon Band or some variation thereof, with constantly changing personnel. His popularity has remained stronger in continental Europe than in the UK or U.S. Today he continues to record and tour either on his own, or in front of yet another version of "Eric Burdon and the Animals". In 1990, a re-formed "Eric Burdon and the Animals" recorded a cover of the Merle Travis single "Sixteen Tons" for the film Joe Versus the Volcano, which played over the opening credits of the film.

As of 2007 he was touring as the headlining act of the "Hippiefest" lineup, produced and hosted by Country Joe McDonald.

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The Animals

Eric Burdon and The (New) Animals

Eric Burdon and War

Others

  • 1971: Guilty
  • 1973: Best of The Animals (Compilation)
  • 1974: Sun Secrets
  • 1975: Stop
  • 1975: The Animals with Sonny Boy Williamson (Live)
  • 1976: Love is all Around
  • 1977: Survivor
  • 1977: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
  • 1979: Black & White Blues (Re-release of Guilty)
  • 1980: Darkness Darkness
  • 1980: The Last Drive
  • 1982: Comeback
  • 1982: The Unreleased Eric Burdon
  • 1983: Ark
  • 1984: Rip it to Shreds: Greatest Hits Alive (Live)
  • 1984: Power Company
  • 1985: That's Live (Live)
  • 1987: The Singles Plus (Compilation)
  • 1988: I Used To Be An Animal
  • 1988: Wicked Man
  • 1988: The Best of The Animals (Compilation)
  • 1989: The EP Collection (Compilation)
  • 1990: Roadrunners (Live)
  • 1990: The Complete Animals (Compilation)
  • 1990: Inside Looking Out: The 1965-1966 Sessions (Compilation)
  • 1994: Crawling King Snake (Re-release of Comeback)
  • 1994: The Singles Plus (Compilation)
  • 1995: Animalism [Bonus Hits] (Compilation)
  • 1997: The Best of The Animals (Compilation)
  • 1997: The Official Live Bootleg (Live)
  • 1997: Soldier of Fortune (Re-release of Power Company)
  • 1997: I'm Ready: The Unreleased Eric Burdon #2
  • 1998: Live At The Roxy (Live)
  • 1998: The Official Live Bootleg #2 (Live)
  • 2000: The Official Live Bootleg 2000 (Live)
  • 2001: The Night (Compilation)
  • 2002: Taken Alive (Live)
  • 2003: Don't Bring Me Down: The Decca Years (Compilation)
  • 2003: A's, B's & EP's (Compilation)
  • 2003: Absolute Animals 1964-1968 (Compilation)
  • 2004: Gratefully Dead 1964-1968 (Compilation)
  • 2004: Retrospective (Compilation)
  • 2004: My Secret Life
  • 2005: Athens Traffic Live (Live)
  • 2005: Rumble In London (with The Yardbirds) (Live)
  • 2006: Soul of a Man
  • 2006: Wild & Wicked

  • The Deluxe BBC Files
  • Mirage
  • Unreleased Project #2
  • Unreleased Masters and Alternative Takes
  • War

  • Burdon, Eric. I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now. Faber and Faber, 1986. ISBN 0-571-13492-0.
  • Burdon, Eric (with J. Marshall Craig). Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: A Memoir. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001. ISBN 1-56025-330-4.

  1. ^ Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney - Many Years From Now. Secker & Warburg, p. 357. ISBN 0-436-28022-1. 

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The Animals
The (Original) Animals (1962–1966, 1977, 1983): Eric Burdon • Alan Price • Chas Chandler • Hilton Valentine • John Steel • Dave Rowberry • Barry Jenkins
Eric Burdon & The (New) Animals (1966–1969): Eric Burdon • John Weider • Vic Briggs • Danny McCulloch • Barry Jenkins • Zoot Money • Andy Summers
Albums The Animals (UK) • The Animals (USA) • The Animals on Tour • Animal Tracks (UK) • Animal Tracks (US) • Animalisms • Animalization • Animalism •
Eric Burdon & The Animals: Eric Is Here • Winds of Change • The Twain Shall Meet • Every One of Us • Love Is
Compilations The Best of The Animals (1966 album) • The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals • The Most of Animals • The Best of The Animals (1988 album) • The Best of The Animals (1997 album)
Reunion albums Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted • Ark
Top Songs "The House of the Rising Sun" • "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" • "Bring It On Home to Me" • "Boom Boom" • "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" • "It's My Life" • "Inside-Looking Out" • "Don't Bring Me Down" • "San Franciscan Nights" • "Sky Pilot" • "Monterey" • "Good Times"
Related articles Discography
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