Blow Monkeys Then: The Blow Monkeys took their name from the Australian slang for Aboriginal didgeriedoo players. It was something the politically opinionated Dr. Robert (Bruce Robert Howard) picked up while living there as a teenager. The nickname "Doctor" was given to him at boarding school because he was seen as a sympathetic listener. The band formed in the early 80's with Tony Kiley (drums), Mick Anker (bass) and Neville Henry (sax). The first few singles released in 1984 produced nothing on the charts. It was 1986's release Animal Magic and the single "Digging Your Scene", one of the earliest songs about AIDS, that broke them into the UK Top 20 and US (#14). It was January '87 that they had their biggest hit in the UK with "It Doesn't Have To Be This Way". This strongly socialist and vehemently anti-Thatcher band found their next single "(Celebrate) The Day After You" banned from the airwaves by the BBC until the General Election was over. The band hit paydirt with a song on the hugely successful Dirty Dancing soundtrack titled "You Don't Own Me." Minor hits followed and a duet by Dr. Robert (under his own name) and soul singer Kym Mazelle "Wait" made the UK top 10. But things were winding down for the band. Now: Following the break-up of the band, Dr. Robert worked with Paul Weller (ex-Jams) and started a solo career. 1996 saw the release of a solo album.