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Status Quo are a British rock band. The group originated in London and was founded in 1962 by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster while they were still schoolboys.[1][2] After a number of name and lineup changes, which included the introduction of John Coghlan in 1963 and Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969. As of 2022, the group have been active for 60 consecutive years (despite announcing a breakup in 1984, they played Live Aid the following year and resumed normal activities in 1986).[3]
They have had over 60 chart hits in the UK – more than any other band
In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with "Rockin' All Over the World".[8] In 1991, Status Quo received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.[9] In 2014, preparing to headline that year's Download Festival, Status Quo won the Service to Rock award at the Kerrang! Awards.[10] Status Quo appeared on the BBC's Top of the Pops more than any other band.[11] Their success and longevity as well, in part, as their connections to the British Royal Family, including philanthropic work with the Prince's Trust, have seen them frequently described as a "national institution" by the media.[12][13][14] The band have sold approximately 108-118 million records worldwide.[15]
History
1962–1967: Formative years
Status Quo were formed in 1962 under the name The Paladins
They began writing their own material, and later that year met
In 1967, the group's sound began moving towards
1968–1971: Breakthrough and development of classic style
In January 1968, the group released the
After their second album, 1969's
1972–1981: Signing to Vertigo and major success
In 1972 the band left Pye Records and signed with the heavy rock and progressive label Vertigo Records.[2] Their first album for Vertigo, Piledriver, was released in 1972, going Top 5 in the UK. Piledriver heralded an even heavier, self-produced sound.[19] This album was essentially the stylistic template for their next four albums, Hello! (1973), Quo (1974), On the Level (1975) and Blue for You (1976).[2] Hello! was the band's first UK No. 1 album, while Quo reached No. 2 and On the Level and Blue for You both also reached No. 1. In 1976, they signed a pioneering sponsorship deal with Levi's.[19] The following year the group released a double Live! album, which reached No. 3 in the UK.
Quo's hit singles from this era, with peak UK chart position and year, include: "
From 1977 onwards, the band's sound became more polished as they began to employ outside producers.
1981–1990: Lineup changes, Live Aid and In The Army Now
Tensions within the band saw Coghlan leaving late in 1981.
Status Quo's final appearance with the Kircher line-up opened the Live Aid charity event at Wembley Stadium in July 1985.[8] That year, Rossi recorded and released two solo singles with long-time writing partner Bernie Frost. Parfitt recorded a solo album, Recorded Delivery, with bass player John "Rhino" Edwards and drummer Jeff Rich. The album remains unreleased, although some tracks were reworked and released sporadically as Quo B-sides until 1987.
In mid-1985, Rossi, Parfitt and Bown, with Edwards and Rich, started work on a new Quo album. Lancaster – by this time more or less settled in Australia – took out a legal injunction to stop the band using the Status Quo name,[27] citing increasing musical differences, notably during sessions for Back to Back. The specific dispute concerned two tracks that became hits for the group around that time. Lancaster had co-written "Ol' Rag Blues", but was angered when the producers chose to release a version with Rossi singing the lead vocal instead of one sung by himself. The injunction also prevented the release of a single, "Naughty Girl", for which a catalogue number was issued by Vertigo.
An out-of-court settlement was made in January 1986, giving Rossi and Parfitt the rights to the band's name,[28] enabling the new Status Quo line-up to continue recording In The Army Now,[29] for which "Naughty Girl" was reworked as "Dreamin'". Lancaster remained in Australia, and in 1986 joined an Australian supergroup, The Party Boys, featuring Angry Anderson of Rose Tattoo, John Brewster of the Angels and Kevin Borich, but achieved little success outside Australia. Lancaster left Status Quo formally in 1987.
In 1986, Quo supported Queen on the latter's Magic Tour. The commercially successful In the Army Now album was released later that year, peaking at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart.[26] Its title track became one of the band's biggest UK singles, reaching No. 2.[19] The following album, Ain't Complaining, in 1988, was less successful but produced the No. 5 hit "Burning Bridges".[26] Rerecorded (with new lyrics) in April 1994 with Manchester United F.C. as "Come On You Reds", the single would have given the band their second UK No. 1, but it was credited as 'by Manchester United'. The following album, 1989's Perfect Remedy, became their first since 1971's Dog of Two Head not to go Top 20 in the UK. In 1990 the band scored their last UK Top 10 single with "The Anniversary Waltz Part One", a medley of rock and roll classics to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Rossi and Parfitt's first meeting. The track was recorded for a new greatest hits album Rocking All Over the Years, which reached No. 1 in the UK, while a follow-up medley "The Anniversary Waltz Part Two" appeared as a single at the end of the year.[26]
1991–2009: Rock 'Til You Drop, "Fun, Fun, Fun" and touring
The early-to-mid-1990s saw falling album sales for the band. To promote the release of the
Parfitt underwent quadruple by-pass surgery in 1997, but was able to make a full recovery and returned with a performance at the
Rich left in 2000 and was replaced by Matt Letley. Andrew Bown also took a year off at the same time following the death of his wife, and was temporarily replaced on stage by Paul Hirsh, formerly of Voyager. In November 2000, the band played a gig at Grandchester in the outback in Australia, performing on a carriage of Australia's Orient Express, the Great South Pacific Express.
Between 2002 and 2005, Quo released the albums Heavy Traffic, Riffs and The Party Ain't Over Yet. Another greatest hits album, XS All Areas – The Greatest Hits, appeared in 2004 with two new songs, "You'll Come 'Round" and "Thinking of You". In 2005 Rossi and Parfitt made cameo appearances in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street in a storyline which involved them being sued by the notorious layabout Les Battersby, and performing live at his wedding as compensation.
In December 2005, it was announced that Parfitt had been taken ill and was undergoing tests for
On 1 July 2007, they performed in front of 63,000 people at the newly built
Their twenty-eighth studio album, In Search of the Fourth Chord, was released on the band's own Fourth Chord label in September 2007 in the UK, and on Edel Records in the rest of Europe. The title is a self-satirical response[31] to the frequent criticism that they are a three-chord band.[32] Produced by veteran producer Pip Williams, who had worked with Quo in the studio since 1977, the album was only moderately successful.
In 2008, they teamed up with German techno group Scooter to record a jumpstyle version of their 1979 single "Whatever You Want" entitled "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)".[33] In December 2008, they released their 75th single and first Christmas single, entitled "It's Christmas Time", which peaked at No. 40 in the UK Singles Chart.[34] The track was from the new Pictures – 40 Years of Hits greatest hits album. The following year a live album and DVD, Pictures – Live at Montreux, was released.
2010–2013: Hello Quo, "Frantic Four" reunion tours and Bula Quo!
Rossi and Parfitt were each awarded the
On 20 September 2010, Status Quo was honoured with a PRS for Music plaque commemorating their first gig at the Welcome Inn in Well Hall Road, Eltham, where the band first performed in 1967.[37] Later that month, on 26 September, a new version of "In the Army Now" was released through Universal / UMC, with all profits from this updated and lyrically reworked version donated equally to the British Forces Foundation and Help for Heroes charities.[38][39] Live at the BBC, a box set of sessions, live concerts and TV appearances at the BBC was released on 24 October 2010.[40] The set was released in various formats: a full 7CD and 1DVD version covering almost all appearances, while the 2CD and 4CD versions present some highlights; the DVD was also released individually.[40]
Their twenty-ninth studio album, Quid Pro Quo, was released in a deluxe format exclusively at Tesco on 30 May 2011. The regular edition was released elsewhere on 6 June.[41] The album peaked at No. 10 on the UK chart.[26] December 2011 saw Status Quo undertake their first all-arenas UK winter tour. Quo also performed for the first time at The O2 in London. The tour was dubbed Quofest and featured Roy Wood and Kim Wilde as support for all shows, and joining the band during the encore.
The band's first cinematic documentary, Hello Quo!, was filmed in 2011 with director
.In April 2012, Status Quo announced they were shooting their first feature film, over several weeks in Fiji. A 90-minute action comedy, entitled Bula Quo!, taking its name from the islanders' traditional Fijian greeting, and also referencing the title of the band's best-selling album, Hello! featuring the band as themselves, and also starring Jon Lovitz, Craig Fairbrass and Laura Aikman.[44] The film was directed by Stuart St. Paul, produced by Tim Major and was released in cinemas on 5 July 2013. The film was accompanied by a soundtrack album of the same name, the band's 30th studio album, released on 10 June. It featured nine new songs and ten re-records and live tracks. Bula Quo! debuted in the UK chart at number 10.[45]
On 9 July 2012, the band released the single "The Winner" for the 2012 Summer Olympics. In July 2012 Coles, an Australian national supermarket chain, signed Status Quo to record a version of "Down Down" using Coles' tag line 'Down, down, prices are down'.[46] In September 2012, the band performed at Hyde Park for BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park. In November 2012, Coles continued their association with Status Quo, producing a series of television adverts with the band appearing and performing "It's Christmas Time". In 2013, new adverts were released by Coles with Quo using "Whatever You Want" as the new jingle.
In December that year, Quo toured under the Quofest banner for a second year, this time supported by Bonnie Tyler and Eddie and the Hot Rods. In December 2012, Letley announced his decision to leave the band after 12 years, and subsequently departed following completion of their 2012 winter tour.[47] However, Letley toured with Quo their Australia and Mexico tour in March and April 2013, due to limited time to find a new drummer after the Frantic Four Tour.
The 1970–81 line-up (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster and Coghlan) reunited as "The Frantic Four" in March 2013 for a series of dates in Manchester, Wolverhampton, Glasgow and London. Three live albums were issued from the tour, covering the O2 Academy in Glasgow (9 and 10 March 2013), the Hammersmith Apollo (15 and 16 March 2013) and the last date of the tour at Wembley Arena (17 March 2013), with the Wembley show also being filmed for a DVD.[48]
In May 2013, Leon Cave became Quo's new drummer.[44] In the latter months of 2013, Status Quo embarked on their Bula Quo tour, supported by Uriah Heep on German dates, and by 10cc in the UK.[citation needed] This was followed by nine concert dates in the UK during 2014.[49] On 25 November 2013, it was announced that Status Quo would headline the second stage at the Download Festival in June 2014.
2014–present: Aquostic, Parfitt's death and Backbone
In January 2014,
In August 2014, it was reported that founding keyboardist Jess Jaworski had died.[52] In October 2014, Parfitt and Rossi appeared on BBC's The One Show, performing an acoustic version of "Pictures of Matchstick Men".[53] In May 2015, the twosome appeared on BBC's Later... with Jools Holland, to talk about their Aquostic – Stripped Bare album. On 9 May 2015, they performed "In the Army Now" at the VE Day 70: A Party to Remember.[54]
On 22 October 2014, the band launched the Aquostic album with a 90-minute performance at London's Roundhouse, with the concert recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series.[55][56] Footage from the concert was later used, interspersed with interviews with Rossi and Parfitt, in BBC Four's Status Quo: Live and Acoustic, in January 2017.[57] A live album and DVD of the concert, both titled Aquostic – Live at the Roundhouse, were issued in 2015. On 5 June 2015, Status Quo were the headline act at Palmerston Park in Dumfries, at the stadium of Queen of the South and were supported by Reef and Big Country, in the first ever live concert at the venue.[58]
On 1 February 2016, it was announced that Status Quo, in addition to the spring and summer dates already scheduled, would tour Europe starting in October. The final dates would take place in the UK towards the end of the year, after which the group would retire from playing 'electric' tours.[59] The 'Last of The Electrics' tour was subsequently extended into 2017, with additional concerts outside the UK. The band performed in Aquostic line-up at BBC Radio 2's Live in Hyde Park, in September 2016.[60] Their next album Aquostic II – That's a Fact! was released on 21 October that year.[61]
On 28 October 2016, Parfitt permanently retired from live performances after suffering a heart attack earlier the same year.[62][63] On 24 December, he died in hospital in Marbella, Spain as a result of severe infection, after suffering an injury to his shoulder.[64][65][66] Parfitt's funeral was held at Woking Crematorium on 19 January 2017. Irish guitarist Richie Malone, who had substituted for Parfitt during some 2016 live shows, took his place in the group on rhythm guitar, playing on both recorded material and at live shows.[67] The band had to postpone a concert in June 2017 after frontman Rossi became ill.[68]
2017 and 2018 saw the releases of three new live albums, The Last Night of the Electrics, Down Down and Dirty at Wacken and Down Down and Dignified at the Royal Albert Hall, with the former two also having companion DVD releases. In June 2019, Status Quo were the special guests for Lynyrd Skynyrd, on their UK farewell tour.[69]
On 14 June 2019, the band announced that they were working on
The band's next tour, Out Out Quoing, took place in 2022, starting off in the UK, followed by concerts in Germany.[76] On 2 November 2023, Rossi appeared on More4 show Little Trains and Big Names with Pete Waterman talking about his childhood and the raise of Status Quo and Waterman helps Rossi to build his first model railway layout. On 10 May 2024, Rossi appeared on ITV daytime show This Morning and spoke about his fitness and perparations for the summer shows which will be scheduled for May until late August.
Touring data
Status Quo have performed a career total of at least 3700 documented gigs as of September 2022.[77][78][79] After the addition of early undocumented gigs and various lost performances, the concert total is likely to be higher and is estimated by the band to be over 6000, with an audience in excess of 25 million people.[80] The band have performed over a hundred gigs in a single year several times, with the recorded peak of 144 (1971), averaging a live show every 2.5 days.[79] The band calculated that after 48 years of touring activity, they had "travelled some four million miles and spent 23 years away from home".[80] With the sole exceptions of 1980 and 1985, Status Quo embarked on multinational tours every year between 1968 and 2019 (predominantly in Europe, though they have visited every populated continent).[79]
Personnel
Current members
- Francis Rossi – lead guitar, vocals (1962–present)
- Andy Bown – keyboards, rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals (1981–present; additional musician during 1976–1981)
- John "Rhino" Edwards – bass, rhythm guitar, vocals (1985–present)
- Leon Cave – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2013–present)
- Richie Malone – rhythm guitar, vocals (2016–present)
Former members
- Alan Lancaster – bass, vocals (1962–1985; reunion during 2013–2014; died 2021)
- Alan Key – drums, percussion (1962–1963)
- Jess Jaworski – keyboards (1962–1965; died 2014)
- John Coghlan – drums, percussion (1963–1981; reunion during 2013–2014)
- Roy Lynes – keyboards, vocals (1965–1970)
- Rick Parfitt – rhythm guitar, vocals (1967–2016; died 2016)
- Pete Kircher – drums, percussion, vocals (1981–1985)
- Jeff Rich – drums, percussion (1985–2000)
- Matt Letley – drums, percussion, vocals (2000–2013)
Discography
Studio albums
- Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo (1968)
- Spare Parts (1969)
- Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (1970)
- Dog of Two Head (1971)
- Piledriver (1972)
- Hello! (1973)
- Quo (1974)
- On the Level (1975)
- Blue for You (1976)
- Rockin' All Over the World (1977)
- If You Can't Stand the Heat... (1978)
- Whatever You Want (1979)
- Just Supposin' (1980)
- Never Too Late (1981)
- 1+9+8+2 (1982)
- Back to Back (1983)
- In the Army Now (1986)
- Ain't Complaining (1988)
- Perfect Remedy (1989)
- Rock 'til You Drop (1991)
- Thirsty Work (1994)
- Don't Stop (1996)
- Under the Influence (1999)
- Famous in the Last Century (2000)
- Heavy Traffic (2002)
- Riffs (2003)
- The Party Ain't Over Yet (2005)
- In Search of the Fourth Chord (2007)
- Quid Pro Quo (2011)
- Bula Quo! (2013)
- Aquostic – Stripped Bare (2014)
- Aquostic II – That's a Fact! (2016)
- Backbone (2019)
Remakes and cover versions
This section needs additional citations for verification. (October 2011) |
- In 1989, American Modern Rock Tracks chart with a cover version of "Pictures of Matchstick Men". The song is from their album Key Lime Pie. British alternative rock band Kasabian released their own cover version of the same song as a B-side from their 2006 single Shoot the Runner.
- The 1996 re-issue of the album Too-Rye-Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners contained a cover version of "Marguerita Time".
- Ozzy Osbourne, backed by Type O Negative, covered "Pictures of Matchstick Men" as part of the soundtrack to the Howard Stern biographical movie Private Parts in 1997.
- Towards the end of his life, DJ John Peel was known for playing "Down Down" as part of his eclectic DJ sets.[81]
- Arjen Lucassen (from the Dutch project Ayreon) covered "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" and "Ice in the Sun" on his solo album Strange Hobby.
- Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz recorded a cover version of "Pictures of Matchstick Men", on his 1985 solo album Seeing Eye Gods.
- German power metal band Helloween covered "Rain" for their single "Power". It can also be found on the bonus disc of the special edition of their 1996 album, The Time of the Oath.
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Further reading
- John Shearlaw, ISBN 0-283-99101-1(1st edition (1979) and 2nd edition (1982) as The Authorised Biography by John Shearlaw)
- Tom Hibbert: Status Quo. Omnibus Press, 1982, ISBN 0-86001-957-8
- Neil Jeffries: Rockin' All Over the World. Proteus Books, March 1985, Paperback, ISBN 0-86276-272-3
- Bob Young: Quotographs – Celebrating 30 Years of Status Quo, IMP International Music Publications Limited, 1985, ISBN 1-85909-291-8
- ISBN 0-593-03546-1
- Patti Parfitt: Laughing All over the World: My Life Married to Status Quo. Blake Publishing Ltd, October 1998, ISBN 1-85782-198-X
- David J. Oxley: Rockers Rollin' – The Story of Status Quo. ST Publishing, Januar 2000, Paperback, ISBN 1-898927-80-4
- David J. Oxley: Tuned To The Music of Status Quo. ST Publishing, 2001, Paperback, ISBN 1-898927-90-1
- Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, ISBN 0-330-41962-5)
- Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Bob Young: Status Quo: The Official 40th Anniversary Edition. Cassell Illustrated, October 2006, hardcover, ISBN 978-1-84403-562-5.
- Status Quo: La Route Sans Fin, foreword by Bob Young, ISBN 2-910196-42-9
- Eduard Soronellas Vidal (2008 – Spanish). Status Quo: Sobran Acordes, foreword by John 'Rhino' Edwards. Barcelona: Lenoir Ediciones. ISBN 978-84-938163-9-1
External links
- Status Quo official website
- Status Quo at AllMusic
- Status Quo discography at Discogs
- Status Quo at IMDb
- BBC Norfolk: Status Quo gig gallery – Thetford Forest 2008
- Francis Rossi, Interview: "I Have Eight Children, and They All Vary" 18 May 2011
- Status Quo's ultimate gig history compiled by Thomas Franck