Leslie McKewen anabadwa November 12, 1955 ku Edinburgh (Scotland). Makolo ake ndi achi Irish. Kutalika kwa woimba ndi 173 cm, chizindikiro cha zodiac ndi Scorpio.
Panopa ali ndi masamba otchuka ochezera a pa Intaneti, akupitiriza kupanga nyimbo. Iye ndi wokwatira, amakhala ndi mkazi wake ndi mwana wake wamwamuna ku London, likulu la Great Britain. Mitundu yayikulu ya ojambula ndi pop, glam rock, pop rock.
Panthawi ya Bay City Rollers
Woyimba Leslie McKewen adayamba ntchito yake ku Bay City Rollers mu 1969-1979. M'zaka zochitika kwambiri, iye anali woimba wa gulu.
Pofika m’chaka cha 1975 gululo linali litatchuka kwambiri ku Britain, koma chipwirikiticho chinatha mwamsanga pamene chinayamba.
Mu 1978, Bay City Rollers adatchedwanso The Rollers ndipo adasintha mndandanda wake, koma izi sizinasiye ojambulawo pa mbiri ya kutchuka ndi kuzindikirika; zaka zitatu pambuyo pake, gululo linasweka chitsitsimutso chisanachitike.
Gululi lili ndi ma Albums 9 ku ngongole yake, ena atulutsidwanso ku North America ndi Japan. Ma Albamu a Rollin' ndi Once Upon A Star adasunga gululi pamwamba kwa milungu 99.
Sikuti aliyense amadziwa kuti dzina loyamba la gulu anali SAXONS, patapita nthawi, pambuyo pa dzina la mzinda Bay City, gulu anatengera dzina lodziwika bwino Bay City Roller.
Bye Bye Baby (m'modzi mwa olemba ndi McKewen) adakhala nyimbo yofala kwambiri ya gululo, kupambana kwa mbiriyo kunabweretsa oimba pamlingo wapadziko lonse ndikulola kuti gulu la Scotland kusamukira ku USA. Kuchokera kumeneko, ulendo wapadziko lonse wa ojambula zithunzi unayamba.
Kuwonekera koyamba kwapagulu kwa McKewen monga membala wa gululi kunali Saturday Night Live, chiwonetsero chaku America chochitidwa ndi Howard Kosel.
Monga chikumbutso cha kupambana kwawo, oimba adatulutsa nyimbo Loweruka Usiku, yomwe inalowa pamwamba pa America.
Chochititsa chidwi cha ojambulawo chinali chakuti adakwera siteji mu ma kilts - zovala zachimuna zaku Scottish, zokhala ndi masiketi achikhalidwe.
Leslie anali membala wa gulu mpaka 1978, kenako zikuchokera ophunzira zinasintha, ndipo oimba anapita njira zawo. Pomwe McKewen adachoka mgululi, mamembalawo sanathe kudzipezera okha opanga, popeza kuvomerezedwa ndi anthu kudatsika.
Kuchokera pagulu
The Rollers anapitiriza ulendo wawo popanda Leslie, ndi Breakout (yomwe mamembala otsala adayendera mu 1980s ndi 1990s) atalembedwa pafupifupi ndi McKewen.
Leslie wakhala wokondweretsa kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, kalembedwe kake koyimba komanso masewera olimbitsa thupi anali abwino kwa fano lake.
Kwa zaka zambiri, iye anagonjetsa uchidakwa ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Iwo anayamba kuonekera m'zaka za kupambana kwa Bay City Rollers. Tsopano McKewen wagonjetsa matenda ake.
Anapeza kudzoza kwake monga mtsogoleri wa Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon.
Iye nyenyezi mu angapo TV zino amene ankaimba udindo wake ( "Time Shift", "Beyond Music", "Free Women", etc.).
Anatenga nawo gawo pakupanga sewero la "Scottish Army" atayitanidwa ndi mtsogoleri waku Scotland Sen McCluskey.
M'mwezi wa Marichi 2007, mamembala asanu ndi mmodzi omwe kale anali gululi ("mzere wakale") adalengeza zamilandu motsutsana ndi Arista Records, akuyembekeza kubweza zomwe adazifotokoza ngati madola mamiliyoni ambiri osalipidwa.
Mu Seputembala 2015, Leslie McKewen, Alan Longmuir ndi Stuart Wood adalengeza zolinga zawo zokumananso kuti azisewera Glasgow Barrowlands mu Disembala chaka chimenecho.
Ntchito ya Solo
Atachoka m'gulu, Leslie anayamba ntchito payekha, analemba nyimbo "All Washed Up", amene sanasangalale kutchuka ankafuna. Pafupifupi zaka 10 zitachitika izi, McKewen adakhala kunja kwa nyimbo, akukhala ku Edinburgh.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, Leslie adatuluka ndikuyamba mgwirizano wake ndi Dieter Bohlen.
Kupotoza kumeneku kunamupangitsa kuti alowenso pamwamba pa nyimbo, nyimbo yake She's a Lady inafika pa malonda apamwamba. Nyimbo yake idakhala nyimbo yamutu wa Rivalen der Rennbahn.
Kugwirizana ndi Bohlen ndi sitepe yabwino, popeza onse anali ndi mawu ofanana ndi njira yogwirira ntchito. Onse awiri adayesa kusiya zakale za Leslie ndikutenga mpweya watsopano wa kutchuka kwa nyimbo, koma kukakamizidwa kwanthawi yayitali sikunalole kuti izi zichitike.
Bohlen ankakonda kuvina, zomwe zinali zoyenera kwa Leslie's timbre.
Mu 1989, chimbale cha solo Ndi masewera chinatulutsidwa, chokhala ndi nyimbo zisanu ndi zitatu. Theka la nyimbo za Leslie zinalembedwa ndi iye yekha, ndipo theka ndi wolemba wake Dieter Bohlen. Ndi dzina lomweli mu 1977, a Bay City Rollers adatulutsa chimbale chomwe Leslie anali woyimba payekha.
Monga wojambula payekha, Leslie adapeza chipambano chake chachikulu ku Japan, ku Europe nyimbo zake sizinali ndi chidwi chotere.
Wojambulayo ali ndi ma Albamu 8 okha mu zida zake, omaliza omwe adatulutsidwa mu 2016.
Gulu latsopano
McKewen adasonkhanitsa mndandanda watsopano mu 1991, pomwe adayimbanso nyimbo za Bay City Rollers ndi zina zowonjezera ndi makonzedwe.
Kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990 m'zaka zapitazi, mogwirizana ndi oimba a London, mzere watsopanowu unawonjezeredwa ndi zinthu zaumwini.
