Talk:Bay City Rollers/Archives/2013

Sartorial style?
Were their trousers really ankle-length? They always looked calf-length to me.

The Sid_and_Marty_Krofft Konnection
The Bay City Rollers were on the The Krofft Superstar Hour, later named the Bay City Rollers Show, an hour long show that aired from September 10, 1977 to September 2, 1978 on NBC.

negative material
I'll be removing some negative material, because its unsource, per WP:LIVING. In particular, the article says they didn't "play on their early hits". There's no source. Also, what does that mean. Does it mean they didn't play their instruments, or is it also referring to singing? --Rob 10:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)


 * FYI Thivierr, it is widely reported that session musicians were used for the music (not vocals) on the group's early singles and initial LP. I'll find a definitive notation and post it in the article. - Billy W (Bawtyshouse) 6/15/06

Dart on the map a myth?
This probably descends to the level of arcana, but...Ian Mitchell was a guest on a DC local radio station this morning, and said that the "dart" part of the "dart on the map" legend was a myth. He said that they did use a map, but it was really some sort of push pin that was used to find the band's name. Arkansas, but the group weren't keen, and so they tried again and this time it landed near Bay City.
 * Whether it was a dart or a pin, at the first attempt it landed in

Saturday Night WAS a UK single release
It came out in late 1973 (and I know that coz I have a copy, dated that year, and a UK pressing, not an import), but failed to chart. Two years later it was issued as a somewhat belated attempt to launch the group in the USA - but it paid off - it was No.1 over there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tonythepixel (talk • contribs) 14:17, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
 * Yes. It did work, but their career was over all over the world a

couple of years later as they couldn't even break the top 40 on either side of the Atlantic! They were not the hot act they portray themselves as being. Their claim of 18 top 5 US singles is highly laughable! 74.65.39.59 02:34, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Lineups section
I think it is good to list the different lineups during the band's 74-78 heyday. I will expand this section much like Deep Purple, another group with many lineup changes.--Bawtyshouse 17:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

As for line ups a person named Kyle Vincent has never been in the BCR and was listed yet again. As was previously said the band broke up in 1981, Duncan Faure was the last member. There are a number of us who watch this site and keep seeing that name reappear. All of the members from 74-78 have been listed why does this name keep appearing? Also I think Count Dracula and a violinist appeared in the line up too. This vandalism needs to be stopped. Nion55 (talk) 02:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)Nion55

Kyle Vincent has appeared several times as the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers on national television, on radio, and in print, alongside Ian Mitchell, but announced and referred to as The Bay City Rollers. There are numerous citations for this. There have been several touring versions of the Bay City Rollers, one of which featured Ian Mitchell. The lead singer in that group, which was more often than not referred to as The Bay City Rollers, featured Kyle Vincent on lead vocals. He was in that group for one year. Unless a court decides otherwise, when the "official" Bay City Rollers group stopped performing, and who was or is in the band or a version of the band, is arbitrary. Just as what their "heyday" lineup was. Listing past members is not "vandalism", it is a fact. Why do you care? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.80.127.130 (talk) 19:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Citations & References
See Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the  tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 08:47, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Financial Claims
I was the one who originally put the reference to four billion pounds of ernings. This is a gross over estimate but this has been lost in the article. That figure is a would be about 3 or 4 times the peak market captital if EMI and bigger unit shifters than Michael Jackson and  I doubt the BCRs were THAT big! The article needs to be updated to debunk the excessive claims that are clearly nonsense.

Disappointing article
The information needs to reviewed for objectiveness. It's seem too much opinion without any references. For instance, didn't one of them end up in court over being a nonce? This article makes no mention of the fact and just refers to "legal matters". What about the boozing and the groupies? So much for their "clean-cut image".

Wikipedia isn't a page out of Smash Hits.