The hard rock group Statu Quo loses one of its founding members.
Alan Lancaster who was his bassist from 1962, when the formation was still called The Scorpions, in 1985 died, this Sunday, surrounded by his family at his home in Sidney.
Suffering from multiple sclerosis, my musician had however joined his former comrades for a farewell tour in 2013.
Alan Lancaster had founded Status Quo with his London schoolmate Francis Rossi who sang in 1962. They were joined in 1967 by guitarist and singer Rick Parfitt who convinced them to rename themselves Status Quo and then by drummer John Coghlan .
Their melodious hard rock style has allowed them to climb 60 times in the British top 40 with hits such as "Down Down" or "Whatever You Want".
Opening of Live Aid
Status Quo opened the legendary Live Aid charity concert of 1985 with its iconic title "Rocking All Over The World".
It was shortly after this event that Alan Lancaster, who worked on 16 of the band's albums, moved to Australia.
Status Quo continued recording without him.
In Australia, Lancaster performed with The Bombers and The Party Boys.
Over the past decade, Lancaster and Rossi had managed to put aside some of their disagreements.
Although Parfitt passed away in 2016, Rossi continues to tour with a formation of five musicians and announced a series of French concerts for 2023. He paid a strong tribute to his former companion of youth: “
Everyone knows that Alan and I had different.
Still, he was an integral part of the sound of Status Quo in the 60s and 70s
”.
