How difficult is it to accommodate five different personalities within Quo?
FR: It’s very difficult: five people swearing blind they know what’s right. There’s never been a dictatorial situation in this band. We’ve always tried to be democratic (sighs) but democracies, as you know, don’t work! Does the band maintain an archive? RP: It’s strange because management twenty years ago said they had every record and video we’ve ever made, all in a vault. So I took it as read. One of these days, I’m going to ask to go and see it! Will Rhino sing lead again? FR: I don’t mind but people say he sounds like a strangled chicken! He’s good at high harmonies sometimes. He sounds like a kettle (imitates kettle whistling), that whistling at the high end – dogs hear him. Generally, he doesn’t have a good voice but then nor do I. Rick used to have a really good voice but since he’s tried to become a rock’n’roll singer, he’s messed his voice up, for me. He had a great voice in the 60s! Have any of the band ever heard or collected bootlegs of your shows? RP: Yeah, a lot of it’s g
