The Rollers - VOXX
June 25 1980
The Rollers
VOXX
Genre: Power Pop
3.5 out of 5
Highlights:
God Save Rock and Roll
The Hero
The Jig
Requisite 80s Cover: “Rebel Rebel”. Look, Bowie’s Bowie. They put a live version here and I don’t know that the album benefits from what comes across as filler. I guess they didn’t think 32 minutes was enough for an LP.
You know who were actually really good? The Bay City Rollers. After their semi-experimental excursion on Elevator they are back to try to reclaim some of that sweet sweet American airwave exposure.
Les McKeon is out by this point and Duncan Faure (of Trevor Rabin’s Rabbit) is in. The album chugs with a bit more early KISS ferocity than you might expect. But, of course, the Tartan is running through their blood so, while they have the glam down they don’t have enough of a theatrical snarl.
Judging by “The Hero”, Eric Faulkner really worships at The Beatles altar. And, in a different year this might have been a hit. But it’s very 1973.
“The Jig” is a spectacular instrumental featuring one of them on viola. It’s not rock. But, who the fuck cares? The Rollers certainly didn’t. They were like the Fratellis of the 70s.
Love them for that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fplu4IgNhDs&list=PLSnEc0eT1ST5TTDxTU9XuosZfOzn_ThgG
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