The Northern Irish sticksman joined the legendary heavy metal band in 1977, after tenures with Eric Burdon and War (later known as simply War) and pop group Francy. His death was reported by ...

Born James Leslie Binks in Northern Ireland Aug. 8, 1951, Binks’ two-year membership in the Rob Halford-fronted outfit ...

Billboard notes he played with Eric Burdon of The Animals and War, the English pop band Fancy, and on the rock opera “The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast” from Deep Purple’s ...

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Former Judas Priest drummer Les Binks, who held the spot in the metal band’s lineup for a few crucial years in the late 1970s, had died at 73.

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Singer Eric Burdon (The Animals, War) is 84. Actor Pam Ferris (“Call the Midwife”) is 77. Actor Shohreh Aghdashloo (“24″) is ...

He started his career in the early 70s, playing with Eric Burdon of the Animals, the funk band War, and on Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover's album The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast.

Thank you, Les – your acclaim will live on …” Binks joined the British heavy metal band in 1977 after drumming with Eric Burdon and the Animals and War and made his first appearance on Judas ...

And he had worked for Eric Burdon of the Animals and funk band War. He went on to play for pop band Fancy who had hits in the US with a cover of Chip Taylor's "Wild Thing", and Touch Me's song ...