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Rossi wanted it to sound different and individual, and came up with the notion of singing it in falsetto. This idea was successfully discouraged by producer John Schroeder. The "matchstick men" of the song refers to the paintings of Salford artist L. S. Lowry. There is significant difference between the stereo and mono versions of the song.

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Francis Rossi of Status Quo in Bravo 12 February 1976 At the time, Rossi seemed to style himself Mike Francis Rossi, Michael being one of his numerous middle names (his full name is Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi)

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Dog of Two Head is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released by Pye Records in November 1971. Background At the time of recording, the band consisted of Francis Rossi (credited on the sleeve as Mike Rossi ), Rick Parfitt (credited as Ritchie Parfitt ), Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan (credited as John Coughlan ).

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Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo . Early life Rossi was born on 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London.

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Michael Rossi (Peyton Place), a fictional character in the novel Peyton Place Michael Matteo Rossi, American film producer, writer and director Francis Rossi, frontman of the band Status Quo who was known as Mike Rossi early in his career See also Michaël Rossi, a French racing driver

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Status Quo are an English rock band. Formed as The Paladins [1] in 1962 at Sedgehill Comprehensive School, Catford, by schoolboys Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster, Jess Jaworski and Alan Key.

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Status Quo's Francis Rossi was behind the desk for 1983's Shampoo, Haircut and Shave: "He spent most of his time sniffing stuff. The album had a funny sound to it." Mickey Jupp outside the.

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Status Quo co-founder Alan Lancaster has blamed the collapse of the band's Frantic Four lineup on Francis Rossi's drug addiction. The bassist believes the frontman grew to hate everything to do with the most successful incarnation of the band as a result of his issues.

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A Quick History of Status Quo Written by Cameron K font size Print Email The Spectres were a London-based beat group that formed in 1967 with Francis "Mike" Rossi (vocals, lead guitar) and bass player Alan Lancaster (1949-2021) their core members. John Coughlan (drummer) joined the line-up, which was complete with Roy Lynes (organ).

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Status Quo's grand statesman Francis Rossi on un-Royal behaviour, his pal 'Reg' (aka Elton John) and the fear of slowing down. Francis Rossi is struggling with Zoom. On screen, the Status Quo frontman's mouth is moving but no sound is coming out. Attempts to fix the problem are waved off. It goes on like this for 30 seconds.

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Status Quo's Francis Rossi on "arsehole behaviour", the perils of fame and why he can be "an insecure little shit" (Image credit: Gus Stewart/Redferns) Francis Rossi has no time for rock 'n' roll behaviour. "What's been sold as rock 'n' roll behaviour is usually just arsehole behaviour," says Status Quo 's frontman.

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Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician.. Rossi, along with the rest of Status Quo, has often been described as "uncool", including by Rossi himself; in March 2013, he called the Status Quo of c. 1974 "the most uncool band in the world".

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Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi's full name is Francis Dominic Michael Nicholas Rossi. In the early days of the band's career, he reportedly thought Francis was "a bit girly", so went under the name Mike Rossi (4) .

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Heavy Traffic is the twenty-fifth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, and their first to feature drummer Matt Letley.Released in 2002, it hit #15 in the UK. The album followed the reunion of Francis Rossi with writing partner Bob Young, who cowrote many of the band's songs between 1968 and 1981."I'm aware that the last couple of albums have upset some of our fans," remarked Rossi.