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Status Quo founding member Alan Lancaster dies in Sydney aged 72 after living in Australia for 45 years

 


Alan Lancaster, founding member of British rock group Status Quo who lived more than half of his life in Australia, has died in Sydney at the age of 72.

Bassist, Lancaster formed the group as The Scorpions in 1962 with singer Francis Rossi, who was a classmate at Sedgehill Comprehensive School in London.

With a hard rock but melodious style, Status Quo has had over 60 top 40 hits in the UK, including Down Down and Everything You Want.

They opened the 1985 Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London with arguably their most famous song, Rocking All Over The World.

According to entertainment journalist Craig Bennett, Lancaster “died this [Sunday] morning in his Sydney home, surrounded by his family “.

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“At the request of his loving and deeply cherished family, I am heartbroken to announce the passing of Alan Lancaster, British-born king of music, god of the guitar and founding member of the iconic band Status Quo” Bennett wrote on Facebook.

Lancaster had lived with multiple sclerosis for many years, but performed in Status Quo concerts in 2013 and 2014, having left the band in 1985 shortly after Live Aid.

After moving to Sydney in the mid-1980s, Lancaster performed with major Australian groups including The Bombers and The Party Boys.

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Bennett said Lancaster chose to leave the UK after meeting his Australian wife Dayle while touring in 1973 with Slade and Lindisfarne.

“Alan is survived by Dayle, his children Alan Jr, Toni and David, as well as five grandchildren,” Bennett wrote on Facebook.

The 2013-14 Status Quo comeback tour was billed as the reunion of the Frantic Four as it brought together Lancaster, Rossi, singer-guitarist Rick Parfitt and longtime drummer John Coghlan.

They adopted the name The Status Quo later shortened to Status Quo in August 1967 after Parfitt joined the group.

Three middle-aged denim-clad guitarists play their instruments in front of a well-lit stage.
Alan Lancaster (right) provided bass guitar alongside vocalists Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi at the height of Status Quo in the 1970s.(

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In recent years, Lancaster has severed relations with Rossi and Parfitt, who reportedly fell out when they recorded material without him after his move to Australia.

Parfitt died of sepsis in 2016 at the age of 68, after suffering a heart attack earlier in the year.

Rossi, 72, continues to perform with a five-piece Status Quo that features John Edwards Lancaster’s replacement on bass and keyboardist Andy Brown, who has been a full-time member since 1982.

Lancaster performed on the first 16 of Status Quo’s 33 albums from 1968, including 1975’s On The Level which featured 1974’s Down Down, their first UK number 1 single.

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