and John Coghlan, the wild man on the kit with a bass drum the size of Africa. (In this new rock world, naturally, they jettisoned the keyboard player.) Quo were a gang. With them was a team that ...

John Coghlan is to tour as part of a reunited Status Quo line-up in 2013. The Quo will take a Rick Parfitt, Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan line-up on a five-date UK tour in March. The ...

Former Status Quo drummer John Coghlan has announced he will lay down his sticks following a farewell tour this year. The 75-year-old, who grew up in Dulwich in south London, joined the ...

For four decades Status Quo have been one of the cornerstones of British Rock ‘n’ Roll. Original drummer and founder member John Coghlan left the band after twenty incredible years, and now he has put ...

John Robert Coghlan (born 19 September 1946) is an English musician, best known as the original drummer of the rock band Status Quo. The son of a Glasgow-born father and a London-born half-French ...

Original Quo drummer John Coghlan talks parents, pubs & Pam Ayres with Steve Kitchen.

Status Quo (from left to right) Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt, John Coghlan and Francis Rossi (Bob Young Archive/PA) Former Status Quo drummer John Coghlan has announced he will lay down his sticks ...