frenzy surrounding the band earned comparisons with Beatlemania and became known as "Bolanmania" and "T.Rextasy". Later in the decade, the British press coined the term "Rollermania" for female fans' adulation of the Bay City Rollers. Writing in The Observer in 2013, Dorian Lynskey said, "the tropes of Beatlemania have recurred in fan crazes from the Bay City Rollers to Bros, East 17 to One Direction: the screaming, the queuing, the waiting, the longing, the trophy-collecting, the craving for even the briefest contact." In their book Encyclopedia of Classic Rock, David Luhrssen and Michael Larson state that while boy bands such as One Direction continue to attract audiences of screaming girls, "none of those acts moved pop culture forward or achieved the breadth and depth of the Beatles' fandom." André Millard similarly writes that, just as Beatlemania's "scale and ferocity" far surpassed the scenes of adulation inspired by Sinatra, Presley and Johnnie Ray, "nobody in popular entertainment has been able to repeat this moment in all its economic and cultural significance." See also The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – 2016 documentary film on the Beatles' touring years Apple scruffs – a loosely knit group of Beatles fans who were known for congregating outside the Apple Corps building and at the gates of Abbey Road Studios The Fest for Beatles Fans – twice-annual Beatles convention first held in New York in 1974 Notes References Citations Sources History of the Beatles 1960s in the United Kingdom Mania Celebrity fandom Music fandom 1960s in women's history 1960s in music 1960s fads and trends 1960s neologisms 1963 neologisms