Status Quo

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Status Quo drummer John Coglan posing for a photograph in 1979
John Coghlan looks back on life in Status Quo – and the explosive moment that blew it all up

By Dave Ling Published

How John Coghlan survived the chaos of Status Quo

Interviews
Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi on Top Of The Pops, October 1973
The story of Forty-Five Hundred Times, the Status Quo classic that ended a partnership

By Dave Ling Published

Forty-Five Hundred Times was the song that threw a spanner in the songwriting partnership of Status Quo's Parfitt and Rossi, but it took on a life of its own, and they even extended it for royalty

Tracks & Singles
Francis Rossi studio portrait
Francis Rossi comes clean on Status Quo, Rick Parfitt and new solo album The Accidental

By Dave Ling Published

With Status Quo now history and Francis Rossi enjoying his An Audience With tours, a new album was far from his mind

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Music
Francis Rossi studio portrait
Francis Rossi has some regrets about Status Quo's 1985 reunion

By Fraser Lewry Published

Francis Rossi's new album The Accidental finds him in complete creative control, and he likes it

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Bands & Artists
Francis Rossi studio portrait
Francis Rossi unexpectedly returns to boogie-driven Status Quo sound on new single

By Fraser Lewry Published

Francis Rossi has remembered how to rock

Bands & Artists
Status Quo posing for a photograph in the 1970s
How Status Quo turned a minor John Fogerty hit into an all-time classic that kicked off the biggest gig in history

By Dave Everley Published

Status Quo beefed up John Fogerty’s ‘piddly’ original and struck rock’n’roll gold

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Bands & Artists
Status Quo studio portrait
13 absolute bangers from Status Quo's Frantic Four lineup

By Dave Ling Published

Warning: headbanging to these songs could result in serious injury

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Tracks & Singles
Status Quo onstage in 1976
Status Quo's classic Live! gets a deluxe, multi-disc makeover

By Johnny Sharp Published

Status Quo's classic live 1976 double repackaged in an eight-CD set with three full show recordings

Music
Status Quo onstage
Status Quo announce long-awaited expanded edition of classic Status Quo – Live! album

By Fraser Lewry Published

The deluxe edition package of Status Quo - Live! includes three complete sets recorded in Glasgow in 1976

Albums
Status Quo posing for a photograph in 1974
The epic story of Status Quo, the greatest British boogie band never to break America

By Harry Doherty Published

Drugs, denim and 12 bar boogie – the story of one of the UK’s most successful rock bands 

Interviews
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