Open Letter to Mr Porter

Hi All,

 Derry,

     You certainly put over a heartfelt and affectionate letter which raised as already said some very obvious points of contention. I would add that it's the whole team behind Quo and not just Mr Porter having said that I know nothing about management and would probably do a worse job.

The fact is though Mr Porter I assume signs off on whatever promotional schemes as with all the items available to a Quo fan, which I have touched on before with their selection of t-shirts & clothes (My main bugbear ) the team to think the typical Quo fan demographic are all teens to early 30's as far as all their clothing go forgetting totally the extra girth that lot of older Quo fans have.

As for all the other tat that is for sale I would say that the team clearly just suggest items,Mr Porter just nods and that's a done deal ? My fear is that they have loads of this expense with loads of items left over chucked out renewed with the next generation of tat instead of doing some proper marketing research which IMHO is never actually done.

As so many have stated there are very questionable promotional decisions that have just belittled the band through the years that have obviously affected the way long standing fans pre the reformation of the CQ series and that is what hurts the most to many. 

A lot of fans see the destruction and slow dismantling of a band that should still be up there with the rest instead Quo are becoming the laughing stock because of bad decisions of a backroom team that focus more about money than the fans and the band.

You do not have to be an expert to realise that the management missed a perfect opportunity to cash in with the reunion tours and all the merchandise they could have sold but because of the lack of foresight just as with CQ they did not, instead wasting money on other merchandise that apparently all us fans are just crying out for ?  To my mind it shows lack of insight into the true demographic of all Quo fans old,current and new,  instead focussing on the money wringing every ounce they can while they can of this once great iconic band that whether you like it or not we still love even though we question their decisions through there career.

Yes the band have managed to survive where some have failed and fell by the weigh side, Yes the fans for the most have followed with quite a few ditching the band as they slowly dissolve into the poprock band they are now that can really still rock it when they want and because they still can it shows the true band hiding behind a mask for whatever reason whether it be Francis/Mr Porter or the whole lot of them persuading Francis this is the way forward. (Is Francis asily lead ?)

The above band is just what Francis has admitted to what he really wanted,so it is quite understandable many fans are up in arms at this latest announcement  of the last electric tour.  I dare say that if there was a new album with new material then all these various marketing ploys would probably be taken better ?  as they are trying to portray this as a serious evolution then many are quite rightly pulling their hair out and voicing their displeasure and that is there right.

I have been a fan and while not able to attended gigs through the years have always bought their music never mind if whatever album was good or bad. After all it's the bands decision whatever they do they just like us do whatever they want and hopefully learn from their mistakes Bula was just a soundtrack album nothing more nothing less as for the film well it was just a way of keeping them in the spotlight it doesn't matter whether the film was good or bad so I personally was hoping for an FF album and a new CQ album both of which never materialised and after listening to the interview in another post more than likely never will.

My final words are (Some think thank Fook! ) Just thank them for the music you and I have and still play just the good times after all that's how you remember a family member who has passed and for me the same applies here.....

Geoff.