But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.
Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.
Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along.
I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.
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.