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The shocking story of the boy band that became immersed in the cult-like world of their managerWhat happened to the Bay City Rollers is one of the greatest scandals of the music industry. This unflinching book reveals the dark truth behind "Rollermania," which gripped the UK in the 1970s and spread around the world as the Edinburgh boy band scored number one international hits. When the Screaming Stops exposes the sinister undercurrents that ran beneath the band's phenomenal success.Former band manager Tom Paton controlled his charges and promoted them as wholesome teen idols while subjecting them to various forms of sexual abuse. In Paton, the industry clich of the manipulative and venal pop manager found its most grotesque expression. Dazzled by sudden global fame and corrupted by Paton's unquenchable sexual appetites, the Bay City Rollers soon became part of his world of depravity, victimhood, crime and psychosis.