The Animals.

The Animals were a Newcastle based band in the 1960's. They combined classic Indie with Psychadelic Rock and Blues genres. Their most famous song, 'House Of The Rising Sun' has been covered by modern day Indie Rock band 'Muse' and many other Indie genre bands would state The Animals as an  inspiration for the music they make. They were signed to Atlantic Records, which now has artists such as Plan B and Paolo Nutini signed to them, who we would class as being similar to our artist.  It is clear that the dress codes of modern Indie genre bands that we have blogged previously have been inspired by classic bands like The Animals, for example, in the picture above, the band members are wearing skinny leg, smart, suit style trousers, with smart brogues or Chelsea boots, with shirts and blazers which are very similar to those worn by Mumford & Sons. The difference between the bands we have looked at previously and The Animals is that they have a much softer, upbeat sound, whereas The Animals remain true to the blues genre alot, with a deep and gritty vocal sound, this is predominant in the song 'House Of The Rising Sun'.