Bonzo Dog Band
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Founded: 1962
Headquarters: London, UK
Website Link(s): Ian Kitching's site
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[edit] Band Members
- Vivian Stanshall
- "Happy" Wally Wilks
- Tom Parkinson
- Chris Jennings
- Claude Abbo
- Trevor Brown
- Tom Hedge
- Rodney Slater
- Eric Idle
- Neil Innes
- Roger Ruskin Spear
- Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell
- Eric Clapton
- Elton John
- Paul McCartney
- Martin "Sam Spoons" Ash
- Leon Williams
- John Parry
- Raymond Lewitt
- Sydney "Big Sid" Nicholls
- "Legs" Larry Smith
- James "Jim Strobes" Chambers
- Bob Kerr
- Dave Clague
- Joel Druckman
- "Borneo" Fred Munt
- Chalky Chalkey
- Dennis Cowan
- Aynsley Dunbar
- Jim Capaldi
- Anthony "Bubs" White
- Andy Roberts
- Dave Richards
- Dick Parry
- Hughie Flint
- Glen Colson
[edit] Includes Members of
- BIg GRunt
- Vivian Stanshall Sean Head Show Band
- The World
- GRIMMS
- The Beatles
- Cream
- Monty Python
- The Mothers of Invention
- The New Vaudville Band
- The Rutles
[edit] Band Biography
The Bonzos (originally the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) started as a ever-changing collective (lead by Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes typically, though Neil joined later) that would typically perform songs of a older jazz/ragtime nature, with a dadaist bent to them. Their first record and early singles were of this nature (and splinter group The New Vaudville Band actually had a hit with this style of music with "Winchester Cathedral"), although the Bonzos wouldn't reach success until they shortened their name (though they never had a "the" like some bands), to just the Bonzo Dog Band, and changed their sound to a more accessible pop sound (though still dada). The psychedelic scene was more open to their dada ways, and made "I'm The Urban Spaceman" a hit -- though the Neil Innes penned song did have the help of its producer, one Apollo C. Vermouth. They only put out 4 records (aside from the label-mandated reunion record, which tended to be a collection of solo songs anyway), and broke up amicably into their own separate bands/solo projects, as the constant touring had stopped being fun. Neil Innes probably had the most success, although Vivian Stanshall had quite a bit, too, with not only his music and spoken word projects, but he also appeared in films and advertisements. Roger Ruskin Spear and Rodney Slater both put out solo projects as well, which were minor successes.
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- Gorilla (as Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)
- The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse (released as Urban Spaceman in the US with a slightly different lineup)
- Tadpoles
- Keynsham
- Let's Make Up and Be Friendly
- The Best of the Bonzos
- The History of the Bonzos
- The Very Best of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
- The Bestiality of the Bonzos
- The Best of the Bonzo Dog Band
- Cornology
- Unpeeled
- Anthropology: The Beast Within
- The Peel Sessions
- New Tricks
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[edit] Mix CDs
- Jeff Bridges... I Don't Need No Jeff Bridges To Put Music To My Poem!
- Wally's Novelty Mix: She Yo-Yos Me and I Yo-Yo Her Back
- Happy Birthday Dad
- Plastic Music Exchange 2006 - Rev. DOG.
- Pray For My TV Show
- And A Bumper Sticker That Says "No Other Possibility"
- You're Giving Me Brain Damage!
