Alan Lancaster: Status Quo co-founder has died

Alan Lancaster
Status quo co-founder has died

Alan Lancaster, co-founder of Status Quo, has died at the age of 72. That gave the British rock band on your website known. “Alan suffered from multiple sclerosis for many years, but despite his illness was able to play a number of concerts with the original line-up in 2013/2014,” the statement said.

Status quo singer Francis Rossi (72) stated: “I am very sorry to hear of Alan’s death. We have been friends and colleagues for many years and have been fantastic together as the ‘Frantic Four’ alongside Rick Parfitt and John Coghlan Achieved success. ” Alan was an integral part of the sound and the enormous success of Status Quo in the 60s and 70s. “Although it is well documented that we have become estranged in recent years, I will always keep fond memories of our early days together,” explains Rossi.

Status Quo emerged from the London school band The Scorpions around Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster. In addition to Rossi and Lancaster, drummer John Coghlan (75) and keyboardist Roy Lynes (77) soon became part of the permanent cast of the renamed The Specters. Rick Parfitt (1948-2016) joined in 1967, the band Status Quo was created. Today they are one of the longest-lived rock groups of all time. Her best-known songs include “Rockin ‘All Over The World”, “In the Army Now”, “Down Down” and “Whatever you want”. The original line-up with Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster and Coghlan was on stage again from 2012 and gave some reunion concerts.

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