Rick’s favourite Quo drummer was Matt

I would take anything she says with a large pinch of salt.

For Rick maybe he did maybe he didn’t. His quotes were often far from reliable.

Everything in context. Haven't seen the quote but at what point in time did Rick say all this and had he been thinking in terms of post Frantic Four? I get it, as for me, Quo had a bit of a genuine revival when Matt joined. Though some of that feeling also relates to Bob Young returning to the fold.

As bluehighway and paradiseflats have said, you possibly do have to tread carefully with ex wives telling tales out of school but some of what I've read in Mrs P 's book actually did ring a bell and did seem plausible and close to the truth, based on what I know about Rick and the band. I dare say some things may have been embellished by his ex in the book, possibly out of spite, but I think Rick's and even Francis's accounts should also be treated with a certain amount of caution.

With Rick, he became the person who would love something at first and be very enthusiastic only to then completely dismiss the same thing later on. A case in point being when 'If You Can't Stand Heat' came out. Rick was enjoying the publicity as usual and talking to the press and saying it was their best album to date and that credit should also go to Pip W as he had brought out the best in the band. Fast forward a number of years and Rick was pretty much saying that Pip had been all wrong for the band etc etc.

I can laugh about it all now but used take things too seriously in the past where Quo were concerned.    

I understand that, but it had clearly been a feature of Rick's personality much more than the others in the band. Just something I have observed through the decades.

Thinking about it now and I thought it was funny how Rick had been the catalyst for the 'all aboard the HMS Ark Royal' for the Jam Side Down campaign, only for him to rubbish it later on, saying it had been a mistake and they shouldn't have done it. What?  

When did he say that?

Each to their own. Personally I thought Jeff Rich was terrible on record and even worse live, wrong style,  that shocking galloping tempo he seemed to bring to everything. Matt was a return to a more metronomic Pete Kircher style and to me changed the whole live dynamic for the better. Leon I had classed as Mr Anonymous, lacking much individual style but having seen him a couple of times this year he really seems to have had something of a renaissance,  possibly down to recording new material that he's the original drummer for. Anyway the drum sound was much rockier than in previous years. 

Agree he was excellent.

Well apart from the drum solo

Favourite drummer? Or best drummer? Rick might have meant he was gutted when Matt left because he was a good mate...always came across as a nice fellow... a good solid bloke, somebody every team needs et etc...I would imagine touring can be a drag when not on stage..so great to have easy going people around.


Probably not always a bundle of fun with Mr Rossi on the bus.


Just a thought.