The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964. The original lineup consisted of Graeme Edge on drums, Denny Laine on guitar and vocals, Mike Pinder on keyboards and vocals, Ray Thomas as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, and Clint Warwick on bass and vocals. Initially part of the British beat and R&B scene of the early to mid-1960s, the band achieved prominence with the UK No. 1 and US Top 10 single "Go Now" in late 1964 and early 1965. Read more on Last.fm

The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964. The original lineup consisted of Graeme Edge on drums, Denny Laine on guitar and vocals, Mike Pinder on keyboards and vocals, Ray Thomas as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, and Clint Warwick on bass and vocals. Initially part of the British beat and R&B scene of the early to mid-1960s, the band achieved prominence with the UK No. 1 and US Top 10 single "Go Now" in late 1964 and early 1965. Laine and Warwick left the band in 1966, and Edge, Pinder, and Thomas recruited Justin Hayward on guitar and vocals and John Lodge on bass and vocals. The Moody Blues embraced the psychedelic rock movement of the late 1960s. Their second album, "Days of Future Passed" (1967), combined rock with classical music performed with the London Festival Orchestra and is considered a landmark in the development of art rock and progressive rock, often cited as one of the first successful concept albums. The group released six more albums during this period: "In Search of the Lost Chord" (1968), "On the Threshold of a Dream" (1969), "To Our Children's Children's Children" (1969), "A Question of Balance" (1970), "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" (1971), and "Seventh Sojourn" (1972). They toured extensively until a hiatus in 1974. Their recordings from this era produced FM radio hits including "Nights in White Satin" (1967, charting again in 1972 and 1979), "Tuesday Afternoon" (1968), "Question" (1970), "The Story in Your Eyes" (1971), "Isn't Life Strange" (1972), and "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" (1973). After resuming activities in 1977, Pinder left the band in 1978 and was replaced by former Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz. In the 1980s, the band adopted a more synth-pop sound, achieving hits with "Gemini Dream" (1981), "The Voice" (1981), "Your Wildest Dreams" (1986), and "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" (1988). "Your Wildest Dreams" made the Moody Blues the first act to earn each of its first three Top 10 singles in the United States across three different decades. Moraz departed in 1991, followed by Thomas in 2002. Although the band stopped releasing albums after "December" (2003), they continued touring throughout the 2000s and reunited periodically for special events, concerts, short tours, and cruises until Graeme Edge, the last remaining original member, retired in 2018. The Moody Blues sold approximately 70 million albums worldwide, including 18 platinum and gold LPs. They released 16 studio albums, six of which reached the US Top 20, with two reaching No. 1, and eight of which reached the UK Top 20, with three reaching No. 1. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. By 2024, all five original members—Warwick, Thomas, Edge, Laine, and Pinder—had passed away. Rod Clark, who briefly replaced Warwick as bassist, and John Lodge, who joined in 1966, died in 2025. Justin Hayward and Patrick Moraz remain active in music. Studio albums The Magnificent Moodies (US title: Go Now: The Moody Blues #1) (1965) Days of Future Passed (1967) In Search of the Lost Chord (1968) On the Threshold of a Dream (1969) To Our Children's Children's Children (1969) A Question of Balance (1970) Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) Seventh Sojourn (1972) Octave (1978) Long Distance Voyager (1981) The Present (1983) The Other Side of Life (1986) Sur la Mer (1988) Keys of the Kingdom (1991) Strange Times (1999) December (2003) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.