Roger Ruskin Spear

Roger Ruskin Spear (born 29 June 1943 in Hammersmith, London) is an English sculptor, multimedia artist and multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinet, piano, guitars, percussion) who was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Spear is the son of the satirical artist and lecturer Ruskin Spear.
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 part in "Noises for the Leg", amongst other tunes.
After the Bonzos parted company, Spear was a member 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").
==Links to Peel==
Peel was a keen supporter of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and kept interest in its members projects, including Roger Spear, who did a session for the DJ in 1971. John Walters, Peel's producer mentioned in Ken Garner's The Peel Sessions book, that he couldn't remember the full line-up, but said that Thunderclap Newman were playing the contra-bass saxophone.
Peel was there when Roger Ruskin Spear performed at North East London Polytechnic in February 1974.
Peel reviewed Ruskin's new single, 'On Her Doorstep Last Night', in Singles Reviews, published in Sounds music paper on 8th June 1974, where he mentioned that his "unusual" LP contains a few stunningly unfunny tracks, a few middle funny ones and a handful of nice old nonsense songs he gleaned from old 78's.
==Sessions==
;thumb|220x220pxRoger Ruskin Spear And His Giant Orchestral Wardrobe
1. Recorded: 1971-06-08. First Broadcast: 26 June 1971
*On Her Doorstep / Mattress Man / Call Of The Freaks
==Other Shows Played==
*None
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists