# Original Bay City Rollers bassist Alan Longmuir dead at 70 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-bay-city-rollers-bassist-alan-longmuir-dead-at-70/817212 "2018-07-03T03:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-bay-city-rollers-bassist-alan-longmuir-dead-at-70/817212/1 "2018-07-03T03:02:07Z")
I never went apeshit over them the way some of my friends did, although I did enjoy their music. RIP, Alan. He later worked as a plumber. > **[How Bay City Rollers' Alan Longmuir went from stardom to £30k-a-year plumber job](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/how-bay-city-rollers-alan-12842077)** > > The story of the late pop star, who died today at the age of 70, is one of fame, fallouts and not much fortune My friends often spelled the band members’ names like this: L es E ric W oody D erek which expressed in part the way some of them felt about them. Hey, we were all 13 once! ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-bay-city-rollers-bassist-alan-longmuir-dead-at-70/817212/2 "2018-07-03T14:01:01Z")
My sister, 5 years younger than me, was obsessed with the BCR! I can’t believe Alan was 70 years old. Heartthrobs are not supposed to age. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-bay-city-rollers-bassist-alan-longmuir-dead-at-70/817212/3 "2018-07-04T00:03:28Z")
Oh no! I was a huge fan of the BCR in the 7th grade! RIP Alan. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-bay-city-rollers-bassist-alan-longmuir-dead-at-70/817212/4 "2018-07-04T00:52:26Z")
S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y night! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-bay-city-rollers-bassist-alan-longmuir-dead-at-70/817212/5 "2018-07-04T01:03:57Z")
I guess the music _will_ have to stop. Gonna sign it, gonna seal it, gonna send him away… RIP. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-bay-city-rollers-bassist-alan-longmuir-dead-at-70/817212/6 "2018-07-05T17:44:14Z")
I vaugely recall the Bay City Rollers. I can’t recall any specific singles. I probably heard them on top 40 radio. I always had the radio on in the car. I heard a lot of music and often didn’t pay attention to the band playing it. It was just music to pass the time driving. There was so much variety in 70’s music. R&B, disco, outlaw country, classic country, rock, new wave, and punk. Keeping up with the bands wasn’t easy. Disco was always my least favorite. New wave ended my days of listening to the Top 40 in the car. I started playing cassettes instead. Often custom mix tapes of my favorite music. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-bay-city-rollers-bassist-alan-longmuir-dead-at-70/817212/7 "2018-07-05T22:12:09Z")
A girl I was keen on in high-school only had eyes for Alan, so was never going to be a fan, but its good to see he lived a long and hopefully happy life post-pop fame.