Well my first hit of the Rollers was at a JR High school hang out with a friend where I heard SATURDAY NIGHT and was hooked my mom then got me hooked on Tiger Beat . I got a summer Job and never missed buying there albums or anything with there picture to go on my wall. It was great!! -- Derek's Place

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Well my first hit of the Rollers was at a JR High school hang out with a friend where I heard SATURDAY NIGHT and was hooked my mom then got me hooked on Tiger Beat . I got a summer Job and never missed buying there albums or anything with there picture to go on my wall. It was great!!

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Zany

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Date Posted: 08:40:05 07/01/06 Sat
In reply to: Mary F 's message, "Tell Us About..." on 13:28:38 06/29/06 Thu

>I'm curious to hear about everyone's "first" Roller
>moment. That moment when you first discovered them -
>what were your thoughts, feelings? What drew you to
>your 'favorite' BCR?
>
>For me, it was, as many, when SATURDAY NIGHT hit the
>U.S. charts. I had never seen them, just heard the
>song. BEGGED for the album & immediately fell in love
>when I got it and flipped it over to see them! Always
>had a thing for the fair haired types so of course,
>was drawn to Derek...
>
>Years later 'the other' fair haired Roller - the other
>"D" Man, also stole my heart. At a time when
>'Rollermania' seemed to wane for others - it only
>picked up speed for me as the Longmuir /Longmuir /
>Wood / Faulkner / Faure line up was by far my
>favorite.
>
>Fianlly, just a few short years after that, met my
>third and final fair haired cutie - a guy who at the
>time I felt had a strange resemblence to the blond
>drummer w/ the toothy grin - 'stole' him from my best
>friend (though to this day she says I got her 'left
>overs'!) and married him. 21 years later he simply
>chuckles at my strange and wonderful "obsession." I
>am so blessed to have been a fan all these years.
>Have met some of the most amazing people, some of the
>best friends I've ever had are a direct result of
>these guys. Short of my wedding day and the birth of
>my kids, some of my best adult memories are of the
>friends i've met over the years in 'Rollerworld'

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[> Subject: Cant exactly remember it was in 1974 sometime when I opened a magazine page and saw these great pics of this fab new Scottish band Life was never quite the same after that! Bought every magazine I could find on them after that and watched them on Supersonic or any other tv show I could find! I was definitely hooked!!

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Anne
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Date Posted: 10:14:18 07/03/06 Mon