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Status Quo is tagged as: classic rock, rock, hard rock, 80s, british

Status Quo are a british rock band with strong boogie line. The group was founded by bassist Alan Lancaster and guitarist Francis Rossi in 1962.
They began as a rock and roll freakbeat band called The Spectres. By 1967, with very little commercial success, they discovered psychedelia and changed their name to Traffic (later Traffic Jam, to avoid confusion with Steve Winwood’s Traffic.) At this time the line-up also included organist Roy Lynes and drummer John Coghlan. Late in 1967 they recruited second guitarist Rick Parfitt and became The Status Quo, scoring Top 10 singles with Pictures Of Matchstick Men and Ice In The Sun. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” remains the only Top 40 hit single the group has ever charted in the United States. They have never achieved the same level of success there, that they have enjoyed in their home country.
After their second album Spare Parts they decided to change into a heavy boogie rock band. During the seventies they became one of the UK’s leading rock bands, gaining a faithful following due to their excellent live gigs. They showed a great amount of energy during this decade and in the early 80s. They and are best known for songs from this era such as Paper Plane (1972), Caroline (1973), Down Down (1975), John Fog...
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Top 10 Status Quo Songs
In The Army Now
Whatever You Want
Rockin' All Over The World
Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Down Down
Caroline
Roll Over Lay Down
Paper Plane
What You're Proposing
Ice In The Sun
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Top 10 Status Quo Albums
In The Army Now
Rocking All Over the Years
Rockin' All Over The World
Whatever You Want
Riffs
The Complete Pye Collection
Don't Stop
Piledriver
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo
The Swedish Collection
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