History Music / StatusQuo

* BigDamnMovie: ''Bula Quo!'', a comedy crime caper in which Rossi and Parfitt find themselves on the run from black market organ traffickers in Fiji. Quo fans generally consider it to be either SoBadItsGood or just bad.

Notably, they were the band that opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with their SignatureSong, "Rockin' All Over the World". When they were unavailable to play Live 8 twenty years later, Music/{{Coldplay}} paid tribute with a performance of the song when they opened that show.

* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: By his own admission, Rick Parfitt has stated that his unhealthy hard drinking, smoking and rocking lifestyle finally caught up to him when he suffered a serious heart attack in the summer of 2016 leading to his hiatus from the band.

* IAmTheBand: Status Quo is Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt.

* LongRunnerLineUp: They've had three of the second type described on the trope page. The first was Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster and Coghlan, with keyboardist Andy Bown becoming increasingly integrated into the group, but remaining credited as a guest musician for a while for contractual reasons. The second was Rossi, Parfitt and Bown with new bassist and drummer Rhino Edwards and Jeff Rich. This one lasted for fourteen years until Rich left and was replaced by Matt Letley, who was with them until 2013. Leon Cave then took his place as drummer.

Unfortunately Rick Parfitt suffered a serious heart attack in the summer of 2016 and had to permanently retire from live performances in October 2016 leaving the long time future of the band in some doubt. Irish guitarist Richie Malone is currently deputising for Rick for the remaining 2016 tour dates. The band have said that no final decisions on their future will be made until 2017 at the earliest. On 24 December 2016, Rick Parfitt passed away.

* Richie Malone - touring guitar

Unfortunately Rick Parfitt suffered a serious heart attack in the summer of 2016 and had to permanently retire from live performances in October 2016 leaving the long time future of the band in some doubt. Irish guitarist Richie Malone is currently deputising for Rick for the remaining 2016 tour dates. The band have said that no final decisions on their future will be made until 2017 at the earliest. In December 2016, Rick Parfitt passed away.

Unfortunately Rick Parfitt suffered a serious heart attack in the summer of 2016 and had to permanently retire from live performances in October 2016 leaving the long time future of the band in some doubt. Irish guitarist Richie Malone is currently deputising for Rick for the remaining 2016 tour dates. The band have said that no final decisions on their future will be made until 2017 at the earliest.

* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: The band's first hits in TheSixties were examples of PsychedelicRock verging on ProgressiveRock, with tracks such as ''Pictures of Matchstick Men''. This aspect of the band was parodied in ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' with "archive film" of the Tap's 1960's breakthrough hit, featuring flowing hippy music and those frilly shirts and distinctive haircuts.

Unfortunately Rick Parfitt suffered a serious heart attack in the summer of 2016 and is currently unable to play with the band and may have to retire from live performances leaving the future of the band in some doubt. Freddie Edwards (son of bassist John 'Rhino' Edwards) covered for Rick during the 2016 summer tour and Irish guitarist Richie Malone is currently deputising for Rick for the remaining 2016 tour dates. The band have said that no final decisions on Rick's and their future will be made until 2017 at the earliest.

* Rick Parfitt - rhythm guitar, vocals (currently on hiatus from the band due to health issues)

* Rick Parfitt - rhythm guitar, vocals

* ''Aquostic II - One More For The Road'' (2016)

So far, in a career spanning more than 50 years, Quo have recorded 64 hit singles, with 22 of them making it into the Top Ten. They passed the 100 singles mark in 2013 with "Bula Bula Quo". They have spent more 415 weeks in the British Singles Chart, made 106 appearances on Series/TopOfThePops (more than any other band), had 33 albums in the British Albums Chart (second only to TheRollingStones in terms of quantity), and Prince Charles is known to be a fan - not many bands can say that now, can they?

So far, in a career spanning more than 50 years, Quo have recorded 64 hit singles, with 22 of them making it into the Top Ten. They passed the 100 singles mark in 2013 with "Bula Bula Quo". They have spent more 415 weeks in the British Singles Chart, made 106 appearances on TopOfThePops (more than any other band), had 33 albums in the British Albums Chart (second only to TheRollingStones in terms of quantity), and Prince Charles is known to be a fan - not many bands can say that now, can they?

* AudienceParticipationSong: [[ChuckBerry "Bye Bye Johnny"]] closes every concert, with the audience saying goodbye as well as the band.

One of Britain's most consistently popular rock groups, '''Status Quo''' was formed in 1962 by school friends Francis Rossi (lead guitar, vocals) and Alan Lancaster (bass guitar, vocals). The classic Quo line-up, which lasted until 1981, was completed with the addition of John Coghlan (drums, percussion) and Rick Parfitt (rhythm guitar, vocals).

One of Britain's most consistently popular rock groups, Status Quo was formed in 1962 by school friends Francis Rossi (lead guitar, vocals) and Alan Lancaster (bass guitar, vocals). The classic Quo line-up, which lasted until 1981, was completed with the addition of John Coghlan (drums, percussion) and Rick Parfitt (rhythm guitar, vocals).

* QuestioningTitle: "Is It Really Me?"