At the end of it, they met Bob Dylan in…

At the end of it, they met Bob Dylan in the idyllic San Francisco of the mid-60’s, and he introduced them to a strange substance that was to have an enormous effect on them: Tea. Despite the warnings that it would lead to stronger things, the Rutles enjoyed the pleasant effects of tea. And it influenced enormously their greatest work, “Sgt. Rutter”.

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Incidentally, “Rat Keller” means, literally in german, “Cellar of rats”. That’s not “Seller of rats”, a seller of rats, a person who sells rats for a living to another man as it were, of course not. That means, a cellar of rats. Indeed, one might say that this was a cellar full…of Ratles. - View Quote Details on Incidentally, “Rat Keller” means, literally in german, “Cellar of rats”…
But while the Rutles sat at the feet of the Surrey Mystic, fate dealt them an appalling blow. It was here that they learned the shocking news of their manager. Leggy Mountbatten, tired and despondent over the weekend and unable to raise any friends, went home and tragically…accepted a teaching post in Australia. - View Quote Details on But while the Rutles sat at the feet of the…
The story spread like wildfire in America. Many fans burned their albums. Many more burnt their fingers attempting to burn their albums. Album sales sky-rocketed. People were buying them just to burn them. But in fact, it was all a ghastly mistake: Nasty, talking to a slightly deaf journalist, had claimed only that the Rutles were bigger than Rod. Rod Stewart would not be big for another 8 years. - View Quote Details on The story spread like wildfire in America. Many fans burned…
What Ron and I’ll do is probably to write some songs, you know, and sell them to people. We tried to write some for the Rolling Stones, and they’re probably gonna buy them. - View Quote Details on What Ron and I’ll do is probably to write some…
I’m actually standing outside the actual hotel in which the Rutles actually stayed, in 1964. Actually, in this room here. And it was actually inside this actual room that I actually spoke to the actual Paul Simon. - View Quote Details on I’m actually standing outside the actual hotel in which the…
Sixteen years after the fresh-faced Pre-fab Four first burst into the public eye, and 8 years after they split up, just where are the Rutles today? Dirk has formed, with his wife Martini, a punk rock group, called “The Punk Floyd”. He sings, and she doesn’t. Nasty has turned his back on the world, and sits with his thoughts and his memories. Barry is a hairdresser in the Reading area, with two fully equipped salons of his own. While Stig works for Air India. As an air hostess. - View Quote Details on Sixteen years after the fresh-faced Pre-fab Four first burst into…
Stig, meanwhile, had fallen under the influence of Arthur Sultan, the “Surrey Mystic”. And Sultan had introduced Stig to his ouija board work. - View Quote Details on Stig, meanwhile, had fallen under the influence of Arthur Sultan,…
Dirk had become enamoured of Martini, a French actress who spoke no English and precious little French. When they married in London, the service was conducted in Spanish, Italian and Chinese, just to be on the safe side. - View Quote Details on Dirk had become enamoured of Martini, a French actress who…
Barry, meanwhile, had also spent a year in bed, as a tax dodge. Eric Manchester thinks he’d either received appalling financial advice, or he was desperately trying to start a “Barry is also dead” rumour. - View Quote Details on Barry, meanwhile, had also spent a year in bed, as…
Personal problems now began to split the Rutles into smithereens. They would sing together, but they wouldn’t talk. Pretty soon, they wouldn’t even sing. By March 1969, things had gotten so bad within the group, that both Dirk and Nasty got married. Not to each other, of course…to women.F - View Quote Details on Personal problems now began to split the Rutles into smithereens…