Great interview in the GoodTimes magazine (A II & more)

[frozenhero]

I've been a subscriber for years and I was delightfully surprised by the amount of coverage Quo got in the newest issue (though they've been featured relatively often over the years). Francis and Rhino were interviewed. It's a long article so I won't try to transcribe everything (buy it!) but a few points I've picked out:



- One of the three new songs was written by Francis, the other two by Andy. Francis admits to liking a lot of Andy's output

- Aquostic II sounds a bit different and more 'refined', compared to the first album

- Hold You Back now sounds "celtic". They used celtic instruments and Rhino was thinking of Steeleye Span while playing the bass. Since it's got the jiggy element in it anyway, that probably makes sense.

- Rhino played double bass for the first time during the recordings and enjoyed that so much that he now wants to 'properly' learn the instrument. Sounds logical for a guy who started on violin and played bass guitar for most of his career!

- Francis doesn't hate the FF, he just doesn't feel like doing it anymore

- QPQ is now officially an AC/DC album

- Rick was 'more involved' with the album compared to Aquostic I, but he generally isn't that crazy about playing acoustically

- Rick is on the mend and will be 'checked through' in September (maybe happened already? Sorry I haven't read the most recent news on him yet). Francis comments on his lack of self-discipline, but he doesn't sound condescending, rather worried 
- Francis' solo album isn't finished, but the plan is to release it May next year. He's written a couple of songs with Hannah Rickard and he thinks he sounds so much better when Hannah and Amy are singing together with him



There's more (e.g. comments from Francis about physical problems and how sitting down on stage is more comfortable for him nowadays) but I think this should be enough for posting on a public forum

Edit: Forgot to mention it's a German magazine

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Sept 20, 2016 20:08:02 GMT frozenhero said:

I've been a subscriber for years and I was delightfully surprised by the amount of coverage Quo got in the newest issue (though they've been featured relatively often over the years). Francis and Rhino were interviewed. It's a long article so I won't try to transcribe everything (buy it!) but a few points I've picked out:



- One of the three new songs was written by Francis, the other two by Andy. Francis admits to liking a lot of Andy's output

- Aquostic II sounds a bit different and more 'refined', compared to the first album

- Hold You Back now sounds "celtic". They used celtic instruments and Rhino was thinking of Steeleye Span while playing the bass. Since it's got the jiggy element in it anyway, that probably makes sense.

- Rhino played double bass for the first time during the recordings and enjoyed that so much that he now wants to 'properly' learn the instrument. Sounds logical for a guy who started on violin and played bass guitar for most of his career!

- Francis doesn't hate the FF, he just doesn't feel like doing it anymore

- QPQ is now officially an AC/DC album

- Rick was 'more involved' with the album compared to Aquostic I, but he generally isn't that crazy about playing acoustically

- Rick is on the mend and will be 'checked through' in September (maybe happened already? Sorry I haven't read the most recent news on him yet). Francis comments on his lack of self-discipline, but he doesn't sound condescending, rather worried 
- Francis' solo album isn't finished, but the plan is to release it May next year. He's written a couple of songs with Hannah Rickard and he thinks he sounds so much better when Hannah and Amy are singing together with him



There's more (e.g. comments from Francis about physical problems and how sitting down on stage is more comfortable for him nowadays) but I think this should be enough for posting on a public forum

yer feckin right its enough 

[HighVoltage]

told my mate who buys the mag every now and then to get us this issue twice!

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Why is QPQ officially an AC/DC album ?

No, Rick isnt exactly keen about the Aquostic stuff, although originally it was his idea after Radio 2 put the thought into his head, so I think maybe originally he was keen to do it, then when they had done it, it didnt turn out to be as good as he thought it would be.

They should had done something like this years ago in my opinion.

Another Rossi solo album then, I'm sure it will be a best seller with that (alleged) massive fan base just like the last 2,, werent

[frozenhero]

Sept 21, 2016 9:16:29 GMT ive said:

Why is QPQ officially an AC/DC album ?

No, Rick isnt exactly keen about the Aquostic stuff, although originally it was his idea after Radio 2 put the thought into his head, so I think maybe originally he was keen to do it, then when they had done it, it didnt turn out to be as good as he thought it would be.

They should had done something like this years ago in my opinion.

Another Rossi solo album then, I'm sure it will be a best seller with that (alleged) massive fan base just like the last 2,, werent

It was my sarcastic way of paraphrasing what Francis said about QPQ. "Most songs were in the same key, similar tempo...as if Quo were doing an AC/DC album" and then he goes on how the Aquostic process was a lot more fun than doing 'just another' traditional Quo album.

The difference with the last two solo albums is that back then there were no signs of Quo retiring. But with no proper full-length album since 2011 (and ignoring three new tracks on BQ and A2), it will be the first release with new songs by him in a while and could be a lot more successful since Quo have pretty much arrived at the end of the road for good. Just for comparison, as long as Pink Floyd were active in some form or other, their solo albums didn't interest a lot of people, but when it became obvious that the band was over (sort of) the profile of both David and Roger as solo artists became much higher. A similar effect may be seen here (and could also benefit Rick IF he is fit to do a solo album).

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Sept 21, 2016 11:24:01 GMT frozenhero said:

Sept 21, 2016 9:16:29 GMT ive said:

Why is QPQ officially an AC/DC album ?

No, Rick isnt exactly keen about the Aquostic stuff, although originally it was his idea after Radio 2 put the thought into his head, so I think maybe originally he was keen to do it, then when they had done it, it didnt turn out to be as good as he thought it would be.

They should had done something like this years ago in my opinion.

Another Rossi solo album then, I'm sure it will be a best seller with that (alleged) massive fan base just like the last 2,, werent

It was my sarcastic way of paraphrasing what Francis said about QPQ. "Most songs were in the same key, similar tempo...as if Quo were doing an AC/DC album" and then he goes on how the Aquostic process was a lot more fun than doing 'just another' traditional Quo album.

The difference with the last two solo albums is that back then there were no signs of Quo retiring. But with no proper full-length album since 2011 (and ignoring three new tracks on BQ and A2), it will be the first release with new songs by him in a while and could be a lot more successful since Quo have pretty much arrived at the end of the road for good. Just for comparison, as long as Pink Floyd were active in some form or other, their solo albums didn't interest a lot of people, but when it became obvious that the band was over (sort of) the profile of both David and Roger as solo artists became much higher. A similar effect may be seen here (and could also benefit Rick IF he is fit to do a solo album).

Ah ok ta for clarifying.

It is of course quite possible that with no more Quo any new Rossi album would sell better than the previous ones of course, but I suspect those who buy it will overall be the same ones that bought his previous two albums, in other words I can't see him getting people to buy it simply because there is no more Quo, after all the difference between a proper Quo album and a Rossi solo album is rather large, as indeed it should be for any solo album.