“In the shows, each member of the band would have their solo moment. When it was Brian’s guitar solo time, for the rest of them it was time to take a break: Roger would come down off his riser and into the Dolls House for a rest, a drink and maybe a hit of oxygen. Fred would be relaxing in there too, removing his shirt, towelling down, changing outfit, taking refreshment and then having a suck on a Strepsil antiseptic throat lozenge. John would stroll off, take the cigarette I had lit for him and go behind his speakers for a quick puff, pausing only to throw peanuts at Brian’s hair, who would be lost somewhere in his extended solo.”
Peter Hince