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"Pictures of Matchstick Men" is one of a number of songs from the late 1960s which feature the flanging audio effect. The band's next single release, "Black Veils of Melancholy", was similar but flopped, which caused a change of musical direction. [10] Rossi (living in a prefab in Camberwell at the time) [11] later said of the song:
The album's lead single was originally intended to be "Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café", with the original song by singer/lead guitarist Francis Rossi, "Pictures of Matchstick Men", as the B-side, but these songs were eventually swapped. It reached No. 7 in the UK, and remains the band's only major hit single in the US, where it reached No. 12.
Status Quo are a British rock band. The group originated in London and was founded in 1962 by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster while they were still schoolboys. [1] [2] After a number of name and lineup changes, which included the introduction of John Coghlan in 1963 and Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969.
Pictures – 40 Years of Hits is a compilation album by the British rock band Status Quo, and was released on 10 November 2008.The album was available as a standard double CD, a double CD+DVD deluxe edition, and the four-CD earbook boxset, containing the single versions of all 76 Status Quo singles (including five singles in collaboration with other acts) from 1968 to 2008 inclusive, housed in ...
The original Australian edition included "Sea Cruise" and "Pictures of Matchstick Men 1999". [1] The 2006 Eurotrend budget label reissue ("Influence of Matchstick Men") includes "Pictures of Matchstick Men", [ 2 ] while the Dutch reissue from the same year also adds "Sea Cruise" and "I Knew the Bride". [ 3 ] "
In Search of the Fourth Chord (2007) Pictures: Live at Montreux (2009) Quid Pro Quo (2011) Bula Quo! (2013) 2013–2016 Francis Rossi – lead guitar, vocals; Rick Parfitt – rhythm guitar, vocals; Andy Bown – keyboards, rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals; John "Rhino" Edwards – bass, vocals; Leon Cave – drums, percussion, backing vocals
"Ice in the Sun" is a song by the band Status Quo. The track was recorded in 1968, and appeared on Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo, an album by Status Quo that was released in August that year.
In 1967, Traffic Jam changed their name to The Status Quo (they soon dropped the definite article and later still would often be known simply as 'Quo'), beginning Parfitt's almost 50-year career in the band. Early successes came with the Rossi-penned hit "Pictures of Matchstick Men".