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Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan

Oct. 11, 2022

127: The other one with Status Quo’s John Coghlan

Before becoming one of the biggest names in rock history, Status Quo honed their craft as a holiday camp act at Butlins in Minehead. Sixty years later, the same venue was the chosen to host the last performance of John …

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Aug. 29, 2020

78: The one with Status Quo's Alan Lancaster

For 25 years, Alan Lancaster was bassist with one of the most successful rock bands of all time. A band he founded with school friend Francis Rossi and one which enjoyed multi-platinum album sales and stadium gigs. But an acrimonious …

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June 5, 2020

65: The one with John Coghlan's Quo

Little did drummer John Coghlan know when that he joined Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster in the newly-formed band The Spectres back in 1962 his life was on a course for rock stardom. The addition of Rick Parfitt, a change …

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