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The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Belt - a History

The Intro and the Outro

The Bonzo Dog Dada Band was au fait in the period 1962-1965, christian name after George Studdy's famous 1920s/30s postcard puppy Bonzo Dog stomach the Dada anti-art movement.

Vivian Stanshall and Rodney Slater (who shared digs) had rehearsal meeting in the Royal College training Art canteen, forming the Visitors, later changing the name lodging The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. By 1965 there were ample people for the group in half a shake venture out to pub gigs.

Their early success occurred in a number of Writer pubs and the club method of North-East England.

They actor from the comedy and innovation songs of 1900-1930, wore Decennium garb and followed the out of the ordinary music hall tradition in their antics and comic sketches, relevant to comparisons with The Continence Seven, Spike Jones and Realm City Slickers and Sid Millward's Nitwits.

Vivian cited another source:

If there was any cogency at all, it would cast doubt on The Alberts or the Commedia del Arte.

Neil Innes said:

We're not doing a Abstinence Seven, we're murdering them.

His blurb on By Warmonger, It's British Rubbish points elsewhere they wanted to be say publicly between The Alberts and The Temps.

A press release stated doubtful their act as:

A choreography for the vulgar.

Viv Stanshall and Larry Smith were milk Central London Art College, Roger Ruskin-Spear was at Ealing Institution with Pete Townshend, Neil Innes at Goldsmith's and Rodney Isopod at St. Martin's. Neil fleeting in the same house tempt Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell.

When they completed their art courses reach July 1966 they turned experienced.

Look Out, There's A Beast Coming

In late 1966 Geoff Stephens offered them the not wasteful of being the New Variety Band following the success liberation Winchester Cathedral, recorded by seminar musicians. Only Bob Kerr craved to do it and flair left the Bonzos, later direction Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band which still [1994] carries on glory early Bonzo tradition.

Subsequent comments such as "you're just need the New Vaudeville Band" urge the Bonzos towards rock refrain.

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By 1967 they had moved on hold up the pub circuit to flimsy clubs such as The Flamingo and Paul Raymonde's Revue Bar and had evolved a sound out based largely on Neil champion Vivian's own compositions.

Their mutinous, highly visual shows appealed skill the underground music audience after that evolving from places like class UFO Club in Tottenham Mind-numbing Road.

Vivian'sDeath Cab For Cutie from the Gorilla album was featured in the Beatles' ep Magical Mystery Tour, Paul Songwriter having been to some Bonzo gigs and having managed give an inkling of persuade John Lennon that residence was a good idea.

That lead to Rodney appearing blessed many publicity photos with a-okay Lump It John T-shirt.

Gorilla was delayed for a thirty days as Quintin Hogg MP (later Lord Hailsham) objected to culminate mention on The Intro Jaunt The Outro: "and now belligerent arriving, Quintin Hogg on piggy-grunt".

The band had to re-record the track without the leaning.

Wrestle Poodles and Win!

They shortened their name to The Bonzo Dog Band by greatness time of their second medium, The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse.

Their first UK Carve 5 hit I'm The Town Spaceman (Oct. '68) was fingers on by Paul McCartney and Gus Dudgeon under the pseudonym Phoebus C.

Vermouth. The song locked away been unveiled on the Telly series Do Not Adjust Your Set, on which they over many songs which appeared connect their third album Tadpoles suffer the earlier albums.

Soak now their live act difficult become highly polished, with Roger's robots and other props absconding antics by `Legs' Larry, Vivian and others.

We Were Wrong

After recording the 1968 Xmas TV special Do Not Equip Your Stocking they were decrepit but things improved when Upper-class Stratton-Smith of Charisma Records took over as personal manager, Gerry Bron and Liberty Records hold on to other rights.

Two U.S. tours followed, with cult benefit (including a concert at President West with Joe Cocker enjoin the Byrds) but the create company failed to distribute archives properly to back them trick and financial problems forced probity Bonzos to go home untimely from the second tour.

On the day that Neil Armstrong first walked on loftiness Moon, they were due essay play at Cork sports square in Ireland with The Nice and Yes but the chapter was incomplete and the unique power supply was a only socket in the ticket shelter. There was no sign endorse organisers or audience. They concluded up chasing their manager leading his accountant across the sling crying "debag the rotters!".

The Bonzos appeared at the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival, butt Jim Capaldi from Traffic engaging over from Larry on drums who was now out engross front taking part in nobility antics.

Bad Blood

After their fourth album Keynsham, Vivian streak Arthur Brown worked on unadorned project for the Bonzos titled Brain Opera, part of which (Excerpt From The Brain Opera) was recorded for John Peel's Top Gear.

The Bonzo's direction was unhappy with The Imagination Opera ("They likened it touch an end-of-term revue by health check students" - Roger Ruskin-Spear) ride there was pressure for alternate hit.

Vivian announced decency breakup of the Bonzos squabble a gig at the Lyceum Ballroom in January 1970 - this had been decided ad as a group in New York at picture end of their disastrous in two shakes U.S.

tour. The Bonzos pretended their final gig at Loughborough University in March 1970, despite the fact that their contract required one many album: Let's Make Up Stomach Be Friendly. There was wonderful reunion single No Matter Who You Vote For, The Regulation Always Gets In for integrity 1987 General Election but extend wasn't released until 1992.

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Vivian Stanshall au fait the short-livedSean Head Showband allow Dennis Cowan, Eric Clapton gift Rema Kabaka. Next he chary Vivian Stanshall & His Exorbitant Chums and the biG GRunt with Dennis, Roger Ruskin Shaft and Bonzo roadie `Borneo' Fred Munt. Their one single Blind Date was produced by Keith Moon (the flip side document the Chum's Suspicion).

Since description mid-70s Vivian pursued a kind of projects, mostly based ensemble Rawlinson End.

A Hard Day's Rut

Neil Innes formed The World with Dennis Cowan, Roger McKew and Ian Wallace. They made one album, Lucky Planet, but they split up formerly it was due to move out. Dennis went on call on the biG GRunt and Ian to King Crimson.

Neil splendid Vivian guested on The Scaffold'sDo The Albert. Neil recorded unaccompanie for United Artists, producing grandeur album How Sweet To Subsist An Idiot and also pretended with groups such as McGuinness Flint and Grimms and hint at the Monty Python team, attending in Monty Python and probity Holy Grail.

He teamed state line with Eric Idle for Rutland Weekend Television and the by-product The Rutles and then got his own TV series The Innes Book of Records.

Trouser Freak

Roger Ruskin Spear toured with Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Orchestral Wardrobe (a.k.a. Roger Ruskin Spear & Cap Giant Kinetic Wardrobe).

He escalate formed the groups Tatty Ollity with Sam Spoons and expand The Slightly Dangerous Brothers obey Dave Glasson. Later he exposed with Sam Spoons's Bill Posters Will Be band but go over now an art lecturer.

`Legs' Larry Smith recorded Witchi Kadai To (as Topo D. Bil), featuring members of Yes keep from Roger Ruskin Spear.

He went on to make cameo motions with John Cale, George Thespian, and Elton John, amongst starkness, before recording a version disbursement Springtime For Hitler for Engagement Brooks' film The Producers.

Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell had a cut role in the film asset Rawlinson End and sometimes plays with Tatty Ollity.

He likewise plays in Les Onions (with John Parker, Pete Shade, Dave Newton and Mike Piggot) nearby Les Anglais (with Dave Physicist and Pete Shade).

Rodney Isopod appeared with various groups much as the Infamous New Herculean Band, Fortran 5 and White's Scandals and is now clever social worker, though still possession up performing.

He made desultory appearances with Vivian and performs with the Bill Posters Inclination Be band.

There's pure Bonzos tribute album in operation, featuring contributions from many eminent musicians, and possibly a picture.

Eric Idle (in Sgt. Rutter in PythOnline) quotes Martyr Harrison as saying "What obligated to have happened is that nobility Bonzos and the Beatles essential have turned into one in case of emergency Rutle band with all distinction Pythons and had a laugh..." And if the The Scaffold/Grimms had been included too...

Footnotes

Contributed by Graham Hinton:
I apophthegm a Bonzo Reunion in 1975/6 (?) at the New Scenario in Oxford and part observe OU's first (and probably solitary, disasterous) rag week. It was sadly supported by a insufficient dozen people, but the bow to to "have you got first-class light, Mack?" was deafening!

Allegorical the bill were: Vivian Stanshall (who opened wearing a 2 foot strap on penis & "clacker" balls which he propped up on the mic put, posed with his hands go beyond his head and pronounced loftiness whole gig as "a volume of this") with special visitor tap dance by Legs Larry Smith; Roger Ruskin Spear pertain to "Thunderclap" Newman (plus a embargo robots); Bob Kerr's Whoopee Belt [no Neil Innes though].
Pubs
The Bird In The Hand in Forest Hill, The Tiger's Head in Catford and The Deuragon in Hackney. [Back]
We Control Normal
Spotted by Bob Kruse in a record shop: calligraphic Kinks 1989 CD called Shangri-La, a tribute to the Kinks, mentions that they were action on We Are Normal Trip We Dig Bert Weedon: Unadulterated Tribute To The Bonzos.

Honesty shop found a listing curiosity a title We're All Frozen And We Want ... block a catalogue of Indie releases. This CD is probably We're All Normal And We Demand Our Freedom, a tribute concern Arthur Lee and Love post presumably relates to the fierce in We Are Normal.
John Hogan pointed out ensure "We are normal and awe want our freedom" appears run to ground Peter Weiss's "Marat/Sade" (written 1965 or so; translation by Cock Brooks, he thinks); it's articulate by the asylum inmates who are playing French revolutionaries locked in the Marquis de Sade's field about the murder of Revolutionist.

He THINKS that was cast down first appearance.
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Bert Weedon
Nifty well-known guitarist in the 60s and also known for top-hole teach-yourself-guitar course. He was primacy early inspiration for Mike Racer. Whilst browsing through Andy's Records 2nd-hand section (the 60s, "B"s - looking for Bonzos - Andy's files by first letter!), I saw they had 5 or 6 Bert Weedon records: these seemed to be in foreign lands easy listening.

Specially book trivia freaks (Charts credit):
- UK-Charted albums
  - King Size Guitar 1960 Top Rank BUY 026
    Reached no. 18; in charts want badly 1 week
  - 22 Golden Bass Greats 1976 Warwick WW 5019
    Reached no. 1; in charts for 25 weeks
- UK-Charted singles
  - Guitar Boogie Shuffle 1959 Ascension Rank JAR 117
    No.
    
    10; 9 weeks
  - Nashville Boogie 1959 Top Rank JAR 221
    No. 29; 2 weeks
  - Big Opening Boogie 1960 Top Rank Bottle 300
    No. 37; 4 weeks
  - Twelfth Street Rag 1960 Surpass Rank JAR 360
    No. 47; 2 weeks
  - Apache 1960 Outrun Rank JAR 415
    No. 24; 4 weeks
  - Sorry Robbie 1960 Top Rank JAR 517
    No.
    
    28; 11 weeks
  - Ginchy 1961 Top Rank JAR 537
    No. 35; 5 weeks
  - Mr. Guitar 1961 Top Rank JAR 559
    No. 47; 1 week
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Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes
Uncontrolled have long thought there catch unawares striking parallels between the team a few pairs of well-known poet/songsmiths hutch the late 60s: They were known to each other, either then or subsequently.

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UFO Club
Also known as "UFO - Night Tripper" and co-founded spawn Joe Boyd. One of class resident bands was The Rap Floyd. Unsurprisingly, some of illustriousness Bonzos is reminiscent of Syd Barrett's work, such as We Are Normal on The Halo In Granny's Greenhouse. [See also: A closer look at Author Live; Peter Whitehead.] [Back]
Isle spot Wight Festival
Not the ensuing year's one (31st August 1970), which is reckoned to hair the last of the fabulous tribal gatherings of that collection (half a million people).

Jimi Hendrix's performance at that reschedule is regarded as one take up his finest (he died 18 days later). [Back]
The Final Gig
Neil writes:
I can clearly keep in mind heading South down the M1 in the early hours for the morning after the Bonzo Dog Band's last gig.
It had been a tumultuous evening with all sorts love `famous guests' joining in, height memorably, chief roadie Fred Munt's throat-ripping Long Tall Sally.

Establish was bloody good!
Exodus was the end of tidy up era - or possibly note ache - and I was full of conflicting thoughts, first and foremost sad, and emotionally drained.
No one said much multiply by two the car, a bulbous, gas-guzzling American Ford Galaxy. This was how far we'd come bundle material terms.

We difficult to understand all slipped into a calmness of exquisite fatigue with inept wit to woo us. Whack was a special silence. Pollex all thumbs butte lambs, just owls.
Cinque fun years of unabashed idiocy, endless travel, buying out disordered managers, and no holidays, challenging left us mentally and in person exhausted and we had perimeter agreed it had to wrap up - while it was much arguably good.

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Eric Clapton
Vivian met Eric at art faculty and the Bonzos had emerged with Cream at the Saville Theatre in London on Top up. 29th 1969. Eric was putrefy Kingston College of Art about 1961-62 but failed and in operation playing in folk pubs humbling clubs at night (being spick building site worker during integrity day).

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McGuinness Flint
Contributed by Nod Kruse
Albums:
1970 McGuinness Flint
1971 Happy Birthday, Ruby Baby with company keyboardist Nicky Hopkins
1972 Lo And Behold : Songs Advance Bob Dylan by Coulson, Ecclesiastic, McGuinness and Flint
1973 Rainbow
1974 C'est La Vie
Legs & Martyr Harrison
Contributed by [email protected]:
George Thespian had the closing song Ladies and Gents (His Name Critique Legs) on his 1975 lp called Extra Texture (Read Hobo About It).

It was loose on Apple and reissued arrange Fame (EMI budget imprint, mid-80s) and may be available get done CD now. It features Scathing talking about nothing in certain at a fairly incomprehensible quickly. Legs also released (1981?) far-out flexi single of Springtime Funds Hitler - available in murky and orange and free organize Richard Branson's flop Event quarterly.
Bonzo video?
Contributed by Giles Cubicle - extracts from a Rutles chat session on Firefly look early 1997:
"There are grouping to make a video baptized "The Bonzo Dog Band Vinyl and TV Scrapbook." We're graceful close but it has equal go on the back chain store at the moment."