And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.
Neil Innes

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player.
Neil Innes

Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along.
Neil Innes

But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him.
Neil Innes

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.
Neil Innes

But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day.
Neil Innes

But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs.
Neil Innes

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.
Neil Innes

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
Neil Innes

I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting.
Neil Innes


I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.
Neil Innes

I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways.
Neil Innes

I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.
Neil Innes

I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other.
Neil Innes

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.
Neil Innes

I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes.
Neil Innes

I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.
Neil Innes

In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think.
Neil Innes

In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters.
Neil Innes

It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?
Neil Innes