PLEDGE WEEK: “Pictures of Matchstick Men” by The Status Quo

Andrew Hickey· Host0:00

This episode is part of Pledge Week twenty twenty-five. For five days this week, I will be posting old Patreon bonus episodes to the main feed to encourage people to subscribe to my Patreon. If you want more of these, and only if you can afford it, subscribe for one dollar a month at patreon.com/andrewhickey. Whether you do or not, I hope you enjoy this one.

Speaker 1· Soundbite0:21

[singing] Rock 'n' roll. [singing] Yeah. [singing] Rock 'n' roll. [singing] Roll and rock away. [singing] On the down round and round we'll sway. [singing] We'll be swell. [singing] In the spell. [singing] Of the rock and rocking rhythm of the sea.

Andrew Hickey· Host0:40

A brief note before I begin. This episode contains some mention of child death, drug abuse, and alcoholism. If those subjects are likely to disturb you, you might want to skip this episode or read the transcript. Occasionally in these Patreon bonuses, I talk about bands that were big in the US but unknown in the UK, like, for example, The Association, or ones that were big in the UK but never did anything in the US, like Amen Corner. But those are for moderate definitions of big, bands that had a handful of very big hits but then moved on to the nostalgia circuit. But today, I'm going to talk about a band who are the kind of massive that very few bands ever get to in the UK. Status Quo have sold, according to their PR at least, over