This
phrase sums up the aims and achievements of what has to be THE best and only
professional Status Quo tribute band in the UK!
When formed midway through 2000, STATUS CLONE represented
a bold new direction for those involved. All had enjoyed long and successful
playing careers and the millennium brought them together in what they intended
to be the definitive tribute to Status Quo. (A band that has become a national
institution, boasting over 50 hit singles and still able to command a tremendous
following.)
It's no easy feat to emulate the sight, sound and perhaps
even more importantly, the spirit of the long-running original, but STATUS
CLONE plays tribute to Status Quo by successfully capturing all these ingredients
in a fast-moving, power-packed stage show. Quo's best-known numbers are delivered
in typically hard-hitting manner, providing a crowd-pleasing performance guaranteed
to excite even the most apathetic audience!
Unlike some Quo-copycats, STATUS CLONE doesn't adopt
a restrictive 'purist' attitude to the choice of material, and like Quo themselves,
includes many of the more recent hits as well as earlier 'classics'. The emphasis
is always firmly on generating a good-time atmosphere via familiar favourites,
rather than re-creating obscure album tracks that only the most ardent fan
might appreciate.
The formula certainly works, at least if audience
reaction and repeat bookings are anything to go by. STATUS CLONE are
currently headlining at some of the UK's most prestigious venues, playing
to packed houses all over the country and regularly working for various major
national leisure chains. Their success has also
not gone unnoticed by those in the know within the music industry either,
because STATUS CLONE now enjoys active support in the form of endorsement
deals from several prominent names.
Simply put, STATUS CLONE is loud, lively and a whole
lot of fun. Just like the real thing in fact - which of course is what being
the best Quo tribute band around is all about!
<<Click to read the reviews of Status Clone from
"The Stage" newspaper.
