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Post by dillwyn on Sept 26, 2021 13:46:49 GMT
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Post by unomusette on Sept 26, 2021 21:32:39 GMT
I think Quo were originally his band, but Rossi and Parfitt had the bigger personalities and sort of stole it away from him. He always wanted to do hard rock but they took it more into mainstream territory. I hope they were all reconciled before he passed on. This sort of story also applies in bands closer to this forum. RIP Alan, you kick started a legendary band and raised an army.
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Post by dillwyn on Sept 26, 2021 21:55:01 GMT
They famously opened live-aid with their John Fogerty cover...
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Post by soonerorlater on Oct 5, 2021 10:55:30 GMT
Very sad news. I still have an endearing love for Quo but they've never been quite the same since Alan left them.
RIP.
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Post by Timeblue on Oct 5, 2021 11:19:22 GMT
Didn't he relocate to Australia and the other 3 didn't like it so they sacked him?
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Post by dillwyn on Oct 5, 2021 12:04:47 GMT
according to wikipedia ... looks like inter-band politics.
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 on records, citing increasing musical differences, notably during sessions for 1983's 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, enabling the new Status Quo line-up to continue recording In The Army Now, 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.
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