Animals: Sure, We're Really Animals!
Keith Altham, New Musical Express Summer Special, Summer 1966
THE TITLE 'ANIMALS' was given to the group by Radio Caroline chief Ronan O'Reilly, who felt it summed up the group's wild attitude to rhythm-and-blues music. The youngsters who flocked to see the Alan Price Combo, as it was then, thought the name a good one and the tag stuck.
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