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Besides, perhaps, the Moms of Invention (with whom these were occasionally compared), the Bonzo Doggie Band were probably the most successful group to mix rock and roll music and comedy. Starting as the Bonzo Doggie Dada Band, after that getting the Bonzo Doggie Doo-Dah Band, and finally simply the Bonzo …

Dubbed “the court docket jester from the underground rock and roll scene in the 1960s” by influential DJ John Peel off, Vivian Stanshall gained notice because the original tenor within the absurdist Bonzo Pet Strap, although he was also a reknowned artist and comedian. Stanshall was created on March 21, …