I-Status Quo ingelinye lamaqembu amadala aseBrithani ahlala ndawonye iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi ayisithupha.
Esikhathini esiningi salesi sikhathi, leli qembu belilokhu lidumile e-UK, lapho belilokhu lisendaweni eyi-10 kweziyi-XNUMX ezihamba phambili amashumi eminyaka.
Ngesitayela sedwala, yonke into yayishintsha njalo: imfashini, izitayela nezitayela, izitayela ezintsha, izitayela zemfashini. Futhi kuphela iqembu I-Status Quo, esele ifana cishe neminyaka engama-60 edlule. Ngonyaka omusha ngamunye, iqembu likhulisa kuphela ibutho "labalandeli".
Ukuqala komsebenzi we-Status Quo
Umsuka we-Status Quo usebhendini yesigqi saseLondon i-The Ghosts.
Amalungu amakhulu ebhendi Yezipoki kusukela lasungulwa kwakunguFrancis Rossi kanye no-Alan Lancaster (abashaya isiginci nomculi), kwase kuvela umshayi wezigubhu u-John Coughlan kanye no-ogani u-Roy Lins eqenjini.
Ibhendi eshayayo ikhiphe izingoma ezingashadile ezintathu ezingaphumelelanga ngaphambi kokushintsha isitayela sazo zibe yi-psychedelia futhi zashintsha amagama azo zaba yi-Traffic Jam. Ngegama elisha, abaculi bakhiphe ingoma ethi "Cishe, kodwa hhayi impela", kodwa futhi ayizange iphumelele.
Abaculi bebefuna izindlela zokuxazulula le nkinga futhi bamema ilungu elisha eqenjini labo - u-Rick Parfitt ovela eqenjini le-cabaret elithi The Highlights. Ngemva kwalokho, iqembu lashintsha igama lalo futhi laba yiqembu elidumile le-Status Quo.
Ekuqaleni, leli qembu lasebenza njengabaphelezeli babaculi ababodwa baseBrithani, kuhlanganise noTommy Ngokushesha, ngenkathi besebenza ngamathrekhi abo.
Iculo lokuqala leqembu elithi, Pictures of Matchstick Men, lakhululwa ekuqaleni kuka-1968 futhi ngokushesha lafinyelela kunombolo 7 kumashadi ase-UK. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, leli culo laduma eMelika, lathatha isikhundla esihloniphekile se-12 kumashadi aseMelika.
I-Black Veils of Melancholy elandelayo ayiphumelelanga. Kodwa, ingoma ethi Ice in the Sun yaba ingoma yesibili ephezulu ye-Status Quo ekwindla ka-1968.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-Status Quo yazama ukuphindaphinda impumelelo yezingoma zabo ezimbili zokuqala ngezinto ezifanayo ezithinta ingqondo, kodwa ababanga nenhlanhla kangako.
Ekugcineni, abaculi babuyekeza umsindo nohlu lwabo, futhi ehlobo lika-1970 bakhipha ingoma entsha yokuqala, ethi Down the Dustpipe, eqoshwe ngesitayela esisha se-rock esindayo esiluhlaza.
Le ngoma yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-12, kodwa i-Greasy Spoon ka-Ma Kelly, iqoqo eliphelele lomculo "osindayo", alizange likhange umphakathi.
Umsebenzi nokuqashelwa ukuduma
I-Status Quo yenziwa njalo kulo lonke elaseNgilandi, kancane kancane yathola ukuduma. Ngemva kokudlala kahle kakhulu ngo-1972 eMkhosini Wokufunda kanye nase-Great Western, bajabulela ukuthandwa okukhulu.
Ibhendi esayinwe ne-Vertigo Records kanye neyokuqala ethi (I-Paper Plane) yashaya i-10 ephezulu ekuqaleni kuka-1973, futhi i-albhamu yabo yokuqala ethi Piledriver (Vertigo Records) yafinyelela kunombolo 5.
Kamuva, ingoma ethi Hello yathatha indawo yokuqala emashadini, kwathi uCaroline oyedwa ohambisana nalokhu wathatha indawo yesi-1. Ngawo lowo nyaka, eqenjini le-keyboardist u-Andy Bown wavela.
Ama-1990's
Esinye sezehlakalo ezaqopha umlando ngeminyaka yawo-1990 kwaba wumdlalo e-Knebworth Music Therapy Festival. USir Paul McCartney no-Elton John, u-Pink Floyd no-Eric Clapton, abanye abaculi abadumile baseBrithani bakhulise amapondo ayizigidi ezingu-6 ukuze bathole usizo.
Iqembu i-Status Quo linikeze ikhonsathi yokuhlonipha iminyaka yabo engama-25, izingxenye ezimbili ze-albhamu ethi "Jubilee Waltz" zithathe indawo yesi-2 neye-16 kumbukiso we-English. I-albhamu ethi "Ngikhanyisa yonke le minyaka" ikhishwe ngokusakazwa okukhulu futhi yaba yiplatinamu kathathu.
Ngo-1991, leli qembu laklonyeliswa kabili ngeqhaza lalo ekuthuthukiseni umculo, abaculi ababecula ejele lasePentoville.
Uhambo oluhlanganyelwe noRod Stewart lwenzeka. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi eLondon Wax Museum, izindawo zokuhlonishwa zazihlala izibalo zabaholi baphakade.
Ngo-1994, leli qembu lakha ingoma yesibili yomhlaba wonke yomsebenzi walo, iculo lebhola elithi Come On You Reds. Le single yaqoshwa nompetha bebhola iManchester United.
Maphakathi nawo-1990, leli qembu lase linezingoma ezingama-50 zase-UK. Lokhu kwakungaphezu kwanoma yiliphi elinye iqembu emlandweni we-rock and roll.
Ama-2000's
I-Drummer Rich yashiya iqembu ngo-2000. Indawo yakhe yathathwa nguMatt Letley, oqhubekile nokusebenza neqembu.
I-Jam Side Down eyodwa yaba yingoma eshisa izikhotha kuma-English top 20 ngo-2002. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, iqoqo elithi "Ungayeki" lakhululwa, lalandelwa "Iphathi ngo-2005" kanye nethi "In Search of the Fourth Chord".
Ngo-2010 i-Status Quo yakhipha i-Quid Pro Quo. Yayihlanganisa amathrekhi amasha angu-14, futhi ngokunqoba wathatha isikhundla se-10 kumashadi esiNgisi. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, u-Parfitt noRossi bamemezela ukuthi benze ifilimu enobude obuthile.
I-albhamu ethi Bula Quo ikhishwe ehlobo lika-2013, nengoma ekhishwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule.
Iqoqo le-Aquostic Hits Yesimo Esikhona
Ngo-2015, i-Status Quo Aquostic (I-Stripped Bare) yakhululwa. Zonke izingoma ezingashadile zidalwe ekucutshungulweni kwe-acoustic yesimanje.
I-albhamu ibe yimpumelelo kakhulu, yafinyelela esimweni segolide futhi yafinyelela kwabangu-5 abaphezulu kumashadi e-albhamu ase-UK. Lokhu kube impumelelo enkulu yeqembu eminyakeni engu-18.
I-albhamu yesibili esekelwe kumqondo ofanayo, i-Aquostic II: Iqiniso, yaphuma ngemva konyaka. Iqembu liphinde ladonsa ukunaka "kwabalandeli".
Nokho, izinkinga zempilo zikaRick Parfitt zaqhubeka. Ngemuva kokuhlaselwa yisifo senhliziyo ngesikhathi edlala eTurkey ngo-2016, washiya iqembu. Ngeshwa, washona ngobusuku obandulela uKhisimusi wonyaka ofanayo.
UParfitt wathathelwa indawo ngumdlali wesigingci uRichie Malone.
Iqembu laqhubeka nomsebenzi walo kwathi ekupheleni kuka-2018 laqala ukuqopha i-albhamu entsha. I-albhamu yokuhlanganiswa yama-33 ka-Status Quo, okungokokuqala ngqa eminyakeni eminingi kangaka ingazange ifake uParfitt ...
I-albhamu ethi Backbone, eqoshwe estudiyo sikaRossi, yakhululwa ekwindla ka-2019. Ngenkathi ibhendi iqhubeka nokuvakasha isekela uLynyrd Skynyrd. Bekusemlenzeni wase-UK ohambweni lwabo lokuvalelisa.
