[4][10] Two full-length LPs were produced during this period: Once Upon a Star (1975) and Wouldn't You Like It? FOUNDING MEMBER AND 'ORIGINAL ROLLER', DIED IN JULY 2018, AGED 70. Porteous left the band in July 1965, with new guitarist Dave Pettigrew filling the spot after answering an advertisement placed by the band in an Edinburgh newspaper. 1995: 1996: January 31: Gerd Buesken's Bay City Rollers Homepage was started in the Internet ! Left to right: Eric Faulkner, Les McKeown, Alan Longmuir, Stuart 'Woody' Wood and Derek Longmuir. New members came and went and the hits started to slow. By the late 1970s, the group's popularity was waning, and the individual members were disagreeing about the musical direction the band should take, with some members keen to see the group create a less bubblegum pop sound in favor of more serious music. ', He added: 'He was great performer and entertainer no doubt about it. 'I was fifteen and he was seventeen. 'I thought I was in charge of things. . Download 'All By Myself' on iTunes. While other members came and went, Faulkner remained a mainstay of the group until their split in the early 1980s and played a crucial role co-writing more than half of their songs including the hits Money Honey and Love Me Like I Love You. Personnel changes and the arrival of local pop promoter Tam Paton as their manager drove the band on as they gathered a loyal following around Edinburgh. 1. Stuart John Wood Stuart John "Woody" Wood is the only original member still in the band today. Wilmoth, Peter Glad All Over The Countdown Years 19741987 McPhee Gribble/, "Bay City Rollers - Biography & History - AllMusic", "Tam Paton Spills The Heinz Baked Beans! Now only three of the 'classic five' Rollers line-up remain: founding member and drummer Derek Longmuir, 69, guitarist Stuart 'Woody' Wood, 64, and songwriter and guitarist Eric Faulkner, 67. [10] With Mitchell, the group released an album titled Dedication (1976), and hit the charts with a cover version of the Dusty Springfield song "I Only Want to Be with You. " In Canada, it fared better, following its predecessor to the top, giving them their second No. McKeown was charged with the shooting but later cleared. A BBC News account of the band's naming gives a slightly different narrative, saying simply that the band "stuck a pin" in a map of the U.S. near the Michigan city, and the name of the group was born. South African-born Duncan Faure joined the band as new lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. Date: 8th June 2004. It was in 1975 that he drove his car into 76-year-old Euphemia Clunie in Edinburgh: enter the curse. On hearing of McKeown's death, Wood said: 'I am upset and shocked to hear this very sad news. Several members of the band, who have performed in various incarnations, have died. He added: 'God know why she's put up with me for this long, she could have kicked my a**e right out the door a long time ago.' They were marketed as a boy band much like the Beatles in the early "Mop Top" days and, like the Monkees, could not play their own instruments well, if at all when they started. He drank and took drugs for decades more. Read about our approach to external linking. 4 in the same year. Bay City Rollers are playing a number of shows in the UK as part of their world tour, including the London Eventim Apollo on December 30. The Bay City Rollers formed in Edinburgh in 1966 and debut album Rollin' in 1974 hit No1. A cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye, Bye, Baby" stayed at No. It had been nine years since two Edinburgh brothers - Alan and Derek Longmuir - had formed a band with their school mates. In the 2015 documentary Alan Longmuir, who died in 2018, aged 70, said: "It was brilliant. The punishment was a 150 fine and a year-long ban. You end up almost showing off to each other what stupid drugs you've taken.'. Longmuir also admitted to making some bad financial decisions, including buying a Scottish hotel in a business venture that 'didn't work out'. In September 1975, the Bay City Rollers, headed by Les McKeown, whose death was announced on Thursday, were the biggest pop band in the UK and were about to the hit the United States. Desiring a better name for the band, they settled on "Rollers", but needed a more powerful American-sounding term in front of that. We stood out there and watched the flowers close up and all the automatic street lighting come on. The Rollers management had no time to give McKeown a chance to deal with the incident, they were already planning the next stage of their global domination by breaking them in America. That earned him another driving ban and a fine of 1,000. As the editor of 16, an influential American teen magazine, Fields was part of a press junket to Scotland in the summer of 1975 to witness the phenomenon that was driving teenage girls in the UK wild. Ian's younger brother, Derek, now 69, was also just a teenager when the band first formed in the 1960s. ", In the documentary, Bill Martin said: "I have no qualms about saying about Tam Paton that he was a disgrace. Read about our approach to external linking. did the bay city rollers play their own instruments? In 2001 he had a 'pinch me' moment when he was mentioned in an episode of Friends. If you are looking for examples of But sometimes the terms extends to groups comprising young members who do write their music, play instruments, and happen to have a large following of young women like the Bay City Rollers, or, more recently, 5SOS and The 10pm - 1am, All By Myself The singer performing at the Budokan in Tokyo in 1976. "It is with profound sadness that we. The Scottish pop-rock band was huge in the mid-1970s and still rolls on. Described by many as 'the original Roller', bassist Alan Longmuir founded the group in 1966. There have been times when she's forgiven me for cheating with other women. It sounds too surreal to contemplate, but there's a fair chance the Ramones might never have existed without the Bay City Rollers. This follow-up song was included on the U.S. release of Lowe's first album Pure Pop for Now People. In the following years, Clark remained in the entertainment industry, managing a recording studio and appearing in a handful of small comedy musicals including I'm Sorry The Bridge Is Out, You'll Have To Spend The Night and A Slice Of Saturday Night. (Michael Ochs Archives /Getty Images) Getty Images By Tim Sommer He later returned to Edinburgh where he dabbled as a producer, guiding 2006 X Factor duo The MacDonald Brothers to a No. Video, 1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat. 14 rerecorded versions of 70's hits, one megamix and 3 new songs written by Eric, Kass and Stuart. During this early period, the group, now known as The Saxons, was getting small gigs weddings, or opening for other bands. How did they decide the name? Fact 1 The phenomenon that was the Bay City Rollers was known as 'Rollermania' - they were the ORIGINAL boy-band, long before One Direction! That kind of music has traditionally failed to resonate with serious music critics, and in the case of the Edinburgh lads, has left a particularly bad taste in some mouths. Dates and Tickets. The group's first hit was 1971's single "Keep on Dancing," according to BBC News. She has been a big rock holding the family together and I'm lucky to have her.'. Their Countdown appearance in October 1976 coincided with a total eclipse of the sun. He continued 'We went through a bit of a rough patch but then we got back together again and everything is good now, I don't want to change things round in my life now. A reunion album, Breakout, was released in Japan and Australia in 1985, and added drummer George Spencer. Unlike other Rollers, Faulkner has remained in music in the decades since, although he has graduated from teen idol to Left-wing folk artist. 'I have known fame and some fortune. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. In later years, but before McKeown's death, there were usually at least two or three bands featuring one former BCR member touring as The Bay City Rollers or some variation of the name. We're expecting a brand new album any day now. Summary: In the 1970s The Bay City Rollers, five teenagers from Scotland, became the biggest band in the world. In 2015, the group reformed with three of the classic five members singer Les McKeown, bassist Alan Longmuir and guitarist Stuart Wood. He says: "I was gobsmacked. 1 on the national chart, on 27 March 1976,[16] However, it only managed to achieve the No. In the novel "Whenever The Scream Tends to stop: The Grim Story Of The Bay City Rollers," teenage siblings Alan and Derek Longmuir teamed with an acquaintance to form the Ambassadors group amid the 1960s. 2015 BBC Scotland documentary Rollermania: The Biggest boy band in the world. Their repertoire included American R&B/pop songs such as "Please Mr. Postman" and "Heat Wave". "They were a sensation.". At the time of his death, the family released a statement saying: 'He brought so much love and kindness to everyone he met, and he leaves a huge hole in our family. He was great with the fans on stage and could put on a very good show - and I always said Shang-a-Lang was one of best pop songs ever written and I still say that. [31] His autobiography I Ran with the Gang: My Life in and Out of The Bay City Rollers was published posthumously in November 2018; the book was written with Martin Knight. The successful 1975 UK tour prompted newspaper headlines about the rise of "Rollermania"[11] (a take-off on Beatlemania a decade before). The A.V. They hit it big in the middle 1970s, slinging lighthearted and danceable music to teenagers while wearing tight pants and navel-revealing shirts and exuding boyish sex appeal. This gay thing has been really hard for her to confront. Arista Records' parent company Sony Music is believed to have paid $3.5 million, with each band member receiving 70,000.[42]. In the late 1980s, a version of the band called the New Rollers was formed featuring Faulkner on lead vocals, Karen Prosser on vocals, Jason Medvec on guitar, Andy Boakes on bass, and Mark Roberts on drums. Keep up with all the latest gig info. He said in 2009: 'Peko's an incredible woman. Hewas the resident bandleader at the Edinburgh Palais when he first came across the fledgling Rollers, then known as the Saxons, and assumed the role of their manager as their fame grew. Their collective past has been beset by breakdowns, alcoholism and allegations of sexual abuse. Their name was now The Rollers. It was certainly true of their incendiary debut single, Blitzkrieg Bop . He was 62. In the documentary, he said: "I can remember just being in complete shock. The Scottish vocalist, who helped the group secure worldwide success with songs including Bye Bye Baby, I Only Wanna Be With You and Shang-a-Lang, died suddenly at home. [35], On 20 April 2021, Les McKeown died aged 65.[36]. The band produced a map of the United States and some darts, the plan being to throw a dart at the map and add the name of the city where it landed to the front of the name. He said: "I was getting depressed. How did they decide the name? BASSIST FOR SEVEN MONTHS, DIED IN SEPTEMBER 2020, AGED 62. That's the story of rock n roll. The Saxons decided they wanted a more American-sounding name and stuck a pin in a map of the US, landing in Bay City, Michigan. "It was like the Beatles all over again. The band had a distinctive look - calf-length tartan trousers, scarves tied to the wrists and Doc Marten boots. In September of 2022, Stuart Wood, maliciously took down the very popular fan site Bay City Rollers Fan Events with false allegations. At the height of their fame in 1975, Woody was left in hospital after a stage invasion following a performanceat London Weekend Television. He also toured with his own band, The Eric Faulkner Co-operative that he founded with Kass. About Us; . Music journalists have noted how he has 'disappeared'. Scottish singer Les McKeown, who achieved global superstardom in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of tartan-garbed pop titans the Bay City Rollers, has died, his family confirmed Thursday. Another former member, who had been with the group before they hit it big, threatened to sue those six for not including him in their suit. Five cute guys at once. Where are the Bay City Rollers' members now? I joined properly when I turned sixteen in '74 and he had lots of energy on stage. "[40], In March 2011, a New York judge determined that the Bay City Rollers could move forward with their four-year-old lawsuit against Arista Records. But life for the Bay City Rollers - heralded as the 'biggest group since the Beatles - has been anything but a pop success story in the four decades since they split. Despite their name, the Bay City Rollers were not from Bay City, Michigan. At the end of 1978, the band had split with McKeown, then fired manager Tam Paton shortly after, and decided to continue in a more new wave, rock-oriented sound. At the height of the mania the Rollers undertook their biggest UK tour to-date. They played at least one gig at the Gonk Club as the Deadbeats, but they discovered a conflict: Another band was playing locally as Rock Bottom and the Deadbeats. They threw a dart at a map of the US and it landed on Bay City in Michigan. Of the 153 videos seized, 22 contained child abuse material. But it was one he was equal to and in early 1975 Bye Bye Baby went to number one and stayed there for six weeks. "They were adorable. The group never performed publicly under this name,[7] just a family wedding where they covered "Wake Up Little Susie". It was around this time, too, that a 15-year-old fan called Margaret Ness was given stitches after being shot in the forehead with an airgun while sitting on the wall outside McKeown's home in Torphichen, West Lothian. The reunion continued into 2016 before Wood ended the reunited line-up on 9 July 2016 because no shows were being booked for the so-called reunion. Paton, who died of a heart attack in 2009, also faced allegations of sexual assault. Only 15 when he joined the band, Stuart Woody Wood, now 64, was the youngest Roller - and barely knew how to play guitar. I got an offer of a rehabilitation programme at the Passages Centre in California and I didn't want to refuse it - although, I didn't really want to go, either. Within a blink of the eye, the Scottish glam rockers were dubbed everything from teen idols to the biggest act since The . [12] Lowe was obliged to record a follow-up song called "Rollers Show", which did not meet with the same commercial success. In late 1973, McKeown recorded lead vocals on "Remember (Sha-La-La-La)", and a lead-in to a series of UK chart hits. [34], On 1 September 2020, Ian Mitchell died at the age of 62 after suffering from throat cancer. The musician, who died in September 2020 at the age of 62, spent his later years in the US and carved out a life as a computer programmer and motivational speaker in California. The It's a Game tour was recorded in 1977 at Japan's Budokan Hall, and was later released in 2001 as Rollerworld: Live at the Budokan 1977. For two years, everything they touched turned to gold, then platinum. In 2007, according to The Scotsman, six men who had appeared in the group in its various lineups sued Arista Records for millions in unpaid royalties. Five cute guys at once. A cause of death was not immediately . Several non-charting singles were released over the following two years. The day after the accident McKeown rejoined the tour. [5], The Bay City Rollers have sold 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling artists of all time. Though not an original member of the group, McKeown was with them during their 1970s heyday. His marriage wason the rocks because of his philandering and he would drink two bottles of Wild Turkey bourbon a day along with piles of cocaine that the singer admittedturned him into 'a complete b*****d' for many years. In 2000Longmuir was sentenced to 300 hours community service after admitting possessing child abuse images. And although he'd left the group decades earlier, he briefly rejoined them for a reunion tour in 2015, as The Daily Record reported. [38][39], In September 2010, Clark, Ian Mitchell and Pat McGlynn filed a complaint in the courts in the United States against the six members (Faure plus the "classic line-up") over being excluded from the case against Arista records. He was a long-term abuser of cocaine. 6), the Rollers' popularity exploded, and they released a string of hits on the UK chart. As the group's popularity swelled to superstardom in the UK, a concerted effort was made by Arista Records (the record company that evolved from Bell) to launch the Rollers in North America. [10] Short-term members from this period included bassist David Paton (from 1969 to 1970) and keyboardist Billy Lyall (196971), who went on to be founding members of another Edinburgh band Pilot. Similarly, a BBC Radio 2 DJ steadfastly refused to play any Bay City Rollers music for several years, according to The Guardian, earning a formal complaint from a listener. Following in succession were "Shang-a-Lang" (UK No. By 11.[4]. "We are deeply saddened by the news of Ian Mitchell's death," the band wrote in a post shared to their official . He married Eileen in 1998 and he became close to her two sons. Clark has released a few solo albums including If Only and Going Home, which were produced by David Paton of 1970s band Pilot, who achieved success with hit song Magic. I was roadying when Les first came into the band and I saw his first gig when he took over from Nobby Clark and injected new life into the band. "That was the gap in the market.". [29], After both McKeown's and Wood's bands were sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic, McKeown mentioned in August 2020 that he would be willing to reunite with Wood again with more planning. Ten days later the Rollers were on their way to America. In Canada, it fared equally well, hitting No. With the classic line-up in place, and Bill and Phil on board, the hits began to come. "It was just crazy, 12-year-olds and 14-year-olds all dressed up in Roller garb, with that look in their eye, of love. The couple were married from 1985 to 1990. At one point it was feared the illness would force Faulkner to give up his music career but he wrote and recorded new music in 2017 and returned to the stage in 2018 at the Heart of Hawick Music Festival. Requests to rectify his erroneous act remain unaddressed. 2023 BBC. Quite different from any other pop group.". Then in 2010, two other former members did indeed sue the original six for excluding them from their lawsuit, according to The Hollywood Reporter. By 1976, the band's success was starting to be a mixed bag for the men who made up the group. ", Stuart Wood said: "From not having anyone screaming to having thousands of people screaming at you was pretty quick. Bay City Rollers Began Their Journey From A Garage. Despite success around the world, the cracks were showing and founder member Alan Longmuir quit the band in April 1976. 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