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Birmingham, United Kingdom (1964 – present)
The Moody Blues formed in May 1964. Their first gigs were sponsored by Birmingham’s M&B brewery and, consequently, the band briefly took the name the MB5, changing it soon after to the Moody Blues.
The band originally featured Denny Laine as lead singer and Clint Warwick on bass guitar, Ray Thomas on Flute, and Graeme Edge on drums. Mike Pinder was the original keyboardist.
Go Now made No. 1 in January 1965. However, their subsequent release failed to match this success and Laine and Warwick left the band.
In late 1966, Laine was replaced on lead guitar and vocals by Swindon-born Justin Hayward and Warwick was replaced on bass guitar and vocals by fellow Brummie, John Lodge. Both assumed the roles of main songwriters for the band and it was then that they were transformed from a mainly covers band to a unique combination of classical, symphonic, progressive and psychedelic rock.
Whilst the debut album by the new line-up, ‘Days of Future Passed’, featured a full orchestra conducted by Peter Knight, subsequent recordings were performed entirely by band members on a wide variety of instruments - including the distinctive sounds of Mike Pinder on the mellotron.
‘Days of Future Passed’ spawned the singles ‘Nights In White Satin’ and ‘Tuesday Afternoon’.
Between 1967 and 1972, the band released seven multi-million selling studio albums and performed worldwide sell-out tours.
The band originally featured Denny Laine as lead singer and Clint Warwick on bass guitar, Ray Thomas on Flute, and Graeme Edge on drums. Mike Pinder was the original keyboardist.
Go Now made No. 1 in January 1965. However, their subsequent release failed to match this success and Laine and Warwick left the band.In late 1966, Laine was replaced on lead guitar and vocals by Swindon-born Justin Hayward and Warwick was replaced on bass guitar and vocals by fellow Brummie, John Lodge. Both assumed the roles of main songwriters for the band and it was then that they were transformed from a mainly covers band to a unique combination of classical, symphonic, progressive and psychedelic rock.
Whilst the debut album by the new line-up, ‘Days of Future Passed’, featured a full orchestra conducted by Peter Knight, subsequent recordings were performed entirely by band members on a wide variety of instruments - including the distinctive sounds of Mike Pinder on the mellotron.
‘Days of Future Passed’ spawned the singles ‘
Nights In White Satin’ and ‘Tuesday Afternoon’.Between 1967 and 1972, the band released seven multi-million selling studio albums and performed worldwide sell-out tours.
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Question
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Your Wildest Dreams
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The Story In Your Eyes
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Ride My See-Saw
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Tuesday Afternoon
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The Voice
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I'm Just A Singer (In a rock and roll band)
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Isn't Life Strange
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I Know You're Out There Somewhere
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Voices In The Sky
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Lovely To See You
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Melancholy Man
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Legend Of A Mind
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kat_piterass wrote:
http://www.lastfm.pl/group/The+%22%3C3%22+Lovers
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cloudblood84 wrote:
painfully good
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fapizzano wrote:
Band of diferenciated sound.
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Waes-GOD wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Fans+of+the+old+music
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marcelodylan wrote:
NITHS IN WHITE SATIN KRA FIK A DIK
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Masterchief_B wrote:
Amazing band, luckily I found them through a 60s compilation, never heard of them before!
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fifi_summer wrote:
ride my seesaw!
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EleniLoris wrote:
"Just what the truth is, I can't say any more"
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sneggyuser wrote:
NIWS and Tuesday Afternoon are great, Justin made Forever Autumn his own.
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wendigo6x3 wrote:
i actually dont like 'nights' so much. forever afternoon, dawn is a feeling and peak hour are better songs on that particular album, IMO. band completely changed after pinder left. i would give anything to have been at the isle of wight festival (1970). i saw hayward, graeme, and lodge this summer in cleveland, and i had to have been one of the youngest there. my generation doesnt recognize the brilliance of this band.
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1964_SixtyFour wrote:
"Go Now" became a hit after the first eight bars were recorded in 1964.
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billmullerii wrote:
The high school years
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Nololob wrote:
Klasyka Rocka
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Nowitzki15002 wrote:
Jesus Christ, what a wonderful band.
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VelcroFace wrote:
yaghma, same here. This, Eagles, and some country music playing in the car constantly.
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yaghma wrote:
my dad used to play them in the car, great childhood memories
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yaghma wrote:
amazing
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Sonofthe60s wrote:
StudioElectro: to this day I consider it one of the best shows I ever went to. I won't apologize for beating you to those tickets...but I will say I'm sorry you weren't able to see and hear it first hand.
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free-movies wrote:
the best videos
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StudioElectro wrote:
For all you other time-travellers: I assume Gypsy (of a strange and distant time) has been your anthem too?
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