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Name
  
Roger Spear

Role
  
Instrumentalist


Parents
  
Ruskin Spear

TV shows
  
Do Not Adjust Your Set

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Education
  
Goldsmiths, University of London

Music group
  
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (1962 – 1970)

Albums
  
Electric Shocks +, The Doughnut in Granny, Keynsham, Gorilla, Tadpoles

Similar People
  
Larry Smith, Vivian Stanshall, Neil Innes, Bob Kerr, Ruskin Spear

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Roger Ruskin Spear (born 29 June 1943 in Hammersmith, London) is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinet, piano, guitars, percussion) who was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

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Career

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After Spear dissolved his jazz band "New Jungle Orchestra" at the end of 1964, he joined the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. He wrote such songs as "Shirt", "Tubas in the Moonlight" and "Trouser Press". He is known for his robot creations, and the theremin leg – in "Noises for the Leg", amongst other tunes.

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After the Bonzos parted company, Spear was part of the short-lived band biGGrunt, with Vivian Stanshall. He also toured with his solo show 'Roger Ruskin Spear and his Giant Kinetic Wardrobe' (a.k.a. 'Giant Orchestral Wardrobe'). In 1979, Roger formed Tatty Ollity with Dave Glasson, former member of Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, Sam Spoons and Dave Knight (now deceased). They released a single, "Punktuation" on Rough Trade. In 1982, Spear took part in The Cut Price Comedy Show, a weekly confection of corny sketches and ironic, end-of-the-pier jokes. Produced by ITV region TSW and screened on the then-new Channel 4, it ran for ten programmes and was then dropped.

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In 1985, Spear and Dave Glasson formed 'The Slightly Dangerous Brothers', producing a single, "Let's Talk Basic", with a video featuring some of Spear's robot creations. In 1991, Spear played saxophone in Vivian Stanshall's show 'Rawlinson Dog Ends' at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London. Spear had also played on Stanshall's album Teddy Boys Don't Knit (1981 Charisma CAS 1153) and has appeared on albums such as Go Man Gorman (1977), a solo outing for John Gorman of The Scaffold. Spear was also a member and co-founder of Bill Posters Will Be Band.

As of 2009 Spear, has been performing regularly with 'Three Bonzos and a Piano' which is made up of former Bonzos Rod Slater and Sam Spoons, together with Dave Glasson (on piano); they are also often supported on guitar by Andy Roberts (formerly of The Liverpool Scene and The Scaffold).

In addition to his musical activities, Spear taught 3D design part-time at the Chelsea College of Art before retiring.

Family

Spear is the son of satirical artist and lecturer Ruskin Spear.

Solo discography

  • Rebel Trouser EP. (UK) UP 35221, 1971.
  • Electric Shocks LP. United Artists (UK) UAG 29381, 1972.
  • Unusual LP. United Artists (UK) UAS 29508, 1973.
  • Electric Shocks Plus CD. DJC (i.e. Dave Clague) DJC005, 2002. Contains Electric Shocks and Rebel Trouser.
  • References

    Roger Ruskin Spear Wikipedia