Stuart Wood (musician)

Wood's professional career began in 1974, aged 17, when he joined The Bay City Rollers.

During the 1970s, the Bay City Rollers would garner immense popularity, which would be nicknamed Rollermania (the name inspired by that of Beatlemania). Wood caused controversy in 1978, when he punched Bay City Rollers member Les McKeown on stage, which would eventually lead to the ending of the group:[2]

Looking back it was so silly, he just stepped in my light on stage and I went WHAM! but that had just been the final straw. Everything had been building for years – the stresses, the tensions. I just exploded. But we are older and wiser now

When the band reformed for a period of time in 2015, Wood announced in 2016 that he would leave the band shortly before it would break up, stating that disputes with Les McKeown moved him to leaving. McKeown posted to social media: "Hi all... just to say TITP is my last gig. Disappointed is an understatement but outwith [sic] my control". He later described the departure in further detail, stating McKeown's usage of the Bay City Rollers name in his solo performances as a reason:

Fans were under the impression that Les' shows were Bay City Rollers gigs. I was getting messages from fans pissed off with me for not turning up at gigs – but they were Les' shows.

Despite his 2016 departure, Wood returned to the band when they reformed in 2018. Bay City Rollers original members, Derek Longmuir, Alan Longmuir, Les McKeown and Eric Faulkner, have all left the band at certain points from the early 1980s to 2016, leaving Wood as the only member from the classic era still touring as the Bay City Rollers.

He remains active with his new generation Bay City Rollers and also behind the scenes in the music industry, producing music through The Music Kitchen.[1]

Wood lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was also born and raised, with his wife Denise.[3] He taught Music Technology at a local college.[4]

• Themusickitchen.co.uk
• Stuart Wood at IMDb