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Quo Start Page
John Bogaard has made this page to use as a Quo Start page, it has links to all the Quo sites on the net.

Dr Lee's Quo Site
by Dr Lee Hawkins, (who contributes to this site) with loads of great Quo stuff, including the Collectors' Corner, Reviews, pages about Four Bills and a Ben and Little Egypt, transcriptions of Quo interviews and the Ultimate Quo gig listing, an attempt to compile the world's most complete list of Quo gigs.  

new Quo Fan Club Magazine Archive
Nick Parsons (and his trusty scanner) is on a mission to make past issues of Quo fan club magazines available for download from his site. There's already quite a few there, along with some rareities. Great stuff!

From The Collectors Of...
by Terry Woudenberg. With lots of things a Quo fan wants to know about the band, details of releases all over the world, Terry's collection, The Army - the Dutch Quo FC, etc. Launched on December 8th '98 it's a great site for fans.

The Australian Quo Page
The Australian Quo Page has lots of downloadable video clips, some new real audio, and a lot of Oz related Quo stuff. By Tony Marles. Now includes has videos of various promo TV interviews and appearances during Quo's 2003 tour down under, click on the link to 'Australian 2003 Tour Log' on the front page.

Raiders of the lost Chord
Roger Johansson's new updated site has listings of Quo live tapes, bootlegs and videos and a section on Quo memorabilia. A great collection of Quo desktop pictures to cheer up your computer, and lots of great Quo photos. All this and it's one of the best designed Quo sites on the net.

Quo on MySpace!
Thanks to Colin Colquhoun, Quo now have their own MySpace page... check it out.


Quo Collectors Page
Garry Fieldings site has comprehensive listings of Quo collectors items from around the world, including some rare international releases, and bootlegs. Now includes a selection of rare picture sleeves.

The First Status Quo Fan Page on the internet.
The first ever Quo Pages on the internet from John-Alex Burglund in Norway were started in November 1995. There is lots of Quo information, all the tour dates from 1976 onwards, discographies and lyrics to Quo songs. Last Updated in 1997.

Status Quo Club
Peter Quoling has started this club at Yahoo.com which has a growing membership. The club offers an online chat room, a message list, photo albums and a link list. It's a great place to meet other fans.

Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World.
Great Dutch Quo site with lots of stuff, animated gifs and pictures, by Martin Van Den Berg.

Status Quo Lyrics And Guitar Tab Page
Per Rannug's guitar tab and lyrics page...learn the chords, then get out and boogie!!

The Status Quo in North America page
Great American Quo site complete with an excellent FAQ about Quo in America.

A Status Quo Page
This is a new site by Thomas Boqvist, which has some personal observations about the band, a short history and an album discography.

Par Engstroms' Quo Picture Page
Which has some great shots of Quo, then and now.

Pages Of Matchstick Men
by Ronny Hafvenström, includes a list of personal favourite records and a great page about Rick.

Mr C's Web Page
by Michael Contino, with some great Quo guitar tabs, and sound samples to help you follow the tabs.

Rockers Rollin' - (www.bigfatmama.co.uk)
by Ian Johnson, loads of Quo guitar tabs here. Ian has set himself the task of writing guitar tabs for all of Quo songs, which should keep him busy... he's already done most of them. This site is no relation to Dave Oxley's book of the same name.

Robert Van Rossen's Quo Guitar Tabs.
Quo guitar tabs, Guitar and tab links, interviews and other Quo information. Recently updated.

Tony's Yorkshire Roadhouse
by Tony Priestley, with Quo collectables wanted and for sale, a selection of live recordings for swaps, and plenty of other good Quo stuff.

The Makers of...
is by Michael Cluse, and is a complete listing of all songs Quo have released since 1966, along with release details, catalogue numbers, producers and writers. It also includes listings of recordings by ex band members John Coghlan and Alan Lancaster.

Bryan Coates' home page
is mainly a Quo page with personal reviews of the Quo albums, Quo pictures and links to other home pages.

PureQuo's' home page
by Mark Greenwood, is an insight into the goings on before and after gigs by a bunch of Quo fans called the Rabble Bunch, plus lots of photos of Quo. Now updated with photos from the Riff's tour 2003.

Becky's Quota
Becky Heal's homepage has gig reports and Quo pictures, plus individual pages about each band member, revised and updated in June 2005 with new tour reports and pictures etc.

Monica Geismar's Site
Monica's site has details about Quo's visits to Switzerland, and a gallery of her great live Quo photos. Tour information is in both Deutsch and English.

Brenda's Home Page
The World of Status Quo is Brenda's new Quo site where you can find record and video covers, reviews of gigs, and other Quo information.

Umleitung
Dirk Weise and Thomas Lockenvitz have updated their site which is listing of Quo bootlegs and bootleg covers. Also, you can download an excel file which lists all the boots and the tracks on them.

Status Quo trade site
Simon's Quo CDR trade site. Including listings of all the boots and covers.

Ode To Quo
Jean Lowndes' site focuses on Quo in Australia and what the Australian fans are up to, includes a 'State By State' of Oz section.

Didi's Journal
by Dietmar (Didi) Seiffert has a collection of Quo pics and memorabillia with pages in English and German, including pictures of Rick at home in Woking!

Quo Tribute Site
by René Peterman features a lot of older and photos of Quo, aqnd listings of bootleg CDs and DVDs.

Quo Kid's Quo Site
by David Robb has some good pictures of Quo at Liverpool Pops 2005 and other recent shows, plus all the current album information.

The Essential Quo
a new site by Carl Traill has news, pictures and Quo information.

StefanQuo's homepage
Stefan Koch's homepage is partly in English and partly in German. There is a fans gallery, tour dates and more.

The one, the only STATUS QUO
a site by Steve Cox which has news and pictures.

Ma Kelly's Greasy Thing
A comprehensive listing of Quo boots, videos, DVD's etc. Also includes 'The Quo Talk', a collection of highly politically (in)correct live vocal variations from The Quo! Great stuff!

Rockers Paradise
Maybe the first Quo related blog? Mareno Enge's blog wil have details of other bands, but is mainly Quo based.
Stefan Koch's homepage is partly in English and partly in German. There is a fans gallery, tour dates and more.

newQuotagious
David Doy's site is dedicated to record labels and picture discs from the uk.



The Mexican Quo Site
Following Quo's gigs in Neza, Mexico in February this year, David Ramirez Espinosa has put up the first Mexican Quo site, parts of it are still 'under construction' and it's in the Spanish language.

The Status Quo Brazil Homepage
By Fernando Vieira and Gustavo Pereira. This is the new Status Quo home page from Brazil, which now has lots of pictures from Quo's 2003 shows in São Paulo and Rio. The site is in Portuguese and English.

The Quoportal.
A new site, mainly for German fans, by Jürgen Adametz and Michael Schiller, which is a links/portal page of all the major Quo sites on the internet, with an emphasis on those in the German language.

LeQuoMotive
A Yahoo club about Quo in French, for french fans!

Status Quo France
A Quo page in French (and English) which has a French discography, a recently updated Quo history in French, and a message board. The site is run by Eric Favé.

Status Quo Association - France
New site for Quo in France which is a sister site to statusquo.fr (above). From this site they organise events for French fans. The site is run by Bruno Ponchon.

Statusquo.rockt
Michael Schiller's Quo page is all in German, and includes a german forum, Quo greeting-cards, a fan picture galery, a history of Quo in German, and lots more. Has recently been completely updated and re-designed (April 05).

Quo Ticker Site
A new site in German by Jürgen Adametz is designed to show quick Quo information, it has lots of news, chart positions, fan club addresses and a new interview with Bob Young about his writing for the Heavy Traffic album and other things.. Now also in English.

French Quota
French language listing of Status Quo Live CDs (boots), by Patrick Specht.

Quofool's Weblog
Fred Hagelaar aka 'Quofool' does a Quo weblog with Dutch top 40 statistics, Quo concert archives, news and much more.

Claude's Quo site
Claude Fieni's Quo site comes from Switzerland, but is in Italian.

quodemencia.com
Jorge Mancilla's Quo tribute site is in Spanish, and has videos, pictures and a Spanish discography.

Status Quo
A new site by Uwe Held from Wilhelmshaven in Germany, which has gallerys of Quo records, videos and DVDs, a biog and discography, all in the German language.

newOmar e Quo
A new homepage by Omar Bernasconi has lots of Quo images, record covers and information. The site is in the Italian language.


Matt Letley (www.mattletley.com)
The official site for Quo's current drummer.

Andrew Bown... (www.andybown.com)
Andrew's official site is currently being redesigned.

Rhino's Revenge (www.rhinosrevenge.com)
The official site for Rhino's solo album, with online sales, sound clips, photo's of his solo gigs, and news.

Rhino's Revenge (www.rhinosrevenge.de)
Jürgens rhinosrevenge site is based in Germany, but is written in English. The site has more info about Rhino's album, and an exclusive interview with the albums producer.

The Rhinosite (www.rhinosite.co.uk)
Beth's Rhinosite now features even more info on Rhino - a complete biography, discography, interviews, details of anyone and everyone he's ever played with and loads more... now also with an alphabetical site index, so it's easy to find anything.

John Coghlan
New official site for Quo's original drummer. John's site has lots of inoformation about his career, including up and coming gig listings, details of where to buy his book 'Coghlan and Quo' and more.

Pete Kircher
Ever wondered what happened to Pete, who played drums with Quo from 1982 to 1985? Jake Moore has a section on his site about him.

Mandy's Photos of Rick Parfitt
Mandy Leanord's site with photos of Rick from the Australian tours in 1975/78 and 1997.

Rick Parfitt Interview
An interview Rick did with Ram Samudrala about the 1997 world tour.

Paul Hirsh
Site by Monica Geismar about the man who played fantastic keyboards, guitar and harp with Quo for two years whilst Andrew Bown was away.

Bob Young Official Site
Bob Young has co-written some of Quo most well known songs and biggest hits. His site features all manner of great Quo content, from his personal collection.


newBernadette Gernon
Upcoming site (currently linked to a MySpace page) for Francis's daughter.
Bernadette, who lives in Ontario, Canada is working on her first album at Arsis studios (sound familiar?). You can hear tracks on her MySpace page.

TeleMaster's Replica Guitars.
Mike Smith makes replicas of Ricks and Francis' telecasters. When he showed one to Francis recently, he thought it was so good, he bought it!

Record & CD Collector's Homepage
A Collection of discographies, including a large Status Quo section, showing picture sleeves, b-sides, album tracks, catalogue numbers for Worldwide releases. Also includes rough valuations and a trading page, by Matthew Bradshaw.

Danny Clifford
Photographer Danny Clifford took a lot of pictures of Quo in the late seventies. The gallery on his site a has a few examples of them along with other artists he has photographed.

Statoos
Dave Gillams site has pictures of Quo Tatoos from all around the world, if you have a Quo tatoo, send Dave a pic for the site!


Quo Tribute Band Gig Listings
Dave from Shameless Quo is keeping a listing of all Quo cover bands gigs, worldwide. If you are in a cover band, send your gig dates to Dave... and if you want to know who's playing where, go to this page.

newQuo Cover Bands Blog
Fred Punter is doing a blog about Quo cover bands, mainly in the dutch language.

State Of Quo/John Coghlans Quo....(www.stateofquo.com)
The UK's most well known Quo cover band, who also tour with ex drummer John Coghlan, this site features tour dates, photos and more etc. Make sure you go see them for a taste of old Quo, played as it should be. The site is by Pär Engström.

Spare Parts
by Andrew Austin. Spare Parts are from Beds/Bucks area, and have been gigging since the early '90s. The band play a lot of Quo songs in their set from all eras, and are doing a lot of gigs in that area. The site is constantly being updated, so check back regularly for more details.

Quomania
A Quo cover band from Switzerland, with gig dates and their songlist, complete with lyrics.

Lekker Fris
A Quo influenced band from from Assen in the Nederlands that play a set that includes a lot of Quo songs.By Hans van den Brink.

Quo Vadis
Tony Marles Australian Quo cover band, which also incorporates the Australian Status Quo Tribute Show.

Straight As Quo
A new site for this cover band from Hull, with an impressive list of gigs played, current dates, pictures and set lists.

Quotation
The site for the new line up of the Dutch Quo Cover Band, by Jan-Toine van Hooft. There is also a page about the old line of Quotation by Frank van Weereld here.

Status Quiz
Status Quiz are from Sweden, their site has pictures and details, and a couple of mp3's of their version of Quo songs, by Jarmo Miettinen.

Quo-Incidence
Quo-Incidence were formed in Oct 99 and are back gigging after an 18 month break. They are based in Somerset and are about to record a new demo cd.

Counterfeit Quo
Originally formed as Piledriver in Essex in early 1995, Counterfeit Quo are regularly gigging throughout the UK and Ireland. Their site has upcoming gig listings, a history of the band, photos and details of their set list. According to the site: "Not only do you get the great QUO songs of the 70's, but the whole, totally live rock and roll show, at a volume not heard since The Rainbow Theatre 1972"...Check it out!

'Quo' (Germany)
Another cover band called 'Quo'. This one comes from Hamburg and have been going for 13 years, playing gigs all over Germany. The site has details about the band, an MP3 of their version of Whatever You Want, their set list, and how to book them.

Shameless Quo
From Derby in the UK, this Quo cover band (From the fakers of...!) say they are "Recreating the raw power of Status Quo". Gig dates are listed on their site and there's reviews that testify that they put in a great rocking show. The site has been completely re-designed (March 2003) ....Don't miss them!

Lay Down
A new Swedish band from Gothenburg that play Quo songs from the seventies, their new site has gig dates and information about the band.

Status Clone
A professional U.K. tribute band who have a power-packed, driving stage show, featuring Quo songs from all eras. The members of the band are all experienced players, and they have a full list of gigs throughout the UK. Excellent web site too, and they've even been featured in Guitarist magazine! These guys are going for it!

Bogus Quo
A band from Southampton in the UK that were formed in November 2000. The site has pics, gigs, and info about the band. You can also buy their album 'Covered' featuring bogus versions of five of Quo's hits!

Paper Plane
A Coverband from Holland who's main influence is Quo, but they also play songs by other artists, Shania Twain, The Stones, Ben E King, Deep Purple and many others... but all played in Quo's style! It's an interesting idea... check them out.

Squaw
Based in Switzerland, Squaw were formed in the early 90's. Their new site has pictures, tour dates and contact information for the band.

On The Level
A cover band from the North East of England, the site features gig listings, photos, their set list and details about the band.

Strictly Quo
Strictly Quo were formed in South Wales in 1998, their new site has gig listings, their set list (which includes tracks from Heavy Treffic) and details of their CD.

Staid As Quo
Based in Regensberg, Bavaria, Germany, Staid As Quo were formed in 2002 and recently supported Slade in Regensberg.

Status Quote
Based in Boston, Lincolnshire, Status Quote are a five member tribute band. Their site has gig listings, photos, and information about the band.

Piledriver - (Australia)
Formed in Early 2005 by two Melbourne musicians: Andrew Forrer and Wayne Smith. Piledriver play sets of mainly older Quo material.

Smiledriver
A new cover band based in Berlin, Germany, with an English singer. Smiledriver play regularly around Berlin and their site has sound samples of their versions of some Quo hits.

Status Duo
This is probably the world's only Status Quo tribute Duo. A two man tribute to Rossi and Parfitt playing hits from 40 years of Status Quo.

On The Level - (Perth, Western Australia)
On The Level are a rockin' boogie blues band playing lots of Quo, as well as The Stones, ZZ Top, Muddy Waters, Canned Heat, Fogerty and originals. The site has a gig guide (updated weekly) merchandise, sounds, Bios, a links page and photos etc.

Status Quo Tribute
A tribute band from Finland, Status Quo Tribute have been paying Quo songs for around 10 years. A list of upcoming gigs is on the site, along with photos and other details.

Muckefuck Band Berlin
5 musicians from Berlin (Germany), who originally formed in 1974, broke up, then got together again in 2003, and now play 'several hours' of Quo titles The name Muckefuck is connected with coffee houses of the same name from East Germany (apparently!).

Just Supposin'
Recently formed band from the south coast area, Just Supposin' play classic Quo from the 60's to early 80's. Site has listings of upcoming gigs in that area, a set list, photos and more information about the band.

Statoz Quo - (Queensland, Australia)
Recently formed by ex UK cover band 'State Of Quo' bass player Tony Lingard, Statoz Quo also features original Quo keyboard player Roy Lines, along with former members of Quo cover bands 'State Us Quo', 'Quo Vadis' and 'Robbers Dog'. They're the Ozzie Quo cover band supergroup!
The band has been up and running a for a short while and already has a busy date sheet... full details on their site.

Burning Flamingos - (Germany)
Flamingos guitarist Armin tells us that they spent months to find the right name for their Quo cover band, but as all the good names are taken, they had to think out of the box! The Burning Flamingos' site has all the usual information, their set list and also some videos of the band in action.

Dustpipe - (Germany)
Dustpipe are a German cover band, playing mostly Quo but also a range of other music. On their site you can buy their CD and T-shirts, get tour dates and read all about the band. The site is in German.

Piledriver - (Denmark)
Piledriver have played together for 7 years, gigging in their home country of Denmark. Their site is in Dansk.

Tribute to Status Quo
'Tribute to Status Quo' are from Germany and do a full Quo tribute show. Site has all the information about them

Quota
Quota are a Rossi and Parfitt duo performing guitars and vocals to backing tracks of mainly Quo hits. They hold the distinction of being the only Quo cover band working on the island of Tenerife! A list of upcoming gigs and other information is on their Bebo page.

newStetus Kwoo
... are a new tribute band from Holland. Their site has information about the band including pictures, gig dates and contact details.

newBelgian Quo Band
A new band from Belgium, Belgium Quo band have just started giging. There s a video of them on their site along with photos, a setlist and other details.

newStated Quo
This is a new band fronted by Mikey and other ex-members of State Of Quo. Now giging, they will be playing the usual afternoon session at the Greyhound in Wembley on Quo gig day.




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