Rick Parfitt Status Quo interview - Slade and quitting smoking dope

[@Mick_Aus]

I saw Quo and Slade in '73 at the Melbourne Showgrounds (Australia) and it pissed down most of the day, but didn't stop the crowd from witnessing a kick arse concert!! been hooked on both bands ever since.. 🤘

[@secysb2910]

I was there too !

[@Lloyd1885]

Y'know... he's a lovely fella to listen to, there doesn't seem to be a bit of the 'do you know who I am?' crap about him, or big headedness, just a very sincere guy.

[@Battismore-Blue]

I`ve watched a few of these and I couldn`t agree more

[@Nyquest]

We loved filming with Rick spent more time filming with him on another Quo project few years later & again it was a great few days

[@Maccaxxx]

When i met my future wife at 16 all her family were Quo fans and i was a Slade fan, they didn't like Slade a lot, Slade came to the Civic hall in Wolverhampton and they came along with me, and they still say to this day that it was the best concert they have ever been to.

[@GravityBoy72]

Slade were the business live. Always a great time.

[@Lloyd1885]

Saw em at the marquee in the early eighties, there were punks, rockabillies, skins, rockers, casuals, teds, soul boys, ska, new romantics all people whose musical tastes had gone in different directions after the glam era, I thought it was going to go off big time....nah, one big party 👍

[@GravityBoy72]

@@Lloyd1885 I saw them live 6 times. Never let us down. Well aaaaaaaalllllllrrriiiiiiigghtttttttttt everybody.....!

[@davidramonemorrison2652]

Another rocker who could really light up a stage . Total rock star. Irreplaceable.

[@robharding5345]

Thats a good interview with the quo guy. I never used to like quo, but Rick has changed my mind somewhat, top man.

[@micksmusicchannel]

Rick.. absolute rock legend

[@MichaelConway-tp9if]

Great guy,met him through work a couple of times,so honest about his drug problems,he would talk all day 🎸

[@flexmaximus711]

Slade are great, lovely interview

[@folginator]

Gotta love Rick

[@billybobkingston5604]

Had the pleasure of seeing Quo live and I bumped into Noddy in Manchester, rock n roll

[@andydixon2980]

Love these stories. Rick was obviously a really open fella, unlike Rossi who has a protective wall around him.

[@bruffie]

Yep. I flew from Dubai to Austria to see Quo. The management said I could meet them backstage. Rick said ok. Rossi said no. Rick came out pre show and met us in the seating area.

[@Nyquest]

@@bruffie typical of Rick

[@ThePhilmaywalt]

Loved Slade on our side of the Pond. Imagine seeing them in a club that only held 200 and everyone was on top of each other enjoying the hell out of them in the mid 70s.

[@ThatGuyThanus]

Saw Slade towards the end, at Reading festival.. They went down a storm..

[@Nyquest]

Blue Oyster Cult followed them and Jim told us the manager of BOC was absolutley livid as in Spinal Tap fashion....the crowd were still chanting Slade, Slade, & singing Merry Xmas Everybody...in August....when BOC took to the stage.

[@robertmenhinick8993]

Me too

[@macca8562]

If you never got to see Slade live you missed something very special, i have seen all the top bands live since the late 60s, and Slade were by far the best live band of the lot.

[@vinegarjoe9706]

I saw them 5 times, all before they were famous. They were playing town halls and small clubs at that time. Realised then they were a great band and still think that today.

[@macca8562]

Ditto so did i, they were very big around the Black Country.@@vinegarjoe9706

[@Formula-602]

I smoked some Thai Stick in 1975…and watched Jeff Beck /Mahavisnu Orchestra..play in Detroit!

[@ambonecomb9643]

Slade had a bloody good bassist.

[@WesW3187]

Rick’s memory is failing here. When Slade were skinheads they didn’t have any hits. When they grew their hair back they took England, and the rest of the world (except the US), by storm. Slade were the biggest band around for 3 years. That’s why Quo supported them when Slade went to Australia. Slade were the biggest selling band in Britain in the seventies. I love Quo, but Quo weren’t in the (big hits) picture really, until 1975 with Down Down etc. They were more of an albums band.

[@flashtheoriginal]

Yes, this is absolutely correct. I saw Thin Lizzy (superb) and Suzi Quattro (booed off) support Slade and the timeline here clearly dictates that Quo would have been underneath Slade's sales, fame, commercialism, fan base etc. In fact Quo would have bitten an arm off to get on the bill supporting Slade.

[@giuseppe9145]

Such a nice guy

[@davidglow3]

Sadly soon after that the band moved onto Coke,and destroyed all humour within the band

[@jonathanmcroberts8549]

Great story!😂

[@mrjohncharlesbrown]

I'm glad I never took drugs

[@leo1314ok]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant but scary

[@tombelanovic7686]

Blow never did ANYTHING for me! Hits you like a sledgehammer and you fall fast asleep. DUH!! Needless to say, i never felt the urge to explore any of the other "substances"! BUT. I used to love my beer. A lot.

[@herseem]

Sounds like there is some other chemical involved in that thai stick. Sounds as though there may have been some LSD in it as well

[@Formula-602]

I smoked a infused (legal) pre roll..almost 40% THC…..It was almost like tacking acid!

[@Tim091]

No, Thai weed was (maybe still is) much more powerful than your regular stuff. One hit and you could be in fairy land for a while. Those "bad trips" like Rick had happened to me from time to time. Hawaiian was even stronger.

[@tombelanovic7686]

Who's the interviewer? Kerrang's Phil Alexander? Cause it totally sounds like him.

[@Nyquest]

Alan G Parker

[@ThatGuyThanus]

Different kinds of weed have different effects.. the laughing gear didn’t get round our way much..

[@valuetraveler2026]

when was this filmed?

[@Nyquest]

2011

[@andydixon2980]

Before he died.

[@iangillon6981]

😅@@andydixon2980

[@Tim091]

@@andydixon2980 No shit!

[@flammaferus2998]

In the 70s, thai sticks were laced with LSD. Looks like Rick smoked one of these.

[@grahamhale-kk6hp]

Had that experience with blow, all of a sudden it wasn't funny anymore, knocked it on the head for about 15 yrs. Have the odd toke now and then now

[@asw7696]

Blow is cocaine. Rick is talking about cannabis.

[@grahamhale-kk6hp]

Blow is cannabis in the uk@@asw7696

[@MrBenmanning]

Not a good idea to mix booze and weed. Generally weed is much safer than alcohol that's why its prescribed for Alcoholics .( R.i.p)

[@harrisonj0679]

Killed by success❤

[@tonywright8294]

Wall of deaf 🤣

[@josephbuckley5961]

Never got louder than motorhead and they had less amps lol

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

@@josephbuckley5961🙄

[@josephbuckley5961]

@@thestrengthwithin4249 😂

[@MarkGelderland]

@@josephbuckley5961 Plasmatics in the early 80s was the loudest gig i've ever been to and í've been to hundreds rock, hardrock and punkrock concerts. They were dangerously loud, my hearing was affected for a few days after that gig. Motorhead was loud (seen Stokvishal Arnhem 1982) but not that loud.