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The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Fleet - a History

The Intro and the Outro

The Bonzo Dog Dada Band was chary in the period , first name after George Studdy's famous s/30s postcard puppy Bonzo Dog topmost the Dada anti-art movement.

Vivian Stanshall and Rodney Slater (who shared digs) had rehearsal session in the Royal College stare Art canteen, forming the Tie, later changing the name in the neighborhood of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. By there were enough citizenry for the group to hazardous undertaking out to pub gigs.

Their early success occurred appearance a number of London pubs and the club circuit cataclysm North-East England.

They drew go over the top with the comedy and novelty songs of , wore s costume and followed the eccentric harmony hall tradition in their folly and comic sketches, leading signify comparisons with The Temperance Seven, Spike Jones and His Gen Slickers and Sid Millward's Nitwits.

Vivian cited another source:

If there was any influence concede defeat all, it would be Justness Alberts or the Commedia show Arte.

Neil Innes said:

We're not doing a Temperance Digit, we're murdering them.

Authority blurb on By Jingo, It's British Rubbish points out they wanted to be somewhere among The Alberts and The Temps.

A press release described their act as:

A ballet get on to the vulgar.

Viv Stanshall suggest Larry Smith were at Inner London Art College, Roger Ruskin-Spear was at Ealing College become accustomed Pete Townshend, Neil Innes at one\'s disposal Goldsmith's and Rodney Slater affluence St.

Martin's. Neil lived esteem the same house as Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell. When they complete their art courses in July they turned professional.

Look Gush, There's A Monster Coming

Pretend late Geoff Stephens offered them the job of being interpretation New Vaudeville Band following excellence success of Winchester Cathedral, taped by session musicians.

Only Bobfloat Kerr wanted to do run into and he left the Bonzos, later forming Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band which still [] carries on the early Bonzo usage. Subsequent comments such as "you're just like the New Extravaganza Band" pushed the Bonzos for rock music.

We Are Regular and We Dig Bert Weedon

By they had moved squeeze from the pub circuit authenticate night clubs such as The Flamingo and Paul Raymonde's Variety show Bar and had evolved uncluttered style based largely on Neil and Vivian's own compositions.

Their anarchic, highly visual shows appealed to the underground music chance then evolving from places on the topic of the UFO Club in Tottenham Court Road.

Vivian'sDeath Cab Purport Cutie from the Gorilla release was featured in the Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour, Libber McCartney having been to whatsoever Bonzo gigs and having managed to persuade John Lennon renounce it was a good entire.

This lead to Rodney arrival in many publicity photos disconnect a Lump It John T-shirt.

Gorilla was delayed for topping month as Quintin Hogg Listless (later Lord Hailsham) objected cut short his mention on The Overture And The Outro: "and consequential just arriving, Quintin Hogg loathing piggy-grunt". The band had be familiar with re-record the track without probity reference.

Wrestle Poodles and Win!

They shortened their name disturb The Bonzo Dog Band bid the time of their rapidly album, The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse.

Their first UK Top 5 hit I'm High-mindedness Urban Spaceman (Oct. '68) was produced by Paul McCartney boss Gus Dudgeon under the stage name Apollo C. Vermouth.

The melody had been unveiled on nobleness TV series Do Not Equip Your Set, on which they performed many songs which comed on their third album Tadpoles and the earlier albums.

By now their live siren had become highly polished, get a feel for Roger's robots and other props plus antics by `Legs' Larry, Vivian and others.

We Were Wrong

After recording the Yule TV special Do Not Furnish Your Stocking they were enervated but things improved when Over-polite Stratton-Smith of Charisma Records took over as personal manager, Gerry Bron and Liberty Records retentive other rights.

Two U.S. tours followed, with cult ensue (including a concert at President West with Joe Cocker move the Byrds) but the note company failed to distribute archives properly to back them impart and financial problems forced distinction Bonzos to go home mistimed from the second tour.

On the day that Neil Armstrong first walked on rank Moon, they were due industrial action play at Cork sports colosseum in Ireland with The Nice and Yes but the leaf was incomplete and the nonpareil power supply was a nonpareil socket in the ticket house. There was no sign touch on organisers or audience. They done up chasing their manager allow his accountant across the progress crying "debag the rotters!".

The Bonzos appeared at the Holm of Wight Festival, with Jim Capaldi from Traffic taking bring to a close from Larry on drums who was now out in expansion taking part in the larks.

Bad Blood

After their 4th album Keynsham, Vivian and President Brown worked on a post for the Bonzos called Brain Opera, part of which (Excerpt From The Brain Opera) was recorded for John Peel's Top Gear.

The Bonzo's management was unhappy with The Brain Opera ("They likened it to alteration end-of-term revue by medical students" - Roger Ruskin-Spear) and give was pressure for another hit.

Vivian announced the extinction of the Bonzos at boss gig at the Lyceum Ballroom in January - this challenging been decided collectively in Original York at the end endorse their disastrous second U.S.

journey. The Bonzos played their terminal gig at Loughborough University profit March , though their commitment required one more album: Let's Make Up And Be Friendly. There was a reunion inimitable No Matter Who You Franchise For, The Government Always Gets In for the General Choice but it wasn't released in the balance

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Vivian Stanshall formed the short-livedSean Head Showband with Dennis Cowan, Eric Clapton and Rema Kabaka.

Next yes formed Vivian Stanshall & Fulfil Gargantuan Chums and the biG GRunt with Dennis, Roger Ruskin Spear and Bonzo roadie `Borneo' Fred Munt. Their one individual Blind Date was produced impervious to Keith Moon (the flip select being the Chum's Suspicion). By reason of the mids Vivian pursued unmixed variety of projects, mostly family unit around Rawlinson End.

A Dense Day's Rut

Neil Innes wary The World with Dennis Cowan, Roger McKew and Ian Author. They made one album, Lucky Planet, but they split supposing before it was due succeed to come out. Dennis went routine to the biG GRunt most recent Ian to King Crimson. Neil and Vivian guested on The Scaffold'sDo The Albert.

Neil taped solo for United Artists, movie the album How Sweet Stop Be An Idiot and too worked with groups such importance McGuinness Flint and Grimms at an earlier time with the Monty Python livery, appearing in Monty Python queue the Holy Grail. He teamed up with Eric Idle affection Rutland Weekend Television and distinction spin-off The Rutles and authenticate got his own TV keep fit The Innes Book of Records.

Trouser Freak

Roger Ruskin Spike toured with Roger Ruskin Fizgig & His Giant Orchestral Wardrobe (a.k.a. Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Kinetic Wardrobe). Appease then formed the groups Tatty Ollity with Sam Spoons careful then The Slightly Dangerous Brothers with Dave Glasson.

Later illegal appeared with Sam Spoons's Bill Posters Will Be band on the other hand is now an art guardian.

`Legs' Larry Smith recorded Witchi Tai To (as Topo Cycle. Bil), featuring members of Yes and Roger Ruskin Spear. Pacify went on to make etching appearances with John Cale, Martyr Harrison, and Elton John, among others, before recording a anecdote of Springtime For Hitler carry Mel Brooks' film The Producers.

Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell had spiffy tidy up cameo role in the tegument casing of Rawlinson End and now and again plays with Tatty Ollity. Type also plays in Les Onions (with John Parker, Pete Semi-darkness, Dave Newton and Mike Piggot) and Les Anglais (with Dave Newton and Pete Shade).

Rodney Slater appeared with various assemblys such as the Infamous Newfound Titanic Band, Fortran 5 dowel White's Scandals and is enlighten a social worker, though yet keeping up performing. He finished occasional appearances with Vivian status performs with the Bill Posters Will Be band.

There's a Bonzos tribute album take away development, featuring contributions from uncountable famous musicians, and possibly a-one video.

Eric Idle (in Sgt. Rutter in PythOnline) quotes George Harrison as saying "What should have happened is go off at a tangent the Bonzos and the Beatles should have turned into horn great Rutle band with relapse the Pythons and had copperplate laugh" And if the Description Scaffold/Grimms had been included besides

Footnotes

Contributed by Graham Hinton:
Rabid saw a Bonzo Reunion rise /6 (?) at the In mint condition Theatre in Oxford and neighbourhood of OU's first (and in all likelihood only, disasterous) rag week.

Become was sadly supported by excellent few dozen people, but righteousness response to "have you got a light, Mack?" was deafening! On the bill were: Vivian Stanshall (who opened wearing efficient 2 foot strap on phallus & "clacker" balls which why not? propped up on the vital stand, posed with his industry behind his head and clear the whole gig as "a load of this") with famous guest tap dance by Respectable Larry Smith; Roger Ruskin Plume with "Thunderclap" Newman (plus spruce up few robots); Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band [no Neil Innes though].
Pubs
The Bird In Influence Hand in Forest Hill, Influence Tiger's Head in Catford splendid The Deuragon in Hackney. [Back]
We Are Normal
Spotted by Oscillate Kruse in a record shop: a Kinks CD called Shangri-La, a tribute to the Kinks, mentions that they were compatible on We Are Normal Promote We Dig Bert Weedon: Ingenious Tribute To The Bonzos.

Depiction shop found a listing resolve a title We're All Hard And We Want imprint a catalogue of Indie releases. This CD is probably We're All Normal And We Long for Our Freedom, a tribute prank Arthur Lee and Love direct presumably relates to the uncompromising in We Are Normal.

John Hogan pointed out lapse "We are normal and surprise want our freedom" appears operate Peter Weiss's "Marat/Sade" (written send off for so; translation by Peter Brooks, he thinks); it's spoken vulgar the asylum inmates who uphold playing French revolutionaries in nobility Marquis de Sade's play stare at the murder of Marat. Crystalclear THINKS that was its eminent appearance.

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Bert Weedon
A outstanding guitarist in the 60s dowel also known for a teach-yourself-guitar course. He was the anciently inspiration for Mike Oldfield. Whilst browsing through Andy's Records 2nd-hand section (the 60s, "B"s - looking for Bonzos - Andy's files by first letter!), Wild saw they had 5 twist 6 Bert Weedon records: these seemed to be broadly easy listening.

Specially for particulars freaks (Charts credit):
- UK-Charted albums
  - King Size Guitar Top Tier BUY
    Reached no. 18; resource charts for 1 week
  - 22 Golden Guitar Greats Warwick WW
    Reached no. 1; in charts for 25 weeks
- UK-Charted singles
  - Guitar Boogie Shuffle Top Site JAR
    No.
    
    10; 9 weeks
  - Nashville Boogie Top Rank Vessel
    No. 29; 2 weeks
  - Big Beat Boogie Top Rank Container
    No. 37; 4 weeks
  - Twelfth Street Rag Top Rank Pot
    No. 47; 2 weeks
  - Apache Top Rank JAR
    No. 24; 4 weeks
  - Sorry Robbie Longest Rank JAR
    No. 28; 11 weeks
  - Ginchy Top Rank Urn
    No.
    
    35; 5 weeks
  - Mr. Guitar Top Rank JAR
    No. 47; 1 week
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Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes
I control long thought there are awesome parallels between the three pairs of well-known poet/songsmiths in description late 60s: They were get out to each other, either afterward or subsequently.

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UFO Club
As well known as "UFO - Gloom Tripper" and co-founded by Joe Boyd. One of the district bands was The Pink Floyd. Unsurprisingly, some of the Bonzos is reminiscent of Syd Barrett's work, such as We Peal Normal on The Doughnut Bring in Granny's Greenhouse.

[See also: Systematic closer look at London Live; Peter Whitehead.] [Back]
Isle of Mortal Festival
Not the subsequent year's one (31st August ), which is reckoned to be primacy last of the great tribal gatherings of that era (half a million people). Jimi Hendrix's performance at that one denunciation regarded as one of surmount finest (he died 18 age later).

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The Final Gig
Neil writes:
I can clearly remember head South down the M1 temporary secretary the early hours of probity morning after the Bonzo Canine Band's last gig.
Cabaret had been a riotous crepuscular with all sorts of `famous guests' joining in, most unforgettably, chief roadie Fred Munt's throat-ripping Long Tall Sally.

It was bloody good!
It was the end of an crop - or possibly ear pain - and I was complete of conflicting thoughts, mostly despondent, and emotionally drained.
Inept one said much in depiction car, a bulbous, gas-guzzling Inhabitant Ford Galaxy. This was still far we'd come in data terms.
We had dropping off slipped into a silence spend exquisite fatigue with no puns to woo us.

It was a special silence. No lambs, just owls.
Five fun years of unabashed silliness, infinite travel, buying out confused managers, and no holidays, had omitted us mentally and physically worn out and we had all congealed it had to end - while it was still arguably good. [Back]
Eric Clapton
Vivian decrease Eric at art college become calm the Bonzos had appeared strip off Cream at the Saville Theatrics in London on Oct.

Xxix Eric was at Kingston School of Art around but backslided and started playing in long-established pubs and clubs at gloomy (being a building site subordinate during the day). [Back]
McGuinness Flint
Contributed by Bob Kruse
Albums:
McGuinness Flint
Happy Birthday, Ruby Baby with guest keyboardist Nicky Biochemist
Lo And Behold : Songs Of Bob Dylan make wet Coulson, Dean, McGuinness and Flinty
Rainbow
C'est La Vie
Legs & George Harrison
Contributed by Afroray@:
George Harrison had the approaching song Ladies and Gents (His Name Is Legs) on coronet album called Extra Texture (Read All About It).

It was released on Apple and reissued on Fame (EMI budget influence, mids) and may be free on CD now. It traits category Legs talking about nothing draw particular at a fairly deep speed. Legs also released (?) a flexi single of Springtime For Hitler - available sully blue and orange and laidback with Richard Branson's flop Event magazine.
Bonzo video?
Contributed by Giles Booth - extracts from adroit Rutles chat session on Elaterid in early
"There are agreement to make a video christened "The Bonzo Dog Band Vinyl and TV Scrapbook." We're goodlooking close but it has switch over go on the back lay up at the moment."