English rock musician and founder of Status Quo band Alan Lancaster has died following a battle with multiple sclerosis. He was 72.
Lancaster died on Sunday morning at his Sydney home, surrounded by his family.
Alan Lancaster has died aged 72.Credit:Facebook
Entertainment journalist Craig Bennett paid tribute to Lancaster on social media at the request of the bassist’s family.
“[I] am heartbroken to announce the passing of Alan Lancaster, British born music royalty, guitar God and founding member of iconic band, Status Quo,” Mr Bennett wrote.
“Alan married his beautiful wife Dayle Lancaster in 1978. They met when Alan and Status Quo, along with Slade and Lindisfarne, toured Australia in 1973.
“Alan, who was a dear and special friend, is survived by Dayle, his children Alan Jr, Toni and David, plus five grandchildren.
“Dayle said this morning that Alan loved his life in Australia. His mother and father, plus his brother and sister also moved to Australia. Dayle said: ‘We are all heartbroken. Alan had a wonderful wit and a fabulously dry sense of humour. He was a devoted and adoring husband, father and grandfather. Family was always his focus’.
“Despite having MS and issues with his mobility, Alan participated in hugely successful reunion tours in the UK & Europe in 2013 and 2014. He bravely played to thousands of adoring fans ... and loved being back with the band and his loyal Quo army. Vale to an absolute legend and one of the nicest people in rock and roll.”
In 1962, Lancaster co-founded a band with friend Francis Rossi which would form the basis for Status Quo. Seven years later, musician Rick Parfitt joined the band and the following year, the group released Pictures of Matchstick Men, which reached No.7 on the UK singles chart. Lancaster would play bass and sing for the band.
In the decades that followed, the band carved out a place in musical history with their thumping rock sound. Status Quo would open for the 1985 Live Aid Concert, where they shared the stage with Queen, U2, David Bowie and Elton John. The concert aimed to raise funds for the Ethiopia famine.
Fellow rock star Mr Parfitt died in 2016 after suffering from a severe infection at the age of 68.
Bassist Alan Lancaster performing on stage at Wembley Arena in London in 2013. Credit:Getty
Lancaster left Status Quo following Live Aid and moved to Australia, where he joined Australian band The Party Boys in 1987, before founding The Bombers the following year.
Reuniting with some Status Quo members, including Mr Rossi and Mr Parfitt, Lancaster performed with them for a UK tour in 2013. His last ever show as a member was in Dublin in 2014.
Lancaster told the Studio 10 in 2016 that when the band first got together, none of its members could play guitar. Over the course of a year, they went from learning to play to performing their first gig.
“It’s a bit strange starting a band when you can’t play an instrument,” he said.
Lancaster also revealed the group lost their sense of brotherhood as tensions grew within the band.
His wife told the network behind closed doors her husband was easygoing, tidy and didn’t cook much except for buckwheat pancakes which he offered to everyone who walked through the door.
“There hasn’t been a boring moment in all the years, he’s been great really,” Mrs Lancaster said.
In 2010, some of the original band members reunited at London’s Abbey Road Studios, where they used their 1975 hit Down, deeper and down track as the inspiration for the Coles supermarket “Down Down, Prices are Down” ad campaign.
Fans took to social media to pay tribute to Lancaster, including American musician Cletis Carr who said the 72-year-old was a “truly lovely, gentle, kind man”.
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