John Coghlan

Biography

John Robert Coghlan (born 19 September 1946) is an English musician, best known as the original drummer of the rock band Status Quo. The son of a Glasgow-born father and a London-born half-French mother, Coghlan grew up in Dulwich and was educated at Kingsdale Comprehensive School. He left school at 15 to begin an apprenticeship as a mechanic. He attended drumming tuition under Lloyd Ryan, who also taught Phil Collins the drum rudiments. John Coghlan joined Status Quo, then called The Scorpions (latterly The Spectres), in early 1962 after a meeting with bassist Alan Lancaster, guitarist Francis Rossi and keyboard player Jess Jaworski. "The three of them were playing away through a single Vox AC30 amplifier," he recalled. "But it sounded amazing and that was the start of it all." Coghlan played on the first fourteen Quo albums, including their first and most successful live album, Live! in 1977, and songs such as Caroline", "Down Down", "Rockin' All Over the World" and "Whatever You Want". While Quo were recording what became their 1+9+8+2 album, Coghlan unexpectedly quit after almost twenty years of being in the line-up. According to Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt, Coghlan went…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Hello Quo (2012) — Self
2. Status Quo - The Frantic Four Reunion (2013) — Self
3. Status Quo: The Frantic Four’s Final Fling - Live At The Dublin 02 Arena (2014) — Self
4. Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009 (2009) — Self
5. Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World (2024) — Himself
6. Status Quo: XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits (2004) — Self
7. Status Quo Reunion Tour 2013 — Self
8. Status Quo: Accept No Substitute! - The Definitive Hits & More! (2015) — himself
9. Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde (1969) — Self