Bay City Rollers suing former label for millions

[johnnie]

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The members of the Bay City Rollers, a Scottish teeny-bopper band that briefly enjoyed worldwide stardom in the 1970s, sued their former record label on Tuesday, seeking millions of dollars in unpaid royalties.

According to the suit against Arista Records, filed in the U.S. District Court in New York, the group said they sold at least 70 million albums worldwide but received only a single royalty payment of about $254,000 in more than 25 years."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070321/music_nm/baycityrollers_dc;_ylt=AvH2Z3h97OUn2ym4H8oPkh2XExkF


$254,000?...LOL. Man, that sucks. They were every-fucking-where back then.

They ruled Tiger Beat!

[ikojo]

1. Heck, they ruled the walls of the bedroom at a friend's

house. She got way into them to the point of having a pen pal from the UK.

My fave was Woody.


Loved them!!

[KG]

2. i recall back then wondering why they were so famous, coz i'd never heard even one of their songs on

the radio.

[Frank Cannon]

13. S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT!!

My god, they must have played that song once an hour on our hometown top 40 station.

[ohiosmith]

3. Good. Then we sue them for impersonating musicians. I'll never forgive Scotland.

[terrya]

4. We're talking 30 years here.

30...years.

Um...this didn't occur to them to maybe pursue this, oh I don't know, earlier???

[pinniped]

10. FN hilarious. You know, sometimes it takes a little time to hatch a brilliant scheme.

I guess the concert circuit finally dried up for them.

Maybe they can petition for a spot on the Surreal Life with the other washed up has been losers.

[johnnie]

5. Kick for all the BCR fans out there

C'mon... you know you were. They were hanging right next to your Defranco Family pix you tore out of 16 and Tiger Beat.

[peekaloo]

6. Teachers pay.

At least their fans could spell one night of the week correctly.

:dunce:

:hide:

[RetroLounge]

7. earworm alert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqhpj3lHRbY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4_ozlOQ5Cw

RL

[WCGreen]

8. Man they were supposed to be the Next Beatles.....

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Ah, yes, the pre-Brittney Spears, after The Monkees.

No, I have no respect for them.

The downfall of music/art was basically the creation of The Monkees, and then BCR and a few other assholes, and then Tiffany, then Brittney.

Oh, yeah, I know some of you people are gonna say "Well, yeah, but the Monkees had that guy who knew music" and all that other bullshit. Nope. sorry. It's all the same - there is no difference between the Monkees, BCR, Brittney, Whitney Houston, Celine, Paula Abdul, Beyonce, Tiffany, N'Stink, New Kids on the Block... no difference at all.

[Pab Sungenis]

12. You're forgetting the worst of them all....

[Frank Cannon]

14. I disagree about the Monkees

The Monkees DID put out some decent songs and--unlike Brittney, etc.--did try to do a few unusual things.

Check out their movie Head, cowritten by Jack Nicholson. Yeah, THAT Jack Nicholson.

[gbate]

11. Blech, they were so ugly. I never "got" what everyone loved about them.

[pinniped]

15. If they have any, they will have a hard time peddling their crap on ePay.

There are 90 "roller" items listed, but only 10 bids.

They had no choice but to pursue a lawsuit.

I bet their lawyer's a big fan, too.

[HughBeaumont]

16. I remember their BTM on Vh1 -

Their manager and their label more or less legally stole millions from them. It's unbelieveable how even today the 3-Card Monte Record Industry gets away with this. If I was a band, I wouldn't even sign with anyone and just put out shit my damned self. Sure, it means you're likely not going to be at Fall Out Boy level of success, but at least you won't get 125% of your money legally stolen from you by some shitbag in a suit.

[meegbear]

17. A band that screams REBELLION!!

:rofl:

[commander bunnypants]

18. But how many were there?

at least 15

CB