>> Their influence can be seen and heard both on power-pop and the eventual resurgence of the “boy band” phenomenon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csXFpFoRkEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi9a7IdRiBI
McKeown had an interesting career; he was quite talented as a performer but tended to get into scrapes. The Bay City Rollers sold almost as many records as The Beatles; after an extensive road trip, McKeown went back to Scotland thinking he would spend some of the fortune the group had made only to discover there was no money (seems to happen in entertainment with “overhead”) and there was a lien on his house for the mortgage not being paid. He also got into a physical fight with another band member on the stage in Tokyo during a performance at the Budekahn.
Just kidding, RIP Les.
Your group was a 70's icon.
There was a time when everyone thought they would be the next Beatles. Long story short, it didn’t work out.
“Saturday night”
.. those two words have made a lot of money for some people.
“S A T U R D A Y NIGHT!
S A T U R D A Y NIGHT!
S A T U R D A Y NIGHT!”
Back in the day we used that to ridicule the musical taste of people who had none.
I recall some big shot record producer or DJ, I don’t remember which, that predicted the Bay city rollers were going to be bigger than the Beatles. Cue sad trombone (bwah bwah bwahhh)
Another world famous celebrity I’ve never heard of.
I think the Beatles were a phenomenon. The Bay City Rollers were about a year and a half of silly comparisons with the Beatles, as I remember it.
RIP.
Didn't last too long but they had their moment.