Fri 17 Jun 2005 19.02 EDT W hen the Bay City Rollers were big, they were the biggest. 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. (Photo by Brian Rasic/WireImage) McKeown was the frontman for the Bay City Rollers during their heyday in . By 1976, the band's success was starting to be a mixed bag for the men who made up the group. Then known as the Saxons, Alan, 17, was joined by his brother Derek, who remained the group's drummer, as well as cousin Neil Porteous, classmate Gordon 'Nobby' Clarke and Dave Pettigrew, all of whom would leave the group before they hit the big time. His family . 2), "Summerlove Sensation" (UK No. "[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. Les McKeown of The Bay City Rollers has died, his family confirmed on Thursday. Despite his youth, he was key to the band's success and formed one-fifth of the band's classic line-up. The 61-year-old is the band's bass guitarist. 'I have known fame and some fortune. Details of their flight arrival were leaked to fans so they got a rapturous reception as they touched down. Gregory's older brother Mike joined as a second lead singer, allowing more complex harmonies, especially useful for the Motown songs they liked to perform. The Rollers did play their own instruments, but not on their debut UK album Rollin'. Title: Who Got The Bay City Rollers' Millions. 11.[4]. The Bay City Rollers featured Les McKeon (from left), Stuart wood, Derek Longmuir, Alan Longmuir and Eric Faulkner. [30], Bassist Alan Longmuir died on 2 July 2018 after falling ill while on holiday with his wife in Mexico. Bay City Roller Tote Bag. The first band member from outside Edinburgh to join the Rollers, Northern Irish Ian was brought in in 1976, at the age of 17, to replace bassist Alan Longmuir. Oddly enough, this single provided them with their highest-charting German hit, reaching No. [34], On 1 September 2020, Ian Mitchell died at the age of 62 after suffering from throat cancer. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The track reached number 12 on the US charts. I told him I was and he said, "We don't want your kind in here. The Rollers did play their own instruments , but not on their debut UK album Rollin'. [5], The Bay City Rollers have sold 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling artists of all time. 1. Speaking in 2014 to local newspaper the Down Recorder, he said: 'I'm proud to be a part of this town's heritage. ', He added: 'He was great performer and entertainer no doubt about it. DIED IN APRIL 2009, AGED 70. Bay City Rollers: December 1975: Money Honey: Bay City Rollers: November 1975: My Teenage Heart: Bay City Rollers: 1975: British Rock Orchestra with The Artwork Singers: Remember: Bay City Rollers: January 4, 1974: Septimus: Rock 'n Roller: Bay City Rollers: 1976: Saturday Night: Bay City Rollers: June 29, 1973: Shang-a-Lang: Bay City Rollers Stuart John Wood Stuart John "Woody" Wood is the only original member still in the band today. Bay City Rollers biography and history on AllMusic including birthday, best songs, existing and new album information, and more. The band claims Paton introduced them to drugs, drip-feeding them a diet of amphetamines and creating what McKeown described as a 'wee drug culture'. [41], After almost a decade, the legal battle came to an end with an out-of-court settlement in 2016. They changed their name to the Saxons, and Derek invited a friend from school, Gordon "Nobby" Clark, to be the lead singer. According to the book "Bay City Babylon: The Unbelievable But True Story of the Bay City Rollers," over the next few months the band changed names and lineups, with some individual band members moving to different instruments as well. 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. By 1971, Paton had landed the Rollers a deal with Bell records and they had a hit single, "Keep on Dancing", which crept up the charts to number nine. In 2015, the group reformed with three of the classic five members singer Les McKeown, bassist Alan Longmuir and guitarist Stuart Wood. Also during this time, the band members played mostly covers, including tunes by fellow Brits The Kinks. [28] Plans for a new album and various tours that were hoped to take place in 2017 never materialised. The song reached US No. Though he left the band with some money (at one point, he had six cars, a sizeable farm and a load of horses), within a few years he was broke. Fields and Strauss Klenfner were witnessing the high-point of Rollermania in the UK, with number one singles, sell-outs tours, the band's own TV show and thousands of hysterical tartan-clad teenage fans screaming at them wherever they went. Fact 1 The phenomenon that was the Bay City Rollers was known as 'Rollermania' - they were the ORIGINAL boy-band, long before One Direction! You end up almost showing off to each other what stupid drugs you've taken.'. Alan Longmuir left in 1976 and the band finally imploded four years after McKeown left in 1978 and bitter battles over the money they should have been paid dragged on for years. Like a lot of bands that have been around in one form or another for several decades, the Bay City Rollers dealt with their share of adversity. Their repertoire included American R&B/pop songs such as "Please Mr. Postman" and "Heat Wave". A reunion album, Breakout, was released in Japan and Australia in 1985, and added drummer George Spencer. "There was a big hit by the Bay City Rollers at the time called Saturday Night, which was a chant-type song," says ex-drummer Tommy Ramone. I'd never seen one. The first dart landed on an unspecified Arkansas city, but the band wasn't satisfied ("The Little Rock Rollers" or "The Fort Smith Rollers" doesn't really have much ring to it). In February 2015, Faulkner 'almost died' after contracting viral encephalitis. According to the BBC, the Bay City Rollers sold 120million records. [14] The Bay City Rollers (1975) album (North American release only) hit No. [6], In 1964, a trio called the Ambassadors was formed in Edinburgh, Scotland by 16-year-old Alan Longmuir on acoustic guitar, his younger brother Derek Longmuir on drums, and their older cousin Neil Porteous on acoustic guitar. Alan Longmuir (20 June 1948 - 2 July 2018) was a Scottish musician and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, the Bay City Rollers. Wilmoth, Peter Glad All Over The Countdown Years 19741987 McPhee Gribble/, "Bay City Rollers - Biography & History - AllMusic", "Tam Paton Spills The Heinz Baked Beans! Despite their name, the Bay City Rollers were not from Bay City, Michigan. 1 record on the Scottish charts and a top 20 UK hit. "In retrospect I should have dealt with the issue in a much more comprehensive way.". [7], While taking a technical class at Napier College, Alan met fellow plumbing student Gregory Ellison, who joined the Saxons on electric guitar, with Pettigrew shifting to keyboards. ", In the documentary, Bill Martin said: "I have no qualms about saying about Tam Paton that he was a disgrace. Bay City Rollers Star Mug. The classic Bay City Rollers line-up was Derek Longmuir, Eric Faulkner, Alan Longmuir, Les McKeown and Stuart Wood, five of whom have died Here, FEMAIL reveals what the band's most famous. 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. McKeown was charged with the shooting but later cleared. ", BBC One - Rollermania- Britain's Biggest Boy Band, Angry protests erupt over Greek rail disaster, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, 1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat. Read about our approach to external linking. Please leave immediately and remove your vehicle from the car park". Originally, the group was named The Saxons but they later changed to Bay City Rollers. [28][29] Prior to the reunion and after the end of the tour, McKeown continued to tour as "Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers". 9 in the US. Less than a year later, lead singer Leslie McKeown died on April 20, 2021; he was 65. Again, the band toured Asia and parts of Europe to much success, but found little recognition in the UK, reportedly playing just one gig, in a pub outside of London. But by the end of the decade the band was in ruins, wrecked by fights, drugs and alcohol, with pin-up McKeown only drafted in into the Bay City Rollers at the last minute to replace Nobby Clark, soon becoming the biggest star, causing rancour with his bandmates. He drank to excess, too. 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 Described by many as 'the original Roller', bassist Alan Longmuir founded the group in 1966. It sounds too surreal to contemplate, but there's a fair chance the Ramones might never have existed without the Bay City Rollers. The "classic five" line-up consisted of: Alan Longmuir, Derek Longmuir, Stuart "Woody" Wood, Eric Faulkner and Les McKeown. Keep up with all the latest gig info. Discussing wedding plans, Monica (Courteney Cox) tells Chandler (Matthew Perry): 'I want a string quartet for the processional, a jazz trio for cocktails and The Bay City Rollers for dancing. South African-born Duncan Faure joined the band as new lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. He was 62. Another Edinburgh native, Eric Faulkner, now 67, grew up playing a number of instruments including the viola, violin, mandolin, bass and keyboards. Heartthrob Ian Mitchell, who briefly replaced Alan in the band, has also died, as has scandal-hit manager Tam Paton, dubbed 'the sixth Roller', who oversaw the band's rise to international stardom. Fields says watching the scenes on the streets of Glasgow was like witnessing the triumphant return of conquering heroes in an epic movie. Longmuir also admitted to making some bad financial decisions, including buying a Scottish hotel in a business venture that 'didn't work out'. Music publicist Carol Strauss Klenfner visited Glasgow in 1975, and found the young lasses of the city swept up in "Rollermania." Breakout was written primarily by McKeown and McGlynn with minor contributions from Faulkner, Wood, and Mitchell. May 15 But the band were much less successful back at home and in the United States. Video, 1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat. By January 1976, Saturday Night had climbed to the top of the US Billboard chart. Dates and Tickets. Producer Bill Martin, who died last year, told the 2015 documentary: "It was phenomenal. The fans were growing up and The Rollers themselves were obviously completely fed up with it.". 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. The guitarist Pat McGlynn claimed that he had been the subject of an attempted rape by Paton in Australia in 1977, but the police could not gather sufficient evidence to mount a prosecution. Date: 8th June 2004. Session musicians were brought into lay down many of the tracks on their album Rollin because it was felt that the boys werent experienced enough as musicians at 16 and 17 years old. McKeown met his future wife Peko Keiko in 1978 and they married soon afterwards. 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. Their youthful, clean-cut image, distinct styling featuring tartan-trimmed outfits, and cheery, sing-along pop hits helped the group become among the most popular musical acts of their time. [4][10] Two full-length LPs were produced during this period: Once Upon a Star (1975) and Wouldn't You Like It? 'He would humbly say he was "just a plumber from Edinburgh who got lucky". Coulter was impressed by the band's "unshakeable" belief they would be superstars but he says the reality was they could hardly tune their own guitars. The official Bay City Rollers Facebook page released a statement announcing his death on the morning of September 2. 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. On 22 September 2015, the Bay City Rollers, including McKeown, Wood, and Alan Longmuir, announced they were reforming and would play a show at the Glasgow Barrowlands on 20 December. Share this article: Facebook He refused and the band demanded a new producer. On hearing of McKeown's death, Wood said: 'I am upset and shocked to hear this very sad news. I joined properly when I turned sixteen in '74 and he had lots of energy on stage. New Arista head, Clive Davis, was instrumental in grooming and overseeing the project. It was young love personified. The Bay City Rollers, the Scottish teen pop band of the 1970s famous for their hits "Saturday Night" and "Money Honey," among others, lost a key member the week of April 20, 2021, when lead vocalist Les McKeown died, age 65. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Bye Bye Baby: My Tragic Love Affair with the "Bay City Rollers". Pettigrew was more advanced musically than the others, and pushed the band to improve. Downpatrick.'. It was chilling, the most fantastic thing you'd ever see. They threw a dart at a map of the US and it landed on Bay City in Michigan. But it was a false dawn and their next two singles failed to make the charts. 31 spot on the U.S. Alan Longmuir, a founding member of the Bay City Rollers, has died. There's 200 kids bashing on the door and a total eclipse of the sun occurred. By 22 he had left. The punishment was a 150 fine and a year-long ban. He later returned to Edinburgh where he dabbled as a producer, guiding 2006 X Factor duo The MacDonald Brothers to a No. 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. Rider" by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. In Canada, it fared equally well, hitting No. ', He responds:'You couldn't get The Rollers anyway as Ian doesn't play any more.'. Coulter says the band wanted to be more hands-on, writing their songs and playing on their own . 'I'd only been playing guitar just over a year and probably knew about five or six chords.'. [4], The group's line up had many changes over the years, but the classic roster during its peak in popularity included guitarists Eric Faulkner and Stuart Wood, singer Les McKeown, bassist Alan Longmuir, and drummer Derek Longmuir. "They were adorable. The group has also dealt with backlash from music critics who have failed to appreciate the group's signature sound. I don't know how long it took me to come out of that shock. He was acquitted in court, but admitted he was a user. Here, FEMAIL reveals what happened to the Rollers and Paton in the decades since - from failed reunions to hospital careers. A second North American hit came with "Money Honey", written by Faulkner and Wood, which hit #9 in the US. More gigs followed.[7]. 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. A founding member of the Bay City Rollers, 'Nobby' went to school with the Longmuir brothers. 'The Eighties were worrying, partly because money wasnt around like it had been during the previous decade. Their youthful, clean-cut image, distinct styling featuring tartan-trimmed outfits, and cheery, sing-along pop hits helped the group become among the most popular musical acts of their time. 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. 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. 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. It said: "We are deeply saddened by the news of Ian Mitchell's death. 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. This deposed their own Bay City Rollers (1975) at No. "Our . Its a sad day in Bay City Roller history.'. 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It was the song that helped launch the Ramones as the roaring embodiment of New York punk. Age 15 in 1975, when the Rollers made their first appearance in the U.S., she and her 16-, 17-, and 19-year-old friends--the self-proclaimed "Tacky Tartan Tarts"--were already older than the average Roller . The Rollers were the subject of a 20-week UK television series, Shang-a-Lang. In it, Monica, played by Courteney Cox, says: 'I want a string quartet for the processional, a jazz trio for cocktails and The Bay City Rollers for dancing. The A.V. A cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye, Bye, Baby" stayed at No. Clark, Mitchell and McGlynn were seeking to have their rights determined and were seeking financial damages against the other Bay City Rollers for alleged breach of contract. At the end of 1974, their debut album - Rolling - was at number one but the Rollers were not happy. Stuart John Wood Stuart John "Woody" Wood is the only original member still in the band today. It had been nine years since two Edinburgh brothers - Alan and Derek Longmuir - had formed a band with their school mates. [10][11] Upon this release's success, they made appearances on BBC One's Top of the Pops. He joined the Bay City Rollers in 1972 as their guitarist after a short stint with another group, KIP (previously known as Sugar). The. They were Scotland's finest, dressed head-to-toe in tartan back in the 70s; women would faint at the mere sight of them and their songs topped the charts as squeaky-clean popsters the Bay City Rollers took over the airwaves, with frontman Les McKeown firmly at the helm. Just over fifty years after he formed the Bay City Rollers Alan Longmuir died aged 70 on the 2nd July 2018. Alan returned to the group in 1978 following McGlynn's departure, with manager Paton believing he would be a mature, stabilising influence on a band already past their prime. The statute limits plaintiffs from recovering damages post six years in contract disputes, which therefore would negate the Rollers' claims for royalties incurred before 2001. (there) were thousands of kids done up in tartan pants that didn't reach the top of their shoes, constantly bashing on the plexiglas doors. It was certainly true of their incendiary debut single, Blitzkrieg Bop . do horses lay down on their side did the bay city rollers play their own instruments? But Mitchell alsoearned a mention in popular American sitcom, Friends, in a 2001 episode when Monica and Chandler get engaged. 15:46 GMT 23 Apr 2021. 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. But in 2005, when asked if fame was 'traumatising', he said: 'dont think its the fame, but some of the experiences of just how ruthless the business can be. The North America/Japan release album Rock n' Roll Love Letter (1976) jumped from No. Various band members later claimed Paton encouraged drug use, signed dodgy contracts on their behalf and there were also allegations of sexual abuse. 1 hit. Remember (Sha La La La) got to number six in early 1974 but it was Shang-a-Lang that kick-started Rollermania. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. In the ensuing decades, the band have claimed they were swindled out of millions in royalties, with some of the members taking action against their old label Arista Records in the US courts. 1 in the RPM national singles chart on 13 March 1976.[15]. . (1975). Beginning with "Remember" (UK No. [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. 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