![]() Career The Animals Eric Burdon and the Animals, 1964īurdon was lead vocalist of the Animals, formed during 1962 in Newcastle upon Tyne. I shared the story with John at a party at a Mayfair flat one night with a handful of others." According to Burdon, Lennon, finding the story hilarious, replied, "Go on, go get it, Eggman," incorporating the incident into his song in tribute to the unique experience. ![]() The white and yellow of the egg ran down my naked front and Sylvia began to show me one Jamaican trick after another. As the fumes set my brain alight and I slid to the kitchen floor, she reached to the counter and grabbed an egg, which she cracked into the pit of my belly. I was up early one morning cooking breakfast, naked except for my socks, and she slid up beside me and slipped an amyl nitrite capsule under my nose. īurdon was also a good friend of John Lennon and, claims Burdon, was mentioned in one of their songs, " I Am the Walrus" as "the eggman." Burdon states, "The nickname stuck after a wild experience I'd had at the time with a Jamaican girlfriend called Sylvia. Burdon was the person Hendrix's girlfriend called when she found him overdosed on drugs. Burdon and fellow rocker and guitarist, American Jimi Hendrix, became very close friends in the mid sixties and remained so up until Hendrix's death in 1970. without the motorcycles" – they were tough, hard-drinking, and listened to American music. He describes his friends as "like a motorcycle gang. īurdon started out his young adult life as one of a group of people who hung out at the local jazz club, The Downbeat. ![]() He also met a lot of other "young rebels" who shared his interest in jazz, folk, and movies. There he first met John Steel, the original drummer for the Animals. Some teachers were sadistic – others pretended not to notice – and sexual molestation and regular corporal punishment with a leather strap was the order of the day." īy the time he got to secondary school, a teacher by the name of Bertie Brown was responsible for getting him into art school and changing his life forever. During primary school, he was "stuck at the rear of the classroom of around 40 to 50 kids and received constant harassment from kids and teachers alike." He goes on to say his primary school was "jammed between a slaughterhouse and a shipyard on the banks of the Tyne. Burdon describes his early school years as a "dark nightmare" that "should've been penned by Charles Dickens." Due to the river pollution and humidity in Newcastle he suffered asthma attacks daily. īurdon was born to a working class family. Burdon's middle name, "Victor", resulted from a reward of £25 offered by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne to mothers who give their newly born children suitably patriotic names. His mother, Rene, was originally from Ireland and moved to Scotland before settling in Newcastle in the 1930s. His father, Matt, was originally from Tyneside. Early life Įric Burdon was born in 1941 in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. In 2008, he was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time". Burdon is also known for his intense stage performances. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. He was previously lead vocalist of the R&B and rock band The Animals and the funk band War. Eric Victor Burdon (born ) is an English singer and songwriter.
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