On 26 September 2010, a new version of "In the Army Now" was released through Universal / UMC. All profits from this updated and lyrically reworked version will be donated equally to the British Forces Foundation and Help for Heroes charities. [31] [32] FR: It’s a learning curve for me because I hear ‘nostalgia’ and I think, “Puh! Bad word." But it’s not! We all have nostalgic feelings about all sorts of things. I could see these people at the shows and they were crying.

RP: I like to imagine other bands going, “Look, I’ve come up with this song that goes dunk-du-dunk-du-dunk-du-dunk” and the other members going, “Well, we can’t do that because we’ll sound like Status Quo!” Rich left in 2000 and was replaced by Matt Letley. Andrew Bown also took a year off at the same time following the death of his wife, and was temporarily replaced on stage by Paul Hirsh, formerly of Voyager. FR: We’d come to a point with Pye Records where we were kind of manufactured somewhat. We were taken out and told what to wear, what to play, how to do. We had a crossover with managers and we were doing something similar to what we’re doing now, but Pye really didn’t see it.

NEWS

Francis Rossi said, “We wanted to create something special for the fans to enjoy. Piledriver is it and the fans not only love it, but have also been taking it to an even wider audience via word of mouth. It’s the taste that’s really doing the talking and we’re absolutely delighted that it’s got off to such an amazing start.” JC: When someone told me that, that there were grown men crying, I said, “Christ! We weren’t that bad were we?”

The 4.3% malty amber ale launched exclusively into J D Wetherspoon pubs in February and has since been available in a wide range of pubs since April – Marston’s owned pubs, Enterprise Inns, Punch Taverns, Town and City pubs and the free trade. Sales have been growing steadily across all of these sectors,” Chris added. “And we’ve agreed an exclusive deal with Morrison’s to see Piledriver rolled out right across the UK in every Morrison’s store, including Scotland, from May 25.” German power metal band Helloween covered "Rain" for their single "Power". It can also be found on the bonus disc of the special edition of their 1996 album, The Time of the Oath. Entertaim.net: interview with the GOMORR". Entertaim.net. 25 October 2013 . Retrieved 26 October 2013. Towards the end of his life, DJ John Peel was known for playing " Down Down" as part of his eclectic DJ sets. [70]

Versions

Pedley, Dean. " Status Quo: Piledriver (Deluxe Edition)". Sea of Tranquility . Retrieved 15 December 2018.

JC: ‘A Year’, ‘All The Reasons’, ‘Big Fat Moma’, they’re great songs and those three guys are great songwriters, as is [Quo roadie and collaborator] Bob Young.

Statistics

RP: On our first European tour, Francis and I went out to a club. The Doors’ ‘Roadhouse Blues’ came over the sound system. There was this couple dancing really kind of slinkily to this dunk-du-dunk-du-dunk-du-dunk kind of rhythm and I just looked at him and he looked at me and the hairs stood up on our arms. We thought, well, we’ve got to play that! That was really the start of the Quo style of music, the 12-bar blues shuffle rhythm.

On 5 June 2015, Status Quo were the headline act at Palmerston Park in Dumfries, at the stadium of Queen of the South and were supported by Reef and Big Country, in the first ever live concert at the venue. [46]This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.