Alan Mair

The line-up included Davie Lennox on vocals, Eddie Campbell on guitar, Mair on bass and 'Tudge' Williamson on drums (replaced by Jeff Allen).

They were called the "Scottish Beatles" by the local press because of the screaming and riots that occurred anywhere they made an appearance; although the band toured England and Europe many times, had a 6-week sell-out residency at the famous Marquee Club and performed on the TV show Ready Steady Go!, they never achieved the same dizzy heights of success as they did in Scotland.

[4] After The Beatstalkers decided to call it a day in 1969 Mair began making leather clothes and hand made boots for rock bands the likes of Yes, Santana, The Tremolos, David Bowie, Uriah Heep and many more.

[citation needed] After a five-year spell in the fashion world Mair was drawn back to the music business.

The Only Ones included lead vocalist Peter Perrett, guitarist John Perry and drummer and ex-Spooky Tooth member Mike Kellie.

[5] Their first single, "Lovers of Today", was self-released on the Vengeance record label, and a year later they signed to CBS.

[4] In 2007, Mair was the driving force in reforming the Only Ones, who performed to a sell-out show at Shepherd's Bush Empire.

[6] This was followed by shows at the O2 Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park and Harewood House in Yorkshire with the White Stripes, and the first ever Connect Festival at Inveraray Castle in Scotland where they shared bills with Primal Scream, Big Star, and Johnny Marr.

Mair remastered all three CBS studio albums for the band, which were re-released with bonus tracks in February 2009.

The latter highlighted the chilling story of Alfred Nobel opening the largest explosives factory in the world in Scotland in 1870.

The Only Ones performing in 2023, left to right: Mair (bass), and Peter Perrett (vocals)