Bay City Rollers To Arista: Show Me The Money

The Bay City Rollers, a Scottish pop group who hit their stride in the 1970s, are suing Arista Records for millions of dollars in unpaid royalties.

The Rollers’ attorney, Joshua Krumholz, claims that Arista has pocketed big chunks of change related to the band’s hefty collection of albums, downloads, merchandising licenses and other recordings over the past 25 years. Looks like the mega-record company may have some paying up to do, even if it only amounts to legal fees.

According to Playfuls, the suit was filed in U.S. District Court in New York. Arista is under contractual obligations to account for and pony up royalties to the band twice a year, which, allegedly, has not been happening. “Arista has simply refused to do what its own contract requires it to do,” Krumholz says.

Arista has yet to issue a comment.

But enough legalese and finger-pointing. Let’s have some fun with a flashback to the late ‘70s, where the Bay City Rollers performed their hit single “I Only Want To Be With You” in front of screaming fans. Go wild.



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