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Moody Blues
The Moody Blues - a British rock band from Birmingham, England, comprises of Michael Pinder, Ray Thomas along with Graeme Edge and others, and later joined by John Lodge and Justin Hayward as they inspired and evolved the progressive rock style.

The band has had numerous hit albums in the UK, US, and worldwide and they still are active even as of 2007, with a North American summer tour scheduled.

The Moody Blues' contract with Decca Records was set to expire and they owed the label several thousands of pounds in advances. However, Deram Records chose the band to make an LP in order to promote Deramic Stereo, resultantly; the group was to be forgiven its debt to the label to make a rock and roll version of Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony. The group agreed and later, convinced Peter Knight, who had been assigned to arrange and conduct the orchestral interludes, to collaborate on a recording of their stage show instead. Deram executives were firstly cynical about the fusion style of the resulting concept album, Days of Future Passed (1967). However, it turned out to be one of the most successful commercial releases of all time. Decca producer Tony Clarke produced the album and the Moodies carried on a durable working relationship with Clarke who would end up producing all of their albums and singles for the next eleven years

The album plus two singles, "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon", became massively popular, as was the 1968 follow-up LP, In Search of the Lost Chord. The album also included the song "Legend of a Mind," written by Ray Thomas in tribute to LSD guru Timothy Leary, including a soulful flute performance by Thomas. Justin Hayward began playing sitar and incorporating it into Moody Blues music, having been inspired by George Harrison. Graeme Edge found a significant secondary role in the band as a writer of poetry, and nearly all of their early albums from the late 60's begin with Mike Pinder reciting poems by Edge that were conceptually related to the lyrics of the songs that would follow. The band's music continued to become more complex and symphonic, resulting in 1969's To Our Children's Children's Children - a concept album based around the band's celebration of the first moon landing. The album closes with the fan-favorite 'Watching and Waiting', composed by Ray Thomas and Justin Hayward.

In 1973, the group took some time off - originally announced as a permanent break-up.

In 1977, as the group made a decision to record together again, London Records decided to release a rather poorly mixed then-eight year old recording of the band performing at the Royal Albert Hall, against their artistic wishes.

The Moody Blues in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California in 2005. Thomas' high value remained on stage mainly from his continued ability to exuberantly sing out his 60's and 70's Moodies classics, and also in dynamic flute and keyboard duets he composed with Moraz which were only performed by the two during Moodies' concerts. With the addition of a second keyboardist, Bias Boshell, as well as female backing singers, the band improvised further.

November 2005, Hayward, Lodge, and Edge - accompanied by Norda Mullen, Gordon Marshall, Paul Bliss and second keyboard player Bernie Barlow released a live-DVD, entitled Lovely To See You LIVE, recorded at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles.

Moody Blues toured the UK, US and Europe throughout late 2006. They toured the U.S this past winter and will undertaking a tour of the U.S and Canada during the summer of 2007. In addition, Hayward took part in the first UK tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds in April 2006 with a proposed DVD release of the show in November 2006 and a second tour in November 2007.

In March of 2006, the first five of the band's 'Core 7' albums were re-released in Super Audio CD format with Deluxe Editions, featuring bonus songs and some rare previously unreleased tracks by the group. In April 2007, the last two of these classic albums were re-released by Universal/Threshold.

The Moody Blues formed on 4 May 1964 in Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Ray Thomas, John Lodge, and Michael Pinder had been members of El Riot & the Rebels, a regionally-popular band. They disbanded when Lodge, the youngest member, went to technical college and Pinder joined the army. Pinder then rejoined Thomas to form the Krew Cats and enjoyed moderate success.

The pair recruited guitarist/vocalist Denny Laine, band manager-turned drummer Graeme Edge, and bassist Clint Warwick, together they appeared as the Moody Blues for the first time in Birmingham in 1964. The name developed from a planned sponsorship from the M&B Brewery and was also a subtle reference to the Duke Ellington song, "Mood Indigo".

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Band Members
Justin Hayward
John Lodge
Graeme Edge
Old Members
Ray Thomas
Michael Pinder
Patrick Moraz
Denny Laine
Clint Warwick
All Time Hits
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