# Why did Status Quo (band) never have much success in America **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-status-quo-band-never-have-much-success-in-america/773716 "2016-12-03T10:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Dunmurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-status-quo-band-never-have-much-success-in-america/773716/1 "2016-12-03T10:55:03Z")
This is about the band Status Quo yes the Status Quo (band) which are regarded as an institution in Britain as British as fish and chips and Big Ben yes very good band however they never really managed to “crack America” or whatever you would usually say and they are a very good rock band but they only play three chords and Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt have been in it the longest but I believe they are soon to hang up their Fender Stratocaster guitars for good. they have performed over 4500 live shows to audiences in excess of 20 million people and they have done more than a million miles on the road and one of them has had a quadruple heart bypass and they are still going but of course I saw them live in 2005 with Mel C of the Spice Girls and Meat Loaf and it was really good. Have many people in America heard the band Any other people here are fans of them --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-status-quo-band-never-have-much-success-in-america/773716)._