Fact #172819
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Short story:
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band release a new single, I'm The Urban Spaceman, in the UK, Europe. The producer credit is shown as Apollo C. Vermouth, but is actually Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
Full article:
Tony Stratton Smith (manager, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) : Mentally, the Bonzos were a collection of chaotic talents and they created this incredible thing between them. But they never really thought like a band; they all fought for their individuality. Like Legs Larry Smith always had to have more sequins than anybody else. But that was easy - nobody else liked sequins.
"What they needed - and they got it in England - was a steady success. But in America, they didn't get it. The Nice were hard-nosed professionals. The Bonzos did it because they enjoyed doing it. And the minute it started becoming a nightmare, they decided they'd had enough.
Source : interview with David Fricke, Trouser Press, January 1979.
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Source : interview with David Fricke, Trouser Press, January 1979.