Bruce Monsoon dies aged 96

Wed Nov 20, 2024 6:19 am

Seminal 60s songwriter, Bruce Monsoon, who wrote many of the decade's most famous 'hippy-era' hits, including The Bandido's classic "Dood, where are my legs?", died yesterday aged 96 after a short excursion.

As well as penning six number one hits for The Bandido's in the 60s, Monsoon continued writing for decades afterwards, giving Cher a number 1 hit in the 70s with "I am trapped in a box and my eyes are on fire", collaborating with 80s TV star Jack Shenanigans on the hit "Who took all of my cocaine?" and even appearing as a guest vocalist with Radioface on their 2002 album, "Moron".

Monsoon spent much of his later years off his face, making large inept paintings that looked like they were drawn by a child but which managed to sell for large sums at auction to passionate and idiotic fans, and though his career may be somewhat tainted by his arrest and conviction in 2010, lines such as "I can barely walk, i can see you talk, i can see you think, why are you pink?" will remain in civilization's collective consciousness for at least another few years until enough people have died or moved on to allow him to be properly forgotten.

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