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Birmingham, United Kingdom (1964 – present)
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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arminrock This singer sounds like a friend when you need a shoulder {1}
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oldiesfanjohn might be the Moodies best song--the imagery!!!
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davesantos This singer sounds like a friend when you need a shoulder .
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ColdNightLight cool guys
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Gargoyle2500 I bought Long Distance Voyager yesterday, I started listening to the opening track and it sounds good. I'm not 3 minutes in yet.
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Eglantinetje "obsessed" would be the word to describe what my relation is to The Moody Blues. Why hadn't I heard of them before? Even Nights In White Satin barely gets played on the radio here. But what a band!! Definitely very underrated. And one really gets sucked in by the music, isn't it? And as I am one of them, I can safely say they still appeal to young people. Still making new fans.
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wilte01 The Moody Blues simply grabbed my soul and have not let go since the first time I heard them; which was many years ago.
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PP667 very nice
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cheezycheese He came upon an orange grove And he rested And he lay in the cool, And while he rested, he took to himself an orange and tasted it, And it was good.
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Steely_Rain Cause I love you... Yes I love you!
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vihreakuolema House of Tolerance sent me here!
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Athena920 I regret that noticed this band soooo late...[2]
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JaviErknot The Best Way To Travel X3
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JoannaVonB I regret that noticed this band soooo late...
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lckb The Best Way To Travel X2
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Teffasus The Best Way To Travel
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electricchurch the first albums are really great
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smooker It's not overrated, it's only their most known.
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FalseReligion Why is Nights in White Satin so overrated? I mean it's an awesome song but not four times better than their other songs.......
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Irlandese64 Moody Blues is required listening for me. As many albums as I can at once. All together.
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