RIP Rick. Bad year for musicians JANUARY: David Bowie, Glen Frey The rock legend died on January 10, surrounded by his family in New York City after battling liver cancer. Eagles frontman Glenn Frey died aged 67 on January 18 following complications due to pneumonia and arthritis. MARCH: Sir George Martin, Keith Emerson The Beatles producer - often described as 'The Fifth Beatle' - died peacefully at his home in Coleshill, near Swindon, on March 8, aged 90. Rock star Keith Emerson, 71, of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, was found in Los Angeles on March 11. He had shot himself with a gun he kept for protection. APRIL: Prince The 57-year-old Purple Rain singer died on April 21. He died from a fentanyl overdose. JUNE: Dave Swarbick Dave Swarbrick of folk band Fairport Convention died aged 75 from emphysema on June 3. OCTOBER: Pete Burns Singer, songwriter and television personality Pete Burns, who founded pop band Dead Or Alive, died aged 57 on October 23 following a cardiac arrest. NOVEMBER: Leonard Cohen, Craig Gill The poet and author turned musician passed away peacefully on November 7 at his Los Angeles home aged 82. Craig Gill, drummer of Madchester band Inspiral Carpets, died aged 44 on November 22. DECEMBER: Greg Lake Greg Lake of progressive rock icons Emerson, Lake and Palmer died aged 69 on December 7 after a battle with cancer. I'd be ****ting it a bit if I was Palmer out of ELP...
Glad I got to see Quo when I did. No age is the right age to pass away, but Rick wasn't ready. Really down about this.
Not my cup of tea musically but I can appreciate his contribution to music. He knew how to party too. RIP. Rick Parfitt.
They became part of the cuddly mainstream of British popular culture- cheery, chatty and always good for a laugh or tv chat show. Bitd, of course, they perfected a repetitive mindless boogie beloved of dandruff-shaking denim waistcoat- clad losers. Like ZZ Top except minus the wit, riffs and intelligence. They were heavy metal for beginners really, the soft end of it minus the doomy satanic ideas and extravagant solos. Parfitt was a prolific substance user, done well to get to 68 really.
So you live by your name. Everyone in my family between the ages of 2 and 71 loved everything they did. They'll be getting a few plays over Christmas in this house.
In their heyday they were a great alternative to the naval gazing progressive bands that were boring me to death in the early 70s. Someone you could dance to. Quo were never a metal band. 12-bar blues / boogie.
Status Quo are not and never have been on the spectrum of heavy metal. Lots of Love, a lifelong metal head.
Tell that to all the losers who wore Quo patches next to the Sabbath, Deep Purple, Ted Nugent ones on their denim jackets. Boogie for greasy long haired rock fans.
I'm in the minority on numerous subjects because we all know popularity doesn't equal quality. Like their name suggests Status Quo represented a soft safe banal rock alternative for stiffs & normals during what was one of the most exciting creative periods of change in youth culture and pop music history, the late 70's. Enjoy your Quo Christmas.
Let's keep the RIP thread for the memory of those we've just lost, debate about their relative abilities and popularity are for another thread. Ta.
