the moody blues are an english rock band. they were created in birmingham in 1964. at first, the band had keyboardist mike pinder, multi-instrumentalist ray thomas, guitarist denny laine, drummer graeme edge, and bassist clint warwick. the group came became famous for their rhythm and blues music. they made some changes in musicians but settled on a line-up of pinder, thomas, edge, guitarist justin hayward, and bassist john lodge, who stayed together for most of the band's "classic era" into the early 1970s.