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  Status Quo - die deutsche Diskografie (www.quoticker.de)
1968 - Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
Kat.Nr.: PYE 80 880 IT 1971 - Dog of two head
1987 - Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from Status Quo
www.quoticker.de /SQTICKERDISCOGRAFIEMAIN.htm   (140 words)

  
  A Bad Status Quo
Israel has had a distinct preference for the status quo, founded on conventional military superiority over all its neighbors and some strategic depth through its retaining the occupied territories.
This modification of the status quo was embodied in the Camp David accords of 1979.
This was a modification of the status quo but not a fundamental change.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/06/AR2006080600838.html   (775 words)

  
  Status Quo - Biography - AOL Music
Status Quo is one of Britain's longest-lived bands, staying together for over 30 years.
For the next year, Status Quo tried to replicate the success of their first two singles with similar psychedelic material, but they had little luck.
America basically ignored Status Quo, yet their eponymous album managed to chart at 148 in 1976.
music.aol.com /artist/status-quo/20738/biography   (896 words)

  
  Status quo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present, current, existing state of affairs.
The concept of status quo comes from the diplomatic term status quo ante bellum, meaning "as it was before war," referring to the withdrawal of enemy troops and restoration of power to prewar leadership.
Arguing to preserve the status quo is usually done in the context of opposing a large, often radical change.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Status_quo   (436 words)

  
 Status Quo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Status Quo are a British rock band with strong boogie line.
Status Quo have often been characterized, perhaps unfairly, as producing very simple songs, always in the same format: 4/4 rhythm, three chord structure.
Quo have even been the subject of a Doctoral Thesis, purporting to demonstrate that their music composition skills could be favourably compared to the likes of the classical composers, such as Beethoven ;!
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Status_Quo_(band)   (1195 words)

  
 [FAQ] Status Quo (Rock Band) Information [v2.1]
Quo were recording the album that was to become '1+9+8+2,' the title implying both the year it was released and that it was the band's 20th anniversary.
Quo seem to have been going through a German phase at the time, since on the same album appeared the song 'Umleitung,' meaning 'diversion.' In neither case does the song actually appear to bear much resemblance to the title.
Quo are well known for leaving snippets of speech from the recording studio at the beginning and end of recordings.
www.faqs.org /faqs/music/status-quo/faq   (5391 words)

  
 Status Quo - Nostalgia Central   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Status Quo began life as psychedelic/garage punk band The Spectres in the mid 60s.
Their success was minimal until Francis Rossi and co changed their name to Status Quo (having dabbled with the name Traffic Jam).
Despite such traumas, Status Quo continued to enjoy commercial approbation with Top 10 entries Dear John (1982), Marguerita Time (1983), In The Army Now (1986) and Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) (1988), while 1+9+8+2 was their fourth chart-topping album.
www.nostalgiacentral.com /music/statusquo.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Quo Links
This is the new Status Quo home page from Brazil, which now has lots of pictures from Quo's 2003 shows in São Paulo and Rio.
Status Quiz are from Sweden, their site has pictures and details, and a couple of mp3's of their version of Quo songs, by Jarmo Miettinen.
Quo II formed in 2002, and consists of 3 original members of Quo-incidence, who are currently touring the UK, playing mainly early tracks such as Slow Train, 4500 Times, Softer Ride, Little Lady, and Don't waste my time.
www.statusquo.co.uk /quolinks.htm   (3298 words)

  
 Status Quo at Thomas Boqvist
Some people point their noses skywards when you start talking about Quo, saying that their music is boring and predictable, which is just about as true as saying that the weather is going to be fine tomorrow, because they said so on the weather report.
Quo decided to (well, I'm not sure it was just Quo) make an album consisting of own favourites for their thirtieth anniversary and did it very well.
The ways Quo reinvents the twelve-bar concept by means of surprising key changes and odd uses of harmonies (as the guitar solo part in "Carol" or the break chord between verse 1 and 2 in "Something 'bout you baby I like").
sorkar.com /~thbo/sq   (3979 words)

  
 A Status Quo fan page
Status Quo have released twenty eight albums, more than fifty hit singles, and eleven videos, and have played live more than forty-five hundred (4500) times, to over 18 million people, all around the world.
Status Quo starts touring again in august as Richard Parfitt is believed to be fully recovered from his heart surgery.
Quo fans running Microsoft Windows 3.x or Win95 would love to have a Status Quo Screensaver on their PC.
home.online.no /~qwerty/quo.html   (667 words)

  
 Status quo tour   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The society that holds of Rossi and Parfitt is the thing that keeps Quo oscillating and although they are very diverse characters, after more than 30 years together they continue being the best ones of companions.
In addition to the keyboards, of the harmonica and the guitar that you see playing it in stage with Quo, he is a great low player, in fact not that much people are found out that the low one is its main instrument.
The rhino one loves traveling and when Quo is in the way, it and Andrew often can be found vagar the streets, taking in the art galleries, seeing that the views and to prove to the premises elaborate beer.
status-quo.searchmp3file.com /status-quo-tour.htm   (1026 words)

  
 Status Quo @ Big Top Arena, Liverpool : gig review
Status Quo have pinned down their famous three-chord riff sound to a master art.
The hardcore Quo fans in their band t-shirts and leather waistcoats could hardly get enough as they sang to every lyric with their fists in the air, or playing air guitar.
Motorhead celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2005 and, like Status Quo, they're a vintage and sadly underrated British bulldog of a band that, despite years of lukewarm press in their time and an unfashionable appeal, show they can still rock like nobody's business.
www.musicomh.com /gigs/status-quo_0705.htm   (443 words)

  
 Status quo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
" Maintaining the Status quo " usually connotes that the speaker is claiming to things the way they presently are".
there is a policy of deliberate ambiguity to the status quo rather than formalizing status.
Clark Kerr is said to have said "The quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed." Laurence J. Peter is said to have said " Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past time when the quo has lost its
www.freeglossary.com /Status_Quo   (214 words)

  
 Tour Dates - Status Quo
Status Quo performing Gerdundula on stage in BristolThey began as a rock and roll freakbeat band called the Spectres.
Status Quo has often been characterized, perhaps unfairly, as producing very simple songs, always in the same format: 4/4 rhythm, three chord structure.
Status Quo is a UK rock band founded by bassist Alan Lancaster and guitarist Francis Rossi in 1962.
www.tourdates.co.uk /StatusQuo   (1230 words)

  
 Status Quo CDs, Status Quo Records, CD Singles, Rare Records, Vinyl, Albums, Discography
STATUS QUO 1982 (Deleted 1982 UK 11-track Vertigo label vinyl LP album including the single Dear John, housed in an 'XX' embossed picture sleeve with lyric inner.
STATUS QUO Messages From The Status Quo (Rare 1968 US-only 10-track Cadet Concept Label STEREO vinyl LP housed in a unique full colour pasted picture sleeve which has a small deletion drill hole on the back only, but remains factory sealed from n ew and is therefore MINT and unplayed!
STATUS QUO 1972 UK Tour (Very rare 1972 UK 12-page 8" x 10" tour programme, featuring a centrespead of individual photographs of the band [including 'Mike Rossi'] plus biographies of both Quo and support act Byzantium, and an advertisement for th e 'Piledriver' album.
eil.com /shop/artistlist.asp?artistname=Status-Quo   (1391 words)

  
 STATUS QUO BRASIL - LINKS   (Site not responding. Last check: )
UK Top Status Quo Tribute band over the last 12 Years from the North East Of England (Hull) covering Quo songs old and new.
This is the Status Quo home page from Brazil, with a history, a discography and other information, in both Portuguese and English.
A Norwegian Quo cover band, their site is by Leif Kjetil Brørby who is the rhythm guitarist in the band.
www.statusquo.com.br /links.html   (3283 words)

  
 Status Quo - AOL Music
Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present, current, existing state of affairs.
To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently...
Download, listen and watch Status Quo music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
music.aol.com /artist/status-quo/20738/main   (174 words)

  
 BBC - Radio 2 - Sold On Song - Song Library - Paper Plane
With thumbs in front belt loops and facing their partner, moving twice to the right then twice to the left, this could keep many a Quo fan happy for at least three minutes.
This was the first Status Quo record release since the band signed to the new Philips label called Vertigo, and proved a turning point for the band's fortunes.
During Status Quo's live session on The Ken Bruce Show of 9th September 2005, Sold On Song caught up with Francis Rossi to chat with him about songwriting...
www.bbc.co.uk /radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/paperplane.shtml   (629 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: S: St: Status Quo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Quo For You - Dedicated to the old Status Quo line-up (1968-81).
Status Quo France - Focuses on the band's activities in France.
Status Quo in North America - Dedicated to fans of the band in North America.
dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/S/St/Status_Quo   (401 words)

  
 Status Quo - rock and roll music at the RockSite
Francis Rossi is the front man. His instantly recognizable voice and the twin guitars of Rossi and Parfitt are the main ingredients of Status Quo.
Besides the keyboards, harmonica and guitar that you see him playing on stage with Quo, he is a great bass player, in fact not many people are aware that bass is his main instrument.
Rhino loves touring and when Quo are on the road, he and Andrew can often be found wandering the streets, taking in Art Galleries, seeing the sights and tasting the local brews.
www.rocksite.info /r-status-quo.htm   (773 words)

  
 The History of Rock Music. Status Quo: biography, discography, reviews, links   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Status Quo debuted with a pastiche of psychedelic and progressive rock, Pictures Of A Matchstick Man (1968), but rapidly converted to hard-rock with Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (Pye, 1970) and Down The Dustpipe.
Few bands were more derivative and less original, but Status Quo continued to be worshipped throughout the punk era, a feat that almost noone else could manage.
Gli Status Quo debuttarono con un album che fondeva psichedelia e progressive rock, Pictures of A Matchstick Man (1968), ma subito si riconvertirono all'hard rock con Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (Pye, 1970) e Down to the Dustdipe.
www.scaruffi.com /vol2/statusqu.html   (269 words)

  
 Status Quo - Classic Status Quo - Prisjämförelse
Status Quo - Classic Status Quo - Prisjämförelse
Status Quo - Inside Status Quo 1968-1991 (2-disc)
Status Quo - Famous in the last century
film.compricer.se /114026   (134 words)

  
 Status Quo News
Changing the Status Quo According to the International Herald Tribune : WASHINGTON: Public housing projects damaged by Hurricane Katrina would not be knocked down until the U.S. government has a plan to replace...
TICKETS to see legendary rockers Status Quo at Sixways in Worcester are selling like hotcakes, but some are still available.
RUGBY and rock music fans trying to get the pick of the tickets for the Status Quo concert at Worcester Rugby Club were left confused and frustrated when the on-line ticketing service experienced teething...
www.topix.net /who/status-quo   (656 words)

  
 RADIO.BLOG.CLUB - Status_quo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Martha Cox, Ryan, Sharpay and Zach - Stick to the Status Quo
Status Quo and Manchester United - Come on you Reds
STATUS QUO - The party ain't over yet
www.radioblogclub.com /search/0/status_quo   (167 words)

  
 Piledriver - Status Quo - Music Records Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
If ever there was a band that is totally British, a band that has captured the essence of British blue-collar rock music, it’s got to be Status Quo.
Maybe they are a bit of a parody of their former selves these days, but the band is...
Having originally made their mark as a brightly-dressed psychedelic pop band in 1968, Status Quo did a complete about-turn a couple of years later when they donned the denims, grew their hair and started playing hard blues-based rock.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /music-records/piledriver-status-quo   (222 words)

  
 Status Quo
SR: I would have to say considering Status Quo's status, that it's an extremely successful status.
SR: The big rumor on the websites for Status Quo is that you'll come out with a new album in '88, I mean '98.
To me the ultimate Status Quo albums were, apart from the two you mentioned earlier Piledriver and Hello.
www.hardradio.com /metalmama/statusquo.html   (3427 words)

  
 Status Quo Live   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On this web page will be some Status Quo recordings.
He might wish to forget this preforamnce but as a fan at the concert it was great fun as Quo rarely do anything wrong.
Quo were due to play at Guildford but Francis Rossi was ill with flu so that moved the concert to 22-01-02.
www.freewebs.com /livelivelive   (367 words)

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