
Known for
Acting
Born
September 19, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Dulwich, London, England, UK
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 V...
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