What is Alan Lancaster?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Alan Lancaster | image = Alan Lancaster 2013.png | caption = Alan Lancaster performing with [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] in [[Manchester]], 2013 | image_size = | birth_name = Alan Charles Lancaster | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|02|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Peckham]], London, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|09|26|1949|02|07|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Sydney]], Australia | instrument = [[Bass guitar]], [[vocals]], [[Drum kit|drums]], [[guitar]] | genre = [[Hard rock]], [[rock and roll]], [[blues rock]], [[boogie rock]], [[psychedelic rock]] | occupation = [[Musician]] | years_active = 1962–2014 | label = | associated_acts = [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[The Party Boys]], The Bombers | website = | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Alan Charles Lancaster''' (7 February 1949 – 26 September 2021) was an English musician. He was best known as founding member and [[bass guitar|bassist]] of the [[rock band]] [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]. He played with the band from 1967 to 1985. On 26 September 2021, Lancaster died in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], at the age of 72 from problems caused by [[multiple sclerosis]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dasey|first=Jason|date=26 September 2021|title='Loved his life in Australia': Status Quo founding member Alan Lancaster dies in Sydney aged 72|language=en-AU|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-26/status-quo-bass-guitarist-alan-lancaster-dies-in-sydney-aged-72/100492996|access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rose|first1=Anna|title=Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster has died, aged 72|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/status-quo-bassist-alan-lancaster-has-died-aged-72-3054881 |website=NME|date=26 September 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lancaster, Alan}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category