Bay City Rollers at the Royal Yacht

Saturday 25^th February

Welcoming Bay City Rollers to the Royal Yacht on the 25th February 2012...

The Bay City Rollers occupy a bizarre and unique place in Rock and Pop history.  In the mid-70s they somehow managed to fill the void between Glam, Pop and Punk to create a sound and image that was instantly recognisable and caused a wave of tartan to roll across Britain, America, Australia, Japan and all points in between.  Their fan base didn’t consist entirely of screaming teenagers; Dee Dee Ramone was happy to recall that “Saturday Night” was one of his all-time favourite songs and it is openly said to have been the inspiration behind The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop”.

In an era when records regularly sold in their hundreds of thousands, sales of Bay City Rollers singles and albums smashed through all the barriers.  “Bye Bye Baby” was the top selling UK single of 1975 and the band was voted “Group of the Year”.

In the elusive American market the Bay City Rollers enjoyed success that other British bands before and since could only dream of, with singles and albums flying straight to the top of the charts.
Recent gigs at Liverpool’s Mathew Street Festival, Rebellion Festival UK, and Berlin’s Punk and Disorderly Festival have seen Faulkner in fine form, with the show covering The Rollers’ 12-album career.
Nick Lowe wrote songs about the band, and his “Roller Show”, a number one in Japan, is a regular song in Eric’s set. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin covered their USA number one “Saturday Night”; The Records covered another of the band’s USA hits, “Rock and Roll Loveletter”.

Some folks “got” The Rollers; some didn’t. Faulkner’s show gives a chance to reappraise one of the world’s biggest bands. Eric’s “Money Honey”, a number two in the States, takes on a new meaning as the band’s lawsuit against Arista Records and Sony Corporation winds its way through the New York courts.
Seen as the driving force behind the Rollers, Faulkner continues to tour with “Eric Faulkner’s Bay City Rollers” as well as performing his solo acoustic set. A true survivor, telling it how it was in the analogue daze that was the 70s.
 

Tickets are £30.00 each.
Doors open at 8pm.
Supported by Jersey Elvis
Celestial Hall, Royal Yacht Hotel
Tickets available from The Drift, The Royal Yacht Hotel & White Label Records

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