![]() ![]() Over in America, the single barely registered, squeaking to number 70.įor the next year, Status Quo tried to replicate the success of their first two singles with similar psychedelic material, but they had little luck. ![]() The immediate follow-up single, "Black Veils of Melancholy," was a flop, but "Ice in the Sun," written by former British pop star Marty Wilde, became Status Quo's second Top Ten hit in the fall of 1968. charts within a few months, it was number 12 in the U.S. "Pictures of Matchstick Men," the group's debut single, was released at the beginning of 1968 and quickly shot to number seven on the U.K. When Parfitt joined the band in August 1967, the group again changed its name, this time to Status Quo.Īt first, Status Quo backed British solo artists, including Tommy Quickly, while working on their own material. The Spectres released three unsuccessful singles before changing their style to psychedelia, adopting the name Traffic Jam and releasing the unsuccessful single "Almost But Not Quite There." After it flopped, the group added Rick Parfitt (guitar, vocals), formerly of the cabaret band the Highlights. Francis Rossi (vocals, guitar) and Alan Lancaster (bass) were the core members of the Spectres from their inception within a few years, the band had added drummer John Coughlan and organist Roy Lynes. The origins of Status Quo lie in a London-based beat group called the Spectres. If anything, their very predictability ensured the group a large following. The Quo have basically recycled the same simple boogie on each successive album and single, yet their popularity has never waned in Britain. ![]() Following that single, the group suffered a lean period for the next few years before the bandmembers decided to refashion themselves as a hard rock boogie band in 1970 with their Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon album. with the psychedelic classic "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (a Top Ten hit in the U.K.). Before that, the band managed to reach number 12 in the U.S. In America, the Quo were ignored after they abandoned psychedelia for heavy boogie rock in the early '70s. During much of that time, the group was only successful in the U.K., where they racked up a string of Top Ten singles over the decades. Status Quo are one of Britain's longest-running bands, staying together for over six decades. ![]()
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