<P> At the end of 1978, the band had split with McKeown, then fired manager Tam Paton shortly after, and decided to continue in a more new - wave, rock - oriented sound . Their name was now The Rollers . South African - born Duncan Faure joined the band as new lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter . With Faure, the line - up produced three albums: Elevator (1979), Voxx (1980), and Ricochet (1981). Following the expiry of the band's Arista contract, neither of the releases sold as well as expected, and they stopped touring by late 1981 . </P> <P> During the 1980s and 1990s, there were a few short tours . Seven past members played Japan in 1982, and again in 1983 . A reunion album, Breakout, was released in Japan and Australia in 1985, and added drummer George Spencer . Breakout was written primarily by McKeown and McGlynn with minor contributions from Faulkner, Wood, and Mitchell . </P> <P> In the late 1980s a version of the band called the' New Rollers' was formed featuring Faulkner on lead vocals, Kass (Karen Prosser) on vocals, Jason Medvec on guitar, Andy Boakes on bass, Mark Roberts on drums . The band toured extensively throughout the US and Canada as well as tours of the UK and Australia . This group also released an independent 5 - song EP titled "Party Hardy". </P> <P> In 1990 Stuart Wood and Alan Longmuir joined with Faulkner to tour under the Bay City Rollers name, and issued several CDs of re-recordings of the old Roller tunes . </P>

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