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Status Quo: Rock That Boogie!

Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 31 January 1976

IN THE basement of a South London shop, a group rehearses. They're loud, ever so loud. A rat crawls from behind an amplifier, its ears bleeding from the sheer force of volume. Such a vicious assault could be launched by only one band.

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