Eric Faulkner - エリック・フォークナー
Biography
Eric Faulkner (born 21 October 1953) is a guitarist, songwriter,
and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band, the Bay City Rollers.
Eric Faulkner was born at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland. As a
youngster he learned to play the viola and played for a time in a youth orchestra.
He is also adept at playing the violin, mandolin, bass and keyboards.
Faulkner joined the Bay City Rollers in 1972 as their guitarist, after a stint with
the group KIP (previously known as Sugar). Faulkner was a member of the Rollers for
the duration of their existence into the 1980s. He was a co-writer of many Rollers
songs, including the UK Singles Chart hits "Money Honey" and "Love
Me Like I Love You".
In 1976, during the Rollers heyday, Faulkner made headlines for an alleged
parasuicide attempt via sleeping pill overdose. The incident was turned into a
media opportunity by Bay City Rollers manager, Tam Paton who allegedly phoned the
press before emergency services; Faulkner maintains the overdose was accidental and
not a suicide attempt.
In the 1990s, he served as lead singer of a reformed version of the Bay City
Rollers, which for a time also featured his wife, singer Karen "Kass"
Prosser. He also toured with his own band, The Eric Faulkner Co-operative that he
founded with Prosser.
Faulkner performed at Guilfest 2006 with 3 Men & Black, featuring Pauline Black
from The Selecter. During the set he led a tribute to the late Syd Barrett and sang
"See Emily Play", as well as "Radio Heaven", a recent song he
penned, and a rendition of the Bay City Rollers hit "Shang-a-Lang".
Faulkner continued to perform with 3 Men & Black as a support act on their 2006
concert tour.
Faulkner now tours as a solo act, and opened at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival for
Tony Benn, at the Left Field under the banner "Another World is
Possible". He also performs all the old favourite Roller tunes as Eric
Faulkner's Bay City Rollers. On the legal front, Faulkner and the other former
Bay City Rollers continue to battle for extensive unpaid royalties that they
believe are owed them.
