Good Satirist Bands-(Is that even a genre?)

[Ancient Citizen]

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Likely you'll need to switch to LSD though.

Brilliantly irreverent and quirky, a good example of 60's idiosyncrasy.

 

[manctheknife]

The Divine Comedy.

 

[casserole of nonsense]

Nobody could touch the Bonzo Dog Band. Only the Mother's come close. And I am sure even Frank Zappa felt threatened. My Pink Half Of The Drain Pipe.... Yeah. I'll take what they are on. But I wish Viv Stanshall's life wasn't such a sad tale.

Best ever though we're the Bonzos.
I saw their tour about ten years Ago with Jupitus and Edmondson at the Apollo and I was crying with laughter at them.
utterly brilliant.

Thank you, I thought I was alone. Apart from Casanova on horn.

Neil Innes did a brilliant TV series called the "Innes Book of Records" in the early-80s. Anyone remember that?

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Yep.

I also have his album "How Sweet to be an Idiot" on vinyl.

 

[Why Always Ste]

Liam Gallagher.
He's a parody of his former self.
The middle aged Dad on holiday piping up on the karaoke machine to sing a tired Oasis song from the 90's.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

One of the first, and best of the parody groups.

 

[unexpected item]

Saw the Bonzos at the Free Trade Hall in 1969 and again at UMIST the following year. Stood next to Viv in the bar at UMIST while getting a pint but I was a star stuck 16 year and couldn't bring myself to say hello.

I wouldn't cross the road to see the odds and sods version of the band that tours these days. Wouldn't be the same.

The Rutles: All You Need is Cash is a wonderful film which takes the piss out of the Beatles. Great songs by ex-Bonzo Neil Innes.

 

[manctheknife]

Thank you, I thought I was alone. Apart from Casanova on horn.

Neil Innes did a brilliant TV series called the "Innes Book of Records" in the early-80s. Anyone remember that?

Didn't he go on to The Rutles?

 

[casserole of nonsense]

Saw the Bonzos at the Free Trade Hall in 1969 and again at UMIST the following year. Stood next to Viv in the bar at UMIST while getting a pint but I was a star stuck 16 year and couldn't bring myself to say hello.

I wouldn't cross the road to see the odds and sods version of the band that tours these days. Wouldn't be the same.

The Rutles: All You Need is Cash is a wonderful film which takes the piss out of the Beatles. Great songs by ex-Bonzo Neil Innes.

I used to drink in a pub called The Rosendale in south London (I know, I know), Viv used to pop in occasionally. I think he had family nearby or something. There was a house on Rosendale Road, near the pub, that local legend told as the place the Bonzos first started.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

One of the first, and best of the parody groups.

Legends.
Also I believe the Black Abbots in the 70s.