Low D wrote:
So wiki tells me:
Currently, Mitchell, Faulkner and McKeown each regularly tour playing Rollers hits. Due to legal issues over which performers may use the band name, McKeown's group used the name: Les McKeown's Legendary Bay City Rollers. At present there is no official Bay City Rollers.
The current tour is Les McKeown's group., So you're getting the "classic" line up's lead singer, at least.
Mitchell's group passing themselves off as the Rollers is beyond ridiculous.
The actual band name is the Bay City Rollers Featuring Ian Mitchell. No other former members are in the group, and guitarist Mitchell was only a Roller from April through November 1976, though he took part in several latter day “reunion” lineups. In the early ‘90s, he was sued by former Roller Eric Falconer for unauthorized use of the band name. “Judge threw it out of court,” says Mitchell on his website, “as it was the promoter who was at fault. Spoke to Eric about it. We laughed.” Psycho. That bands lead singer looks like Kip Winger on a pipe and lives in the same town as I. So, I'm guessing it was this shit storm I missed out on. Nobody wants to see that bullcrap.
Clearly this shyster took one judge's indifference and ran with it.
