You were never bozo's to the real Bay City Rollers fans, Eric.We still love and appreciate all of the music to this day and wish you all the best you so deserve!
God love em, they were really a talented bunch of guys and its criminal what happened to them. As a fan, you really had no idea. Now 3 of them have passed on and are now at peace as hopefully are the others still here. Thankyou for the memories You will live in our hearts forever💜
The music business is a cesspit in just about every way possible. What the Bay City Rollers went through is horrific. They never got the justice they deserve. I love you guys ❤
You all deserve the very best and the money that is owed to you for all your hard work!! I always love you guys and respect you for your music and your very kind hearts
Dear boys,it is painful to hear that,they exploited you so much.When you are young,you trust your Manager.I wish you all the best,and I will always love you,because you gave me so much adolescence.I was seriously ill ,for over a year in 1977,and I only survived it so well because,I could dream with your Music.You have certainly helped many,who had a new crisis for which they had endless thanks❣️🇦🇹👋🍀🌠🌠🌠🌠🎤🎶🎼🎧🎙🎸🎵🎹🎏
love you guys thanks fo r allthe fabolous music you were part of my teenage days very underrated for sure r i p alan you are in heaven now x God bless everyone
The music industry was and still is to a lesser extent a crooked business. SO many bands got taken for a ride and cheated. I was a huge Roller maniac back then, and it's truly sad how they got used and ripped off. RIP Alan, Ian, and Les. You are loved and missed.💔💘
Financially, the Bay City Rollers lost a great deal. However, from this interview the friendships between Eric, Woody, & Alan seems enduring. They show genuine caring for each other. Best wishes to all of them for their future plans in life. Thanks for sharing!
@@roselynwest2604 Hi, Roselyn, it's actually quite sad, I was hoping for the best too.Of all the friendships,I was hoping theirs would endure,the stormy waters of the past.Please take care and stay safe, and keep on Rollin 😉
This is so Terriblle what those young guys went through!😞and on top of that getting Ripped off!😳But as Eric says you have to laugh or you go crazy🙃😤Love Eric💕💖🤗
Sad all around....the bottom line is ...they were ripped off by their manager & the record company. Terrible! Les McKeown explained in an interview, he just received his money in 2020 from the years of battling the record company, only to pass away suddenly in 2021...Brutal!...didn't even live long enough to enjoy that money. Hopefully, his wife & son can use it. Feel bad for all of them. & Then Allan passed away too. Only Derek, Woody, & Eric left now. Ian Mitchell has passed away too.
I had their posters all over my bedroom walls and had all their albums. Its sad they didnt get their money for all their hard work and traveling they did. Not to mention the screaming they put up with all the time lol.
I have heard that a ruling is expected, in the Rollers favor, for the millions that they have been owed. I pray to God that they finally get everything that they deserve and that it doesn't all go to legal fees. Please, no more ripping off the Rollers.
A crying shame that this was done to them. They worked so hard for that money. It isn't over yet (I hope). They need to follow the paper trail to see where their money went. And SUE whoever was responsible for making them go without all these years. JUST ISN'T RIGHT.
That is Kass. Not sure how she met them or joined the group. But she and Eric dated for quite a few years. She left the group,they split up not sure why and the guys went in different directions
@jannylovesbcr I know that it was from a German television report which was called "In meinem Kopf ist jemand, den Du niemals siehst" Do you have a DVD-copy of it? I had it on an old VHS-cassette, but I lost it? Please, give me an answer
I purchased a bunch of DVD's that have bits and pieces of footage from Germany and some of it is in German. I'm not sure if I have the whole report but I don't thinks so.
An abomination that those mgrs. accountants, offshore accountants got away with. They misused & misappropriated the funds that did not belong to them, and they were allowed to get away with it. Every one involved should be in prison. The monies need to be restored w/ interest to the band members. And those cretans should be imprisoned. The Bay City Rollers did all the work & those ingrates reaped in all the money. How the hell does that happen??? Tell me. Somebody needs to go after the whole gang & imprison them for wrongful taking. THEY, the Bay City Rollers should be compensated w no. 1 bringing on a suit & 2, adding INTEREST for every year they didn't get paid. I am appalled to hear that after all these years it went nowhere. What are these guys supposed to live on? While the perpetrators took THEIR money & bought themselves nice homes, cars & a better quality of life than the band members don't have. THIS IS UNFAIR. Somebody, a lawyer, has to make it right. NOW 90% w/ interest should be paid to the band members + a fine for more money just for spite. And those involved should have their homes etc. repossessed. They should have never hired that mgr. who exploited them like that. I would have kicked his sorry ass into a sewer tunnel.
Linda Cray is right. They were simply a bunch of young Scottish lads who enjoyed themselves, making people very happy and making great music. They were told by Tam Payton (their bastard criminal of a manager) and others in the record companies they were with that they were being looked after in that department i.e. royalties, finances, Inland Revenue etc. and not to worry about anything (Les McKeown and Stuart 'Woody' Wood talked about it in a recent BBC documentary about their career).The truth of the matter is that Payton etc. were not only helping themselves but putting the lad's money in offshore tax havens (I wonder if Tam Payton's name or the execs of Arista Records were ever found on the Panama Papers? That could be an avenue the BCRs could go down). To Payton, the lads were there to work their giblets off and be at his beck and call, no matter what cost to them physically, emotionally or mentally. They said he was an intimidating person … and that was being polite for the cameras! It doesn't matter who you are, what age you are or how street wise and savvy you are, there are nasty people who get away with theft and murder in ways that would take your breath away. The BCRs were not the only ones who were fleeced by the music industry's wolves in sheep's clothing. Gilbert O'Sullivan was ripped off by dodgy management and music executives in the 1970's... and he was roughly the same age as Alan Longmuir (RIP) when he started out in the music business. He fought them through the courts for years until he finally won through and got back what was rightfully his. @@MrHairyNeck
@@MrHairyNeck Woody was only 16 when he joined. Les joined a couple of months before and was 17. Eric who had joined before both of these was almost 19. Hardly worldly and wise. Just a terrible thing to have happened no matter what 😥
Эта дама жена эрика? А сейчас он с ней живет или он одинок? Ответьте пожалуйста, если кто знает. Ему завтра исполнится 65 лети мне хочется чтобы его день рождения прошел в семейном кругу.эрика, я тебя поздравляю и очень люблю!!!
+W S … Think logically here. If you have watched ANY of their TV shows? The high pitched screaming teenage fans would have made it practically impossible for the lads to make themselves heard live in confined spaces such as studios. The noise must have made any decibel measuring devices go completely bonkers. I'm surprised none of the band members have hearing aids by now. Besides, in the 1970's, virtually all singers mimed/lip synched on TV shows. Give the guys a break.
Sometimes THAT'S the way it has to be. There's a LOT of noise involved in a "live" concert, & it just doesn't sound the same. IT WAS STILL THEIR VOICES U WERE HEARING, NOBODY ELSE. lIVE CONCERTS ARE BETTER WHEN THE CROWD IS SMALLER, but when u go stadium BIG the sound goes out in different directions. Plus, it's tiring to have to sing above the screams. ASK THE BEATLES, they had the same problems.They still played their own instruments, what the hell MORE do u want???? The Bay City Rollers did a great job, they loved playing for their audiences, they got even super close to the fans that even jumped on them, (which the fans should NEVER have done. Today's bands don't make themselves THAT accessable anymore for THAT reason, being pulled off the stage by a maddening crowd just to be able to touch & kiss them. All of that just to please the crowd of people going ballistic @ their concerts.
You were never bozo's to the real Bay City Rollers fans, Eric.We still love and appreciate all of the music to this day and wish you all the best you so deserve!
Much love from a bcr fan since 1974. A male fan! Ashland Oregon USA
God love em, they were really a talented bunch of guys and its criminal what happened to them. As a fan, you really had no idea. Now 3 of them have passed on and are now at peace as hopefully are the others still here. Thankyou for the memories
You will live in our hearts forever💜
The music business is a cesspit in just about every way possible. What the Bay City Rollers went through is horrific. They never got the justice they deserve. I love you guys ❤
You all deserve the very best and the money that is owed to you for all your hard work!! I always love you guys and respect you for your music and your very kind hearts
Dear boys,it is painful to hear that,they exploited you so much.When you are young,you trust your Manager.I wish you all the best,and I will always love you,because you gave me so much adolescence.I was seriously ill ,for over a year in 1977,and I only survived it so well because,I could dream with your Music.You have certainly helped many,who had a new crisis for which they had endless thanks❣️🇦🇹👋🍀🌠🌠🌠🌠🎤🎶🎼🎧🎙🎸🎵🎹🎏
So sorry this happened to you all! You are amazing!
From a US girl who loved you so bloody much 35 years ago. I'm so sorry that this happened.
Thank you , I love hearing Wood's voice.
love you guys
thanks fo r allthe fabolous music
you were part of my teenage days
very underrated for sure
r i p alan
you are in heaven now x
God bless everyone
The music industry was and still is to a lesser extent a crooked business. SO many bands got taken for a ride and cheated. I was a huge Roller maniac back then, and it's truly sad how they got used and ripped off. RIP Alan, Ian, and Les. You are loved and missed.💔💘
Great band an singers and dedicated to each other ❤ there music wow best band an singers ever ❤ the BCR MVL
Financially, the Bay City Rollers lost a great deal. However, from this interview the friendships between Eric, Woody, & Alan seems enduring. They show genuine caring for each other. Best wishes to all of them for their future plans in life. Thanks for sharing!
Eric hasn't spoken to Woody, for years
@@leeanne4638 So very sorry to hear that. They made a great team as musicians. Thank you for the update. :)
@@roselynwest2604 Hi, Roselyn, it's actually quite sad, I was hoping for the best too.Of all the friendships,I was hoping theirs would endure,the stormy waters of the past.Please take care and stay safe, and keep on Rollin 😉
@@leeanne4638 Thank you, Leeanne. Hope that they are still friends. Wish them both the best. :)
This is so Terriblle what those young guys went through!😞and on top of that getting Ripped off!😳But as Eric says you have to laugh or you go crazy🙃😤Love Eric💕💖🤗
The exploitation of these guys was just horrific! Alot of amazing talent there! They deserved so much better.
Talent???! Exploitation, yes....but no fuckin talent, c'mon
@@onefoot7 your opinion
Sad all around....the bottom line is ...they were ripped off by their manager & the record company. Terrible! Les McKeown explained in an interview, he just received his money in 2020 from the years of battling the record company, only to pass away suddenly in 2021...Brutal!...didn't even live long enough to enjoy that money. Hopefully, his wife & son can use it. Feel bad for all of them. & Then Allan passed away too. Only Derek, Woody, & Eric left now. Ian Mitchell has passed away too.
I had their posters all over my bedroom walls and had all their albums. Its sad they didnt get their money for all their hard work and traveling they did. Not to mention the screaming they put up with all the time lol.
Same here, little did we know the leeches that were behind the money. All my money went to Tiger Beat and records?
I have heard that a ruling is expected, in the Rollers favor, for the millions that they have been owed. I pray to God that they finally get everything that they deserve and that it doesn't all go to legal fees. Please, no more ripping off the Rollers.
A crying shame that this was done to them. They worked so hard for that money. It isn't over yet (I hope). They need to follow the paper trail to see where their money went. And SUE whoever was responsible for making them go without all these years. JUST ISN'T RIGHT.
I cant think of a bigger rip off than this in the music industry. shame .
Kaz Fleszar only Badfinger had it worse . It actually cost the lives of Pete Ham and Tommy Evans. Its a heartbreaking story. 😢😢
Badfinger had a shit manager.
Kaz Fleszar Badfinger
@@Nativity1225So true. Their story was beyond tragic.
It's ashamed what happened to them all for sorry for them but they still great group
thanks for replying. i didn't even know he was married. cx
THANKS FOR THE GREAT OBSCURE POST. BCR FOREVER. CX.
P.S. WHO'S THE CHICK
That is Kass. Not sure how she met them or joined the group. But she and Eric dated for quite a few years. She left the group,they split up not sure why and the guys went in different directions
How did Eric’s eyes change color?
Love ´¨¨¨
totally believe you were all ripped off big time.....but why did you all not stick together ....fight the big companies as a united front?
@jannylovesbcr
I know that it was from a German television report which was called "In meinem Kopf ist jemand, den Du niemals siehst"
Do you have a DVD-copy of it?
I had it on an old VHS-cassette, but I lost it?
Please, give me an answer
I purchased a bunch of DVD's that have bits and pieces of footage from Germany and some of it is in German. I'm not sure if I have the whole report but I don't thinks so.
An abomination that those mgrs. accountants, offshore accountants got away with. They misused & misappropriated the funds that did not belong to them, and they were allowed to get away with it. Every one involved should be in prison. The monies need to be restored w/ interest to the band members. And those cretans should be imprisoned. The Bay City Rollers did all the work & those ingrates reaped in all the money. How the hell does that happen??? Tell me. Somebody needs to go after the whole gang & imprison them for wrongful taking. THEY, the Bay City Rollers should be compensated w no. 1 bringing on a suit & 2, adding INTEREST for every year they didn't get paid. I am appalled to hear that after all these years it went nowhere. What are these guys supposed to live on? While the perpetrators took THEIR money & bought themselves nice homes, cars & a better quality of life than the band members don't have. THIS IS UNFAIR. Somebody, a lawyer, has to make it right. NOW 90% w/ interest should be paid to the band members + a fine for more money just for spite. And those involved should have their homes etc. repossessed. They should have never hired that mgr. who exploited them like that. I would have kicked his sorry ass into a sewer tunnel.
Poor guys were owed millions
So sad and mean -- they are so disappointed !
Ripped off-So were we!
Yeah- I know but like you all xx
😢💔
Hey,,I like bozo😊 just as much as the rollers,,,,,,,who's the girl in the band??
Karma guys,,,just wait for it.
Terrible to exploit these rollers
They were too trusting.
***** Kids? They were in their mid 20s!!
***** Still not children though. I mean, come on, they were all chasing women and they were chasing them.
***** They weren't that young. I'm 58 and they're my age if not a little older.
Linda Cray is right. They were simply a bunch of young Scottish lads who enjoyed themselves, making people very happy and making great music. They were told by Tam Payton (their bastard criminal of a manager) and others in the record companies they were with that they were being looked after in that department i.e. royalties, finances, Inland Revenue etc. and not to worry about anything (Les McKeown and Stuart 'Woody' Wood talked about it in a recent BBC documentary about their career).The truth of the matter is that Payton etc. were not only helping themselves but putting the lad's money in offshore tax havens (I wonder if Tam Payton's name or the execs of Arista Records were ever found on the Panama Papers? That could be an avenue the BCRs could go down). To Payton, the lads were there to work their giblets off and be at his beck and call, no matter what cost to them physically, emotionally or mentally. They said he was an intimidating person … and that was being polite for the cameras!
It doesn't matter who you are, what age you are or how street wise and savvy you are, there are nasty people who get away with theft and murder in ways that would take your breath away. The BCRs were not the only ones who were fleeced by the music industry's wolves in sheep's clothing. Gilbert O'Sullivan was ripped off by dodgy management and music executives in the 1970's... and he was roughly the same age as Alan Longmuir (RIP) when he started out in the music business. He fought them through the courts for years until he finally won through and got back what was rightfully his. @@MrHairyNeck
@@MrHairyNeck Woody was only 16 when he joined. Les joined a couple of months before and was 17. Eric who had joined before both of these was almost 19. Hardly worldly and wise. Just a terrible thing to have happened no matter what 😥
Has Les become a Lassie!!
Yes...
Les did become a Lassie...
...And...
Changed his name to Kass...😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@ericaleslie257 not funny
@@ericaleslie257
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :)
Isn't Derek another Lassie to !
@@SuperAnimelover100 LoL 😆
That would be Kass - Eric's wife.
Эта дама жена эрика? А сейчас он с ней живет или он одинок? Ответьте пожалуйста, если кто знает. Ему завтра исполнится 65 лети мне хочется чтобы его день рождения прошел в семейном кругу.эрика, я тебя поздравляю и очень люблю!!!
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And in the end 2016 they got 70.000 £ each it's........its just ....
WELL THEY RIPPED OFF THEIR FANS BY LIP SYNCING THEIR SHOWS.
+W S … Think logically here. If you have watched ANY of their TV shows? The high pitched screaming teenage fans would have made it practically impossible for the lads to make themselves heard live in confined spaces such as studios. The noise must have made any decibel measuring devices go completely bonkers. I'm surprised none of the band members have hearing aids by now. Besides, in the 1970's, virtually all singers mimed/lip synched on TV shows. Give the guys a break.
Sometimes THAT'S the way it has to be. There's a LOT of noise involved in a "live" concert, & it just doesn't sound the same. IT WAS STILL THEIR VOICES U WERE HEARING, NOBODY ELSE. lIVE CONCERTS ARE BETTER WHEN THE CROWD IS SMALLER, but when u go stadium BIG the sound goes out in different directions. Plus, it's tiring to have to sing above the screams. ASK THE BEATLES, they had the same problems.They still played their own instruments, what the hell MORE do u want???? The Bay City Rollers did a great job, they loved playing for their audiences, they got even super close to the fans that even jumped on them, (which the fans should NEVER have done. Today's bands don't make themselves THAT accessable anymore for THAT reason, being pulled off the stage by a maddening crowd just to be able to touch & kiss them. All of that just to please the crowd of people going ballistic @ their concerts.
@@SuperGingerBickies well said
There is live footage out there too. I've seen it.
Who in their right mind, can sing over all those girls SCREAMING?-and who could hear anything?-I wouldn't waste my voice either!