ArtistInfo

Roogalator

Band, US
Rock

Roogalator was a pub rock band formed in London in 1972, by the US-born guitarist Danny Adler. Earlier that year, Adler recorded demos with 10cc's Graham Gouldman at Strawberry Studios. Prior to Roogalator, Adler had also played with Smooth Loser, a band formed with Jeff Pasternak, the brother of BBC disc-jockey Emperor Rosko. Bass guitarist Tony Lester, guitarist Chris Gibbons and drummer Malcolm Mortimer (G.T. Moore and the Reggae Guitars), were members for a time. Mortimer returned to Adler for an early incarnation of Roogalator before leaving to join Ian Dury in Kilburn and the High Roads . Roogalator played their first live show in November, 1972, was an attractive live act in the pre-punk London scene, and broke up in July, 1978. From their bio: "They knew that time was passing them by. Dexterous funk wasn't "in" anymore. (...) The punks stole Roogalator's thunder, Costello stole Adler's geek in glasses persona."

Members

	Nick Plytas key, voc GB
	Justin Hildreth dr
	Paul Riley b *1951 GB
	Julian Scott b
	Bobby Irwin dr, bvoc 1953-2015 GB
	Danny Adler voc, g