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London, England (1962 – present)

Status Quo are a band (London, England) with strong line. The group was founded by bassist Alan Lancaster and guitarist Francis Rossi in 1962.

They began as a rock and roll band called The Spectres. By 1967, with very little commercial success, they discovered and changed their name to Traffic (later Traffic Jam, to avoid confusion with Steve Winwood’s Traffic.) At this time the line-up also included organist Roy Lynes and drummer John Coghlan. Late in 1967 they recruited second guitarist Rick Parfitt and became The Status Quo, scoring Top 10 singles with Pictures Of Matchstick Men and Ice In The Sun. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” remains the only Top 40 hit single the group has ever charted in the United States. They have never achieved the same level of success there, that they have enjoyed in their home country.

After their second album Spare Parts they decided to change into a heavy boogie rock band. During the seventies they became one of the UK’s leading rock bands, gaining a faithful following due to their excellent live gigs. They showed a great amount of energy during this decade and in the early 80s. They and are best known for songs from this era such as Paper Plane (1972), Caroline (1973), Down Down (1975), John Fogerty’s Rockin’ All Over The World (1977) and Whatever You Want (1979). Down Down topped the UK charts in January 1975 (their only British No. 1 single to date).
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  • DarkElement

    And i saw them again, up to next year, i hope they visit Holland while touring with the FRANTIC FOUR lineup!

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  • CDPETE01

    what a great band,still have 12 gold bars on vinyl bought in 79/80

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  • EricValeev

    Nice band.

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  • MikeySchenker

    Are there so little people loving the Never Too Late album!?

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  • YurecOgurec

    Оуоу ю ин зе арми мммяу [4]

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  • Rammsteinova

    unique band ♥

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  • Norwegian_Soul

    Оуоу ю ин зе арми мммяу [3]

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  • BartJoJoS

    Oh my god: Reunion of the Frantic Four in March 2013 !!!! Awesome, awesome, aweseome !!!!!

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