Mike Pinder, Founding Keyboardist of the Moody Blues, Dies at 82 Posted by By Richard Sandomir April 25, 2024Posted inDays of Future Passed (Album), Deaths (Obituaries), Mellotron, Moody Blues (Music Group), Music, Musical Instruments, Pinder, Mike (1941-2024), Pop and Rock Music, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum His expertise on the electromechanical Mellotron helped define the band’s progressive sound in the 1960s and ’70s on albums like “Days of Future Passed.”