Alan Lancaster is a bassist and a founding ex-member of the English rock band, Status Quo. As well as contributing to songwriting, he was lead vocalist on album tracks such as "Backwater", "Bye Bye Johnny", "High Flyer" and "Roadhouse Blues". In his later years with Quo, Lancaster's relationship with the others became increasingly strained, partly due to musical differences with Francis Rossi and practical problems caused by Lancaster's relocation to Australia.

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  • Alan Lancaster is a bassist and a founding ex-member of the English rock band, Status Quo. As well as contributing to songwriting, he was lead vocalist on album tracks such as "Backwater", "Bye Bye Johnny", "High Flyer" and "Roadhouse Blues". In his later years with Quo, Lancaster's relationship with the others became increasingly strained, partly due to musical differences with Francis Rossi and practical problems caused by Lancaster's relocation to Australia. He was replaced by a bass-playing dummy in the "Rockin' All Over The World" promotional video when he refused to return to the UK to film it, and was absent for most of the promotional activities for the "Marguerita Time" single, claiming the song was embarrassing. His place was taken by Slade's Jim Lea on Top Of The Pops in December 1983, but the band also made several appearances around this time without a bass player at all. Status Quo announced in 1984 that they intended to stop touring, and after a farewell tour, Lancaster's final performance with Quo was when they briefly reunited to open Live Aid in 1985. However, when Rossi got the band back together with Rick Parfitt the following year, Lancaster was replaced by John 'Rhino' Edwards, who had worked on an unreleased solo album of Parfitt's and remains Quo's bassist to this day. Lancaster took Rossi and Parfitt to court over the use of the Quo name, but lost the case and the new line-up went ahead. Lancaster is said to be very bitter about how he was kicked out of the band. John Harris, in The Guardian, claimed in 2005: "He was, by some distance, the most bitter musician I have ever encountered". Lancaster says he is still angry as he feels "stabbed in the back" as his livelihood has been taken away from him. Lancaster continues to live in Sydney, Australia. He has been a member of Australian bands The Party Boys and The Bombers who achieved moderate success within Australia. The Bombers' original drummer was Lancaster's ex-Status Quo band mate John Coghlan. Ironically, Lancaster had been complicit in engineering Coghlan's departure from that band four years prior to his own. The Bombers supported Cheap Trick (1988), Alice Cooper (1990) and Skid Row (1990) on their tours of Australia. For a time in the mid-90s, Lancaster was a member of the Angry Anderson Band.
  • Alan Charles Lancaster ist ein britischer Musiker und war 20 Jahre lang Bassist und Sänger der Rockgruppe Status Quo. Mit seinem Schulfreund Francis Rossi gründete er 1962 eine Band unter dem Namen „The Scorpions“, die 1965 als The Spectres einen Schallplattenvertrag erhielt. Die Ergänzung der Band um Rick Parfitt war die Geburtsstunde von Status Quo. Obwohl in den kommerziell erfolgreichsten Jahren der Band kein von ihm geschriebenes oder gesungenes Stück als Single veröffentlicht wurde, prägte Alan Lancaster die Entwicklung von Status Quo entscheidend mit. Mitte der 1970er-Jahre entschied sich Lancaster, nach Australien zu ziehen. Aufgrund der großen Entfernung entfremdete er sich zunehmend von Francis Rossi und Rick Parfitt. Auch für Promotionsauftritte war er nicht immer verfügbar, weshalb er im Musikvideo zur Single Rockin' All Over The World durch eine Marionette ersetzt wurde. Anfang der 1980er-Jahre kam es zum offenen Bruch. Im Jahre 1984 spielte Lancaster mit Status Quo die als Abschiedstour angekündigte Konzertreihe End Of The Road. Am 13. Juli 1985 stand er ein letztes Mal mit Status Quo auf der Bühne, um das Live Aid-Konzert zu eröffnen. Als Status Quo 1986 ohne ihn weitermachten, versuchte Lancaster vergeblich, Rossi und Parfitt den Gebrauch des Namens Status Quo zu untersagen und schloss sich in Australien den The Party Boys an. Diese All-Star-Band war zwar auf dem fünften Kontinent höchst erfolgreich, konnte diesen Erfolg aber nicht auf das Ausland übertragen. In den 1990er-Jahren spielte er für The Lancaster Bombers, denen kurzzeitig auch der erste Schlagzeuger von Status Quo, John Coghlan, angehörte. Aus gesundheitlichen Gründen zog sich Alan Lancaster in den Folgejahren weitgehend aus dem Musikgeschäft zurück. Er lebt weiterhin in Australien.
  • Alan Lancaster, född 7 februari 1949, är en brittisk basist och ursprungsmedlem i boogierockbandet Status Quo. Tillsammans med gitarristen Francis Rossi bildade Lancaster Status Quo 1962. Han skrev många låtar som släpptes på gruppens album men få av hans kompositioner släpptes som singlar. Lancaster sjöng även lead på vissa av gruppens låtar, bland annat "Backwater", "Bye Bye Johnny", "High Flyer" och "Roadhouse Blues". Lancaster hoppade av bandet, som då upplöstes, 1984 efter ett gräl med Rossi. Han flyttade då till Sydney, Australien och har sedan spelat med ett par mindre band, bland annat The Bombers och The Partyboys. Lancaster var dock med och spelade i tillfälligt återbildade Status Quo under Live Aid 1985. 1986 återförenades Status Quo officiellt men utan Lancaster.
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  • Alan Lancaster with vocalist Tyrone Coates and guitarist John Brewster of The Bombers
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  • Alan Lancaster is a bassist and a founding ex-member of the English rock band, Status Quo. As well as contributing to songwriting, he was lead vocalist on album tracks such as "Backwater", "Bye Bye Johnny", "High Flyer" and "Roadhouse Blues". In his later years with Quo, Lancaster's relationship with the others became increasingly strained, partly due to musical differences with Francis Rossi and practical problems caused by Lancaster's relocation to Australia.
  • Alan Charles Lancaster ist ein britischer Musiker und war 20 Jahre lang Bassist und Sänger der Rockgruppe Status Quo. Mit seinem Schulfreund Francis Rossi gründete er 1962 eine Band unter dem Namen „The Scorpions“, die 1965 als The Spectres einen Schallplattenvertrag erhielt. Die Ergänzung der Band um Rick Parfitt war die Geburtsstunde von Status Quo.
  • Alan Lancaster, född 7 februari 1949, är en brittisk basist och ursprungsmedlem i boogierockbandet Status Quo. Tillsammans med gitarristen Francis Rossi bildade Lancaster Status Quo 1962. Han skrev många låtar som släpptes på gruppens album men få av hans kompositioner släpptes som singlar. Lancaster sjöng även lead på vissa av gruppens låtar, bland annat "Backwater", "Bye Bye Johnny", "High Flyer" och "Roadhouse Blues".
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