Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt have been at the heart of Status Quo for over 30 years. The band started in the 1960s with psychedelic pop ("Pictures of matchstick men"), developed into a hard rock band in the 1970s ("Roll over lay down") and had more pop-oriented hits in the 1980s ("In the army now "). "Under the influence", the follow-up to the cover album "Don't stop" from 1996, contains a mix of
… pop and rock songs. The old-fashioned boogie can be heard in the title track, "Round and round", "Shine on" and "Making waves". Just beautiful pop songs are "Little white lies" and "Blessed are the meek". (W.vd.Z.) _more
