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The Bonzo Dog Band, also known as The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Bonzo Dog Dada Band, and colloquially as "The Bonzos," is a British band formed by a group of art-school students in the 1960s. They are known for their unique blend of music hall, traditional jazz, psychedelic rock, and avant-garde art. The Bonzos gained wider recognition through the children's television program "Do Not Adjust Your Set." The core members during most of the band's career included: - Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995): trumpet, lead vocals - Neil Innes (1944 - 2019): piano, guitar, lead vocals - Rodney "Rhino" Desborough Slater (b. 1944): saxophone - (b. 1943): tenor sax and various contraptions - (b. 1944): drums The band's onstage lineup varied frequently, sometimes changing weekly, and they collaborated with numerous guest musicians in the studio. Additional members over the years included Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, Martin "Sam Spoons" Ash, "Happy" Wally Wilks, and many others. Stanshall and Innes served as the principal songwriters for the band. Following the band's dissolution, both became founding members of another group along with other members.

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