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Post by Gaz on Jul 31, 2020 7:10:10 GMT
Just had a peak and saw a couple of interesting things on Quo’s official website. One is a video from Quo’s official photographer, Christie Goodwin, of photos taken over the last 15 years. Some good shots there but would’ve love to have seen some F4 Reunion photos thrown in... but overall it’s good stuff.👍 Secondly, a bit further down, there’s an article regarding a book manuscript, titled Status Quotes, from John Keeling reflecting on the Quo years up to 1983. Looks interesting.
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Post by mortified on Jul 31, 2020 8:02:20 GMT
Yeah, I think these snippets of info have been posted on here before but it was a while ago. There hasn't been any activity on the Quo website since 28 May. I suspect the next bit of information will be the cancellation of all of the gigs. But who knows? I dare say there is some ongoing 'discussion' with promoters, venues, insurance companies and ticket agencies etc. Welcome to the next episode of Coronaids Street
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 1, 2020 12:24:54 GMT
Ahh yes, the official site, the one that used to get over 40,000 hits per day
Perhaps I look in once a year or so now
What an act of self harm shutting the old message board was
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Post by cammythemortonfan on Aug 1, 2020 12:52:13 GMT
Ahh yes, the official site, the one that used to get over 40,000 hits per day Perhaps I look in once a year or so now What an act of self harm shutting the old message board was Plus Rhino not going his tour log any more cuts down on the number of hits as well . I used to love reading about life on the road with Quo..it gave us a view we don’t normally see
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Post by Quoincidence on Aug 1, 2020 13:03:18 GMT
The Quo site is ancient now anyway... It needs massively updating.
Other older bands manage to have a great social media presence, posting daily and keeping in touch with their fans, Quo somehow cannot seem to manage that at all.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 1, 2020 15:55:13 GMT
Ahh yes, the official site, the one that used to get over 40,000 hits per day Perhaps I look in once a year or so now What an act of self harm shutting the old message board was Plus Rhino not going his tour log any more cuts down on the number of hits as well . I used to love reading about life on the road with Quo..it gave us a view we don’t normally see Has he given a reason? In a way I feel for him in that his 2nd album seemed to flop compared to the first. I wonder whether the reunion fan fervour made him feel unappreciated / was the reason for reduced interest? Rick's "Quo-lite" comments and clear desire to end the current band might not have gone down well. Does he think "why should I bother?". On the other hand he was instrumental in shutting the old board down, which was always going to be the best medium out there for promoting stuff outside the main band. Like I say, an act of self harm, a decision made in anger.
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Post by noizeboyz on Aug 1, 2020 23:16:06 GMT
Very poor with any Info, No mention of the recent Andy Bown Interview with Andy Snowden, No mention of Status Quo Documentary with Richie Malone due to air on RTE Radio One Extra 02.08.20
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2020 0:25:39 GMT
Plus Rhino not going his tour log any more cuts down on the number of hits as well . I used to love reading about life on the road with Quo..it gave us a view we don’t normally see Has he given a reason? In a way I feel for him in that his 2nd album seemed to flop compared to the first. I wonder whether the reunion fan fervour made him feel unappreciated / was the reason for reduced interest? Rick's "Quo-lite" comments and clear desire to end the current band might not have gone down well. Does he think "why should I bother?". On the other hand he was instrumental in shutting the old board down, which was always going to be the best medium out there for promoting stuff outside the main band. Like I say, an act of self harm, a decision made in anger. Rhino has been unappreciated since day one for the simple reason he isn't Alan Lancaster. Back in 86 must have been a real killer to know that the vast majority of fans at live gigs were totally against him being in the band and his playing style. Of course back then 90% or more of the audience were hardcore "old Quo" fans. Fast forward 30 years and 90% of the audience at gigs are casuals who would be hard put even naming Francis and would have no clue who the rest of the band are, so the unappreciated tag becomes irrelevant. On the message board it was understandable he'd get sick of constant criticism, most people who post on boards like these are fans of whichever band it is classic phase, FF for Quo. Getting constantly derided by people who for the most part don't go to see him play would get very wearing.
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Post by quoboy76 on Aug 2, 2020 2:53:28 GMT
Plus Rhino not going his tour log any more cuts down on the number of hits as well . I used to love reading about life on the road with Quo..it gave us a view we don’t normally see Has he given a reason? In a way I feel for him in that his 2nd album seemed to flop compared to the first. I wonder whether the reunion fan fervour made him feel unappreciated / was the reason for reduced interest? Rick's "Quo-lite" comments and clear desire to end the current band might not have gone down well. Does he think "why should I bother?". On the other hand he was instrumental in shutting the old board down, which was always going to be the best medium out there for promoting stuff outside the main band. Like I say, an act of self harm, a decision made in anger. How so? This is news to me, never heard anything to suggest he had anything to do with it, can you elaborate please?
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 2, 2020 13:27:25 GMT
Has he given a reason? In a way I feel for him in that his 2nd album seemed to flop compared to the first. I wonder whether the reunion fan fervour made him feel unappreciated / was the reason for reduced interest? Rick's "Quo-lite" comments and clear desire to end the current band might not have gone down well. Does he think "why should I bother?". On the other hand he was instrumental in shutting the old board down, which was always going to be the best medium out there for promoting stuff outside the main band. Like I say, an act of self harm, a decision made in anger. How so? This is news to me, never heard anything to suggest he had anything to do with it, can you elaborate please? Rhino is the only band member I've seen quoted on the matter. He was unrepentant and said along lines of "the board costs money, why should we pay money to be slagged off?". As far as I know, he was the only band member that read the board often, sometimes sending PM's to fans. He sent one saying "why not fuck off to the ff site then" and so on. I don't blame him that it got to him at times, totally understandable It seems the fan rebellion against Bula hacked him off totally and it certainly looks like he took his concerns to the band. It seems a fair observation that the band were angry, as the board was removed without any notice. Many fans were in private conservations, making plans etc It was a real community Without level headed thought, they hacked off ultra loyal fans What they didn't do is spend any time asking themselves why there was such a big disconnect between what they were doing and the fans reaction to it
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Post by gentlemanjoe on Aug 2, 2020 16:37:57 GMT
One of the main reasons I remember at the time, was that people were laughing at the idea of Bula Quo(film and album).
There was a lot of criticism of the band at that time also, but quite a lot of it was justified, re; the stale repetitive set, and tired live performances.
Its strange as they were playing so well, just a few years before, but how do you follow the reunion tours with that seemed like cabaret.
I wonder if the original site was archived? I was told it was lost for good some years ago.
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Post by quoboy76 on Aug 2, 2020 20:23:30 GMT
How so? This is news to me, never heard anything to suggest he had anything to do with it, can you elaborate please? Rhino is the only band member I've seen quoted on the matter. He was unrepentant and said along lines of "the board costs money, why should we pay money to be slagged off?". As far as I know, he was the only band member that read the board often, sometimes sending PM's to fans. He sent one saying "why not fuck off to the ff site then" and so on. I don't blame him that it got to him at times, totally understandable It seems the fan rebellion against Bula hacked him off totally and it certainly looks like he took his concerns to the band. It seems a fair observation that the band were angry, as the board was removed without any notice. Many fans were in private conservations, making plans etc It was a real community Without level headed thought, they hacked off ultra loyal fans What they didn't do is spend any time asking themselves why there was such a big disconnect between what they were doing and the fans reaction to it Thank You for that well thought out reply, I appreciate it. I do recall all the negativity at the time of Bula Quo and some of Rhino's interactions, and like you say understandable from both sides really, and also the shock at how the board was closed without any warning. I just never really put Rhino's influence down to how it ended but your explanation makes sense now that I think of it. He was always the one who got involved with the fans most of all in various ways and I always loved the blog but maybe should have distance himself from the board or even bit his tongue, but can imagine curiosity got the better of him which again is understandable and feeling the need to speak or retaliate was too hard to hold back, kind of like twitter nowadays, if reading it is gonna upset you then just don't. Thanks again for the reply
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Post by wolfman on Aug 3, 2020 7:14:15 GMT
To be honest the jimmy saville case helped to the fan site downfall too..it was a free for all towards the end on the site.
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Post by frozenhero on Aug 4, 2020 21:48:59 GMT
Plus Rhino not going his tour log any more cuts down on the number of hits as well . I used to love reading about life on the road with Quo..it gave us a view we don’t normally see Has he given a reason? In a way I feel for him in that his 2nd album seemed to flop compared to the first. He continued doing them quite a while beyond the 2nd Rhino's Revenge album: www.statusquo.co.uk/tourlog.htmI wonder if the original site was archived? I was told it was lost for good some years ago. Yeah, I think you can find a lot of the public discussions at web.archive.org or some other site like that. Not PMs and the like, of course
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Post by matt on Aug 4, 2020 22:11:36 GMT
The old official site I used to visit every week pretty much, mainly for the board. And yes it was a mistake to close it. I did a quick bit of research at the time and I think it was in the top 500 uk websites for traffic.
However with the growth of Facebook etc and the fact that the old messages board became very toxic in the end I can understand it. I took a 5 year sabbatical, partly for that reason and partly because my interest dissipated after the FF gigs. Really some people took things far too seriously to the point of their negativity being unhealthy IMO.
I think what we have here is great. There seems to be no tit for tat nastiness really, and everyone is knowledgable about the band.
Long may it continue. Be nice if there were a few more of the original board on here.
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