Bay City Rollers

Bay City Rollers
Bay City Rollers in Holland (1976)
Bay City Rollers in Holland (1976)
Background information
Also known asThe Saxons, The Rollers, The New Rollers
OriginEdinburgh, Scotland
GenresPop,[1] glam rock,[2] pop rock[3]
Years active1964–1987, 1990, 1998–2000, 2015–present
LabelsBell, Arista, Epic
Members
  • Stuart "Woody" Wood
  • Ian Thomson
  • Marcus Cordock
  • Jamie McGrory
Past member(s)
  • Neil Porteous
  • Gregory Ellison
  • Mike Ellison
  • Les McKeown
  • Alan Longmuir (deceased)
  • Derek Longmuir
  • Eric Faulkner
  • Ian Mitchell (deceased)
  • Pat McGlynn
  • Gordon "Nobby" Clark
  • Keith Norman
  • David Paton
  • Eric Manclark
  • Billy Lyall (deceased)
  • Ray Weston
  • Neil Henderson
  • Jimmy Rooney
  • Archie Marr (deceased)
  • Kyle Vincent
  • John Devine
  • George Spencer
  • Duncan Faure
Websitehttps://www.thebaycityrollers.co.uk

The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock in the 1970s. They were called the "teen sensations from Edinburgh".[4]

The group's line-up had many changes over the years, but the classic line-up were guitarists Eric Faulkner and Stuart Wood, singer Les McKeown, bassist Alan Longmuir, and drummer Derek Longmuir.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ian Brown (26 November 2010). From Tartan to Tartanry: Scottish Culture, History and Myth: Scottish Culture, History and Myth. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 201–. ISBN 978-0-7486-4449-0.
  2. ↑ Mark Johnson (1 April 2016). Seditious Theology: Punk and the Ministry of Jesus. Routledge. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-1-317-05785-7.
  3. ↑ "Bay City Rollers - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 45. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. ↑ "BAY CITY ROLLERS - OFFICIAL WEBSITE". Thebaycityrollers.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2018.