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The group had five members:
Most of the band members came from Prestonpans, East Lothian. It was here that they were discovered by potato merchant Tam Paton, who became their manager. In later years it would emerge that Paton had abused the band members and was convicted of peadophile offences. Their Scottish identity was a major factor in their marketing, and they were one of few groups whose fans had a completely distinctive style of dress, the main elements of which were mid-calf-length tartan trousers and tartan scarves. They had several hits that made to the Top 3 of the British charts, and for a period had their own television series, entitled Shang a Lang (the title of one of their hits). By Spring of 1975, the Rollers were one of the highest selling acts in Britain, and announced their next single, a cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye Bye Baby". The single went to number 1 in March '75 and sold a million copies. They had a dedicated following of teenage girls that was so intense, that the media called it "Rollermania". However, they were never popular with music critics nor the male audience and their popularity quickly waned. The band members have said they chose their band's name by throwing a dart at a map of the United States. The dart landed on the map near the community of Bay City, Michigan. A popular playground chant of the time went (to the tune of This Old Man): B-A-Y, B-A-Y, B-A-Y, C-I-T-Y, With an R-O-double-L, E-R-S, Bay City Rollers are the best!
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B-A-Y, B-A-Y,. After Leigh Stevens was replaced by Randy Holden, formerly of Los Angeles garage rock band The Other Half, in 1969, Blue Cheer's style changed to a more commercial hard rock sound a la Steppenwolf or Iron Butterfly. A popular playground chant of the time went (to the tune of This Old Man):. 1970 saw the release of Human Being and then 1971's Oh! Pleasant Hope. The dart landed on the map near the community of Bay City, Michigan. The group underwent several personnel changes after the 1968 release of Outsideinside, and then through yet more changes during and after 1969's New! Improved! Blue Cheer (different guitarists on side 1 and 2), followed by Blue Cheer. The band members have said they chose their band's name by throwing a dart at a map of the United States. Julian Cope has written, "In 1968, nothing but nothing in America and Britain sounded as brutal as Blue Cheer except for the Velvet Underground." [1] (http://www.juliancope.com/unsung/features/index.php?id=4). However, they were never popular with music critics nor the male audience and their popularity quickly waned. The band has been subsequently acclaimed as an influence on garage rock, punk music, heavy metal, and grunge. They had a dedicated following of teenage girls that was so intense, that the media called it "Rollermania". The group's sound was hard to categorize, but was definitely blues-based, psychedelic, and very loud. The single went to number 1 in March '75 and sold a million copies. (The single peaked at #14 on the Billboard pop charts, and the album peaked at #11.). By Spring of 1975, the Rollers were one of the highest selling acts in Britain, and announced their next single, a cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye Bye Baby". Their first hit was a cover version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" from their debut album Vincebus Eruptum (1968). They had several hits that made to the Top 3 of the British charts, and for a period had their own television series, entitled Shang a Lang (the title of one of their hits). The band was named after a strain of LSD promoted by underground chemist and Grateful Dead backer Owsley Stanley; the drug had taken its name from a popular detergent. Their Scottish identity was a major factor in their marketing, and they were one of few groups whose fans had a completely distinctive style of dress, the main elements of which were mid-calf-length tartan trousers and tartan scarves. Original personnel were singer/bass guitarist Dick Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stevens and drummer Paul Whaley. In later years it would emerge that Paton had abused the band members and was convicted of peadophile offences. Blue Cheer was a San Francisco based power trio of the late 1960s. It was here that they were discovered by potato merchant Tam Paton, who became their manager. Most of the band members came from Prestonpans, East Lothian. The group had five members:. After the article has been cleaned up, you may remove this message. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of article quality. Saturday Night. Bye, Bye Baby. Stuart Wood (guitar). Les McKeown (vocals). Derek Longmuir (drums). Alan Longmuir (bass). Eric Faulkner (guitar). |