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Post by craydarr on Aug 29, 2023 17:24:31 GMT
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Post by noproblems on Aug 29, 2023 19:13:56 GMT
He can reveal what REALLY happened! Really?
I think For the Record, XS All Areas and I Talk Too Much told us everything we need to know.
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Post by mortified on Aug 30, 2023 6:00:50 GMT
This sort of exposé always comes across as a bit tacky; a bit desperate. It might be worth a buy, for me anyway, if there are genuinely unseen photographs. And I guess Colin Johnson's take on things might be interesting. We all know that, no matter who says what, the truth is somewhere in between. Because perceptions alter over the years and these published versions of the truth are said in retrospect. So any biography, auto or otherwise, I always take with a pinch of salt. The blurb about it is badly written and full of grammatical and spelling errors. Doesn't fill you with confidence It also looks like an Australian website and if you click on the publisher's link, it takes you to children's educational books. Their search facility doesn't find anything. Do we know how old this book is? I have heard of the publishers though. I'm sure I have other Quo books released by them. Ta for the heads up though 👍
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Post by craydarr on Sept 2, 2023 9:30:15 GMT
This sort of exposé always comes across as a bit tacky; a bit desperate. It might be worth a buy, for me anyway, if there are genuinely unseen photographs. And I guess Colin Johnson's take on things might be interesting. We all know that, no matter who says what, the truth is somewhere in between. Because perceptions alter over the years and these published versions of the truth are said in retrospect. So any biography, auto or otherwise, I always take with a pinch of salt. The blurb about it is badly written and full of grammatical and spelling errors. Doesn't fill you with confidence It also looks like an Australian website and if you click on the publisher's link, it takes you to children's educational books. Their search facility doesn't find anything. Do we know how old this book is? I have heard of the publishers though. I'm sure I have other Quo books released by them. Ta for the heads up though 👍 Yeh as you say, all the errors on the write up make you slightly suspicious of what may actually be in the book. I clicked on the link and got nothing as well, so perhaps they put that link up to get people to subscribe, to see how much interest they got and maybe there wasn’t a lot. One piece I heard recently, not sure if it was from this or not was the fact that Collin poo poo’s the idea that Quo were ever ripped off by Alan Crux, also Fran has recently said that Colin Johnson hates his guts.
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Post by Quoincidence on Sept 2, 2023 18:54:11 GMT
That DVD was originally included with one of Gerard Rappards books. imo, it's an awful interview, not on Colins end but down to the questions asked.
It wasn't a recent interview that Rossi mentioned that Colin "hate his guts", It was one filmed back in 2011 for the 'Hello Quo' doc. They must've come back into contact with one another in the past couple of years, as Rossi has spoken highly of him in more recent interviews saying that he was their best manager.
Alan Crux was the issue, allegedly. Colin was 'out' of Quo by early 1987 dealing with a divorce. Rick has mentioned that the manager, bank manager, accountant and a lawyer all transpired with one another and took this money the band were being paid to play Sun City. So the 'manager' at the time would have been Alan Crux, which correlates to when he disappeared from the Quo crew. (Allegedly).
There's a reason the band haven't uttered his name since the late 80's. We'll never know what genuinely happened. Cruxie is approaching his 90s, Quo won't be allowed to mention it for legal reasons (or so I'd have thought).
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Post by mortified on Sept 4, 2023 10:09:18 GMT
The history of Quo is beset with management issues. And like you say, Quoincidence, the full truth will probably never be known. Not just by us but by anyone. So many individuals seem to have played their part. I get the impression Simon Porter was the one that Francis in particular trusted the most. He, especially, has probably benefitted out of his management style. A number of fans didn't like the route he often took the band down (myself included) but he really just carried on where David Walker left off. And he does appear to have been crucial in terms of the reunion tours. Or so he tells us I never got round to watching any of the DVD's in Gerard Rappard's books. The books themselves were good enough in their own right
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Post by frozenhero on Sept 8, 2023 22:24:56 GMT
Alan Crux was the issue, allegedly. Colin was 'out' of Quo by early 1987 dealing with a divorce. Rick has mentioned that the manager, bank manager, accountant and a lawyer all transpired with one another and took this money the band were being paid to play Sun City. So the 'manager' at the time would have been Alan Crux, which correlates to when he disappeared from the Quo crew. (Allegedly). There's a reason the band haven't uttered his name since the late 80's. We'll never know what genuinely happened. Cruxie is approaching his 90s, Quo won't be allowed to mention it for legal reasons (or so I'd have thought). His name crops up in the autobiography of Mark Kelly (Marillion), which I'm currently reading, and I get the impression that Mark also found him pretty untrustworthy.
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