Pingitore, Silvia (27 April 2021). "The House of the Rising Sun & the 1960s British Invasion: interview with The Animals' John Steel". the-shortlisted.co.uk.

Germany became Burdon’s main stomping ground in the late 70s, playing the club circuit and touring with the likes of Udo Lindenberg. In the early 80s there was another attempt to revive The Animals, this time via a largely flaccid collection called Ark. Unlike Noah’s Biblical vessel, it sank without making a ripple. The accompanying tour of the US and Europe did little to quell the simmering bitterness and warring egos within the band. As Burdon wryly noted later: “The Animals could never stay together and should never have even attempted to reunite. With our personalities, it could never be just about the music.” Success was almost instantaneous. The band’s emotive cover of the traditional The House Of The Rising Sun, reached No.1 in the UK that June. By September it had repeated the feat in America, becoming the first post-Beatles chart-topper of the British Invasion. Woolf, Russell (29 October 2013). "Eric Burdon on Vinyl Tuesday – ABC Perth". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 24 April 2014.

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Burdon may have thrown himself into the hedonistic pleasure palace of the hippie revolution, with its ready promise of hallucinogens and free love, but it wasn’t an age he took lightly. One of the key songs on his last album, 2013's Til Your River Runs Dry– easily his best for some years – was 27 Forever. Like much of the album, it transposed Burdon's preoccupations on to a map of his younger self. It was both a requiem for those whose lives were snuffed out prematurely and his own narrow escape from the same fate.

The 70s were not kind to Burdon. He was prevented from working in the first half of the decade because of red tape over an old contract. He spent a year in Mexico trying to escape. He also decided to try his hand at acting. “I went to the Actors’ Studio in Los Angeles one year, only to be grabbed on the street by people telling me: ‘What’s all this about you wantin’ to be an actor? You’re never gonna make it. The only thing you can do is use what you’ve got. You’re a singer.’”Chandler died from an aneurysm in 1996, putting an end to any possibility of another reunion of the full original lineup. [26] Later incarnations [ edit ] The Animals during a concert in Poland, 2016 The song itself was inspired by an evening at the Fillmore with Joplin, Morrison and the Grateful Dead. Burdon was ushered in at the venue’s side door by Joplin, who slipped a small red tab into his hand with the words: “It’s hot off the press. [Grateful Dead acid guru] Owsley’s. You’ll love it.” By this time, the Animals' business affairs "were in a total shambles" according to Chandler (who went on to manage Jimi Hendrix and produce Slade) and the group disbanded. Even by the standards of the day, when artists tended to be financially naïve, the Animals made very little money, eventually claiming mismanagement and theft on the part of their manager Michael Jeffery. [17] [ bettersourceneeded] Eric Burdon and the Animals (1966–1968) [ edit ] Eric Burdon and the Animals in 1967: Foreground: Eric Burdon

Burdon began work on a solo album called Eric Is Here, which also featured his UK number-14 solo hit single "Help Me, Girl", which he heavily promoted on TV shows such as Ready Steady Go! and Top of the Pops in late 1966. Eric Is Here was Burdon's final release for Decca Records. Hobbs, Geoffrey (9 September 2013). "Trade Mark Appeals to the Appointed Person Decision (O/369/13)" (PDF). Intellectual Property Office UK.

Release

By December 1968, this incarnation of the Animals had dissolved, but their double album Love Is was released internationally, featuring the singles " Ring of Fire" and " River Deep – Mountain High".