The Motorcycle Boy

The Motorcycle Boy were a Scottish indie pop band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1987 by former members of Meat Whiplash and Shop Assistants.

[1] They were signed by Rough Trade Records, who issued their debut single, "Big Rock Candy Mountain", which reached number 2 in the UK Independent Chart.

[2] The band were then signed by Chrysalis Records, with two singles, but failed to achieve great success despite considerable press attention.

Their debut album Scarlet (which had additional drumming by Anthony Cooper and keyboards from former Jesse Garon and The Desperadoes guitarist Stuart Clarke) was never released.

[4] Anthony Cooper, who played drums on the Scarlet album, passed away in 2020,[5] and Eddie Connelly died in December 2023.