Eric Faulkner

Who is Eric Faulkner?

Eric Faulkner is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band, the Bay City Rollers.

Eric Faulkner was born at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland. As a youngster he learned to play the viola and played for a time in a youth orchestra. He is also adept at playing the violin, mandolin, bass and keyboards.

Faulkner joined the Bay City Rollers in 1972 as their guitarist, after a period with the group KIP. Faulkner was a member of the Rollers for the remainder of their existence into the 1980s. He wrote more than half of the recorded catalogue of Rollers songs including the UK Singles Chart hits "Money Honey" and "Love Me Like I Love You". Although the songs were credited “Faulkner/Wood”, in reality the vast majority were penned by Faulkner alone, many written before he had even joined the band. It was late in the band’s career before any true collaboration took place.

In 1976, during the Rollers heyday, Faulkner made headlines for an alleged parasuicide attempt via sleeping pill overdose. The incident was turned into a media opportunity by Bay City Rollers manager, Tam Paton who allegedly phoned the press before emergency services; Faulkner maintains the overdose was accidental and not a suicide attempt.