History Music / TheMoodyBlues

* Rodney Clark - bass, vocals (1966)
* '''Graeme Edge''' - drums, percussion, timpani, tabla, tambourine, [=VCS3=] (1964–2018, died 2021; '''HOF''')
* Justin Hayward - guitar, backing and lead vocals, piano, keyboard, sitar, cello, mandolin (1966–2018; '''HOF''')
* '''[[Music/{{Wings|Band}} Denny Laine]]''' - guitar, backing and lead vocals, harmonica, piano, keyboard (1964–66, died 2023; '''HOF''')

* [[Music/{{Yes}} Patrick Moraz]] - keyboard, synthesizer (1978–91)
* '''Mike Pinder''' - keyboard, piano, organ, backing and lead vocals, mellotron, harpsichord, guitar, cello, autoharp, tambura, [=VCS3=], celesta, synthesizer, chamberlin (1964–78; '''HOF''')
* '''Ray Thomas''' - flute, percussion, tambourine, backing and lead vocals, harmonica, horn, keyboard, saxophone, oboe, french horn, bass flute, woodwinds (1964–2002, died 2018; '''HOF''')
* '''Clint Warwick''' - bass, backing and co-lead vocals (1964–66, died 2004)

!!Principal Members (founding members in '''bold'''; members named in the band's Hall of Fame induction indicated with '''HOF'''):

!!Principal Members (founding members in '''bold'''):

* '''Graeme Edge''' - drums, percussion, timpani, tabla, tambourine, [=VCS3=] (1964–2018, died 2021)
* Justin Hayward - guitar, backing and lead vocals, piano, keyboard, sitar, cello, mandolin (1966–2018)
* '''[[Music/{{Wings|Band}} Denny Laine]]''' - guitar, backing and lead vocals, harmonica, piano, keyboard (1964–66, died 2023)
* John Lodge - bass, guitar, backing and lead vocals, cello, double bass, harp, keyboard (1966–2018)

* '''Mike Pinder''' - keyboard, piano, organ, backing and lead vocals, mellotron, harpsichord, guitar, cello, autoharp, tambura, [=VCS3=], celesta, synthesizer, chamberlin (1964–78)
* '''Ray Thomas''' - flute, percussion, tambourine, backing and lead vocals, harmonica, horn, keyboard, saxophone, oboe, french horn, bass flute, woodwinds (1964–2002, died 2018)

* '''[[Music/{{Wings|Band}} Denny Laine]]''' - guitar, backing and lead vocals, harmonica, piano, keyboard (1964–66)

* '''[[Music/{{Wings}} Denny Laine]]''' - guitar, backing and lead vocals, harmonica, piano, keyboard (1964–66)

* ExcitedShowTitle: "Go Now!" has an exclamation point, whereas the title of the original version by Bessie Banks is just neutral.

* ArtisticLicenseGeology: "Visions of Paradise" refers to "blue onyx from the sea". According to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, blue is one of the few colours which isn't possible for onyx.

* VocalTagTeam: A trademark of Hayward and Lodge, but Pinder and Thomas typically had one or two songs on lead vocals per album as well. Edge occasionally recited his own poems and also assumed the duty on "Late Lament" in concert after Pinder left the band, although Pinder did do the lion's share in studio.

The band enjoyed a boost in commercial fortunes with their 1986 album ''The Other Side of Life'' and another Hayward tune and U.S. Top 10 single, "Your Wildest Dreams". Unfortunately, this and their followup, 1988's ''Sur La Mer'', are probably their weakest albums yet - producer Tony Visconti and synth programmer Barry Radman were introducing the use of sequencers, samplers, and drum machines in order to remain contemporary in the musical climate of the '80s, pushing the Moodies towards boring, anemic SynthPop. Hayward and Lodge's compositions were becoming increasingly lightweight and not as deep musically, and since the music they were producing did not fit at all with a flute, Thomas continued the process of becoming a LesserStar (going so far as to be mixed out of ''Sur La Mer'' entirely, though this was partly due to illness). While these albums and 1991's ''Keys to the Kingdom'' remained good sellers, critics were bashing the Moodies by this time, and Moraz was expressing dissatisfaction with being in the band, eventually leaving in 1991. The other members continued on as a four-piece, supported by live keyboardists.

* NonAppearingTitle: "Legend of a Mind", though understandably you might [[RefrainFromAssuming assume the title was "Timothy Leary" or "Timothy Leary's Dead"]].