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Who was the members of the second incarnation of The Animals?
A group with Burdon, Jenkins, and new sidemen John Weider, Vic Briggs, and Danny McCulloch were formed under the name Eric Burdon and Animals in December 1966 and changed direction.
What year was the second incarnation of The Annimals?
A group with Burdon, Jenkins, and new sidemen John Weider, Vic Briggs, and Danny McCulloch were formed under the name Eric Burdon and Animals in December 1966 and changed direction.
Did The Animals release any albums?
The Animals also came out with albums such as Eric Is Here, Winds of Change, The Twain Shall Meet, and other albums.
Did The Animals celebrate any successes?
The Animals' success in their hometown and a connection with Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky motivated them to move to London in 1964 in the immediate wake of Beatlemania.
Is there anything else interesting about the second incarnation of The Animals?
The hard driving blues was transformed into Burdon's version of psychedelia as the former heavy drinking Geordie relocated to California and became a spokesman for the Love Generation.

Question: Why did they kidnap the band's manager?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did the yakuza kidnap the band's manager?