Status Quo is a
British rock band (London, England) 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 T…
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