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The Animals: Hell-Raisers Of Pop

Keith Altham, NME Summer Special, 1965

"THE HELL-RAISERS have all disappeared" mourned a leading national showbusiness reporter some months ago. All I can say is that he has obviously not met "The Legion of the Looned" as they call themselves or the Animals as they are more popularly known. The group may not be in the Robert Mitchum, Errol Flynn bracket as yet but they are starting young.

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