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Status Quo

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Release
1
Year
1969
Plays
28

Releases

Biography

English psychedelic, later hard rock and pop-rock band formed in 1962 (1967 onwards under this name).

In 1962 Alan Lancaster (bass) and Francis Rossi (guitar - known as during the band's early years) founded the band in South London. Their first name, 'The Paladins', changed through The Spectres, The Traffic, and The Traffic Jam with a lineup by 1966 of Lancaster, Rossi, John Coghlan (drums) and Roy Lynes (keyboard).

In 1967, the band was renamed "The Status Quo" and Rick Parfitt (guitar) joined.

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