Eric Burdon

UK

Born: 11 May 1941

Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock

Styles: Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Psychedelic, Psychedelic/Garage, Hard Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Album Rock, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock

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As the lead singer of the Animals, Eric Burdon was one of the British Invasion's most distinctive vocalists, with a searingly powerful blues-rock voice. When the first lineup of the group fell apart in 1966, Burdon kept the Animals' name going with various players for a few years. Usually billed as Eric Burdon and the Animals, the group was essentially Burdon's vehicle, whom he used to purvey a far more psychedelic and less R&B-oriented vision. Occasionally he came up with a good second-division psychedelic hit, like "Sky Pilot"; more often, th...

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