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.

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We weren't going to play the show-biz game, and be obsequious.

We weren't going to play the show-biz game, and be obsequious.

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

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

Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn't ignore it. He walked onstage,...

Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn't ignore it. He walked onstage,...

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

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

When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do...

When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do...

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

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

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

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

It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this...

It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this...

Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think...

Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think...

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.

So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And...

So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And...

We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with...

We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with...

Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.

Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.

We weren't by any means like the Grateful Dead or something, who could just roll...

We weren't by any means like the Grateful Dead or something, who could just roll...

In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big...

In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big...

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

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

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.

I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out...

I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out...

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78...

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78...

I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty...

I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty...