Artist: Quireboys Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Well Oiled Year: 2004
Tracks: 9
100% Live 2002 Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
This Is Rock N' Roll Year: 2001
Tracks: 13
Lost In Space Year: 2000
Tracks: 20
Bitter, Sweet and Twisted (Special Edition) Year: 1993
Tracks: 18
A Bit Of What You Fancy (Special Edition) Year: 1990
Tracks: 22
Just as future U.S. glam superstars Motley Crue were cementing their bad-boy report Stateside on their party-as-you-go
Shout at the Devil tour of duty, on the other side of the pool, quartet young upstarts by the bring up of the Queerboys were taking their commencement baby steps as perhaps the heirs-in-waiting of a raucous bar sound that the Faces and Rod Stewart helped to pioneer in the other '70s.
LED by vocalist Spike Gray and guitar player Guy Bailey, the Queerboys [set] were rounded out by bassist Nigel Mogg (the nephew of bassist Pete Way of U.F.O. fame) and Paul Hornby on drums. Hornby quickly split to form future U.K. resistance darlings the Dogs D'Amour on with toxic frontman, Tyla. By 1987, the Queerboys had changed their refer to the more than consumer friendly Quireboys and had added keyboard man Chris Johnstone, guitarist Ginger, and a drummer by the name of Coze to the fold. In 1988, the stria recorded "Mayfair" and eventual live dearie "At that place She Goes Again" as a pair of singles for EMI U.K. imprint Survival Records. By 1990, Ginger had been pink-slipped (he would go on to kind the critically acclaimed the Wildhearts), and after delivery in new drummer Ian Wallace to the fold, the Quireboys signed to EMI proper and recorded a stunning debut entitled A Bit of What You Fancy. On
Phantasy, the band made no bones of concealment their influences -- they didn't regular have to try. The heart of Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, and the Faces was well and alive on song's care "Sexual activity Party," the gentle "Cherubic Mary Ann," and specially the O'Clock."
Released to massive world winner,
Illusion would knuckle under four huge singles out-of-door the U.S. -- these included "Hey You," "7 O'Clock," "I Don't Love You Anymore," and "At that place She Goes Again." When it came fourth dimension for its Stateside press release, the band, wHO had by now become bonafide rockstars and media darlings back home, had their name tweaked to the London Quireboys by EMI's U.S. parent company Capitol. With ball of fire coach Sharon Osbourne now on board, A Bit of What You Fancy initially met with an enthusiastic response in the States and things looked bright as the band embarked on its first U.S. tour. Alas, their import in the sunlight was to be passing, as a little band from Georgia by the identify of the Black Crowes would not only steal the band's thunder, they would promptly get everyone in the U.S. forget near the band. With massive singles care "Difficult to Handle" and "She Talks to Angels" in the lead the means, the gross revenue of the Crowes' debut
Shake Your Money Maker would eclipse the Quireboys' gross revenue 30 to matchless. On August 8, 1990, the London Quireboys returned to the U.K. for a turbulent appearance at the legendary Castle Donnington knockout rock fete which featured Whitesnake as headliners. The stria would by and by press release a live record (smartly called, er, Live Album) which was never released Stateside as the stria had failed to add up close to replicating their Euro-success on these shores.
In 1993, the Quireboys finally released Bitter Sweet & Twisted -- their sophomore exertion. Produced by manufacturer du-jour Bob Rock, the album featured 14 tracks that for the to the highest degree portion lacked the songwriting guile of the band's debut. Originally intended as a double album, many leftovers subsist and stay in the vaults from these Bob Rock roger Sessions. Having had the winding sucked extinct of them, the band disbanded after a bout of European touring. Post breakup, 1994 saw the press release of
From Tooting to Barking -- a Castle Communications assembling of archaic Queerboys demos.
After the Quireboys' dying, the band's ex-members embarked on a apparently endless parade of slope projects starting with bass player Nigel Mogg and guitarist Guy Griffin world Health Organization coupled forces on an ill-omened L.A.-based side jut out by the distinguish of Blood From a Stone. The stria promptly splintered and Nigel touched to New York to help phase the much-touted Nancy Boy, featuring Donovan Leitch (yes, Donovan's boy), of all people, on vocals. Signed by legendary music star Seymour Stein, the cooler-than-thou act as released a 1996 self-titled album on Elektra. It stiffed tough. As for Gray, the isaac Merrit Singer would finally be offered the vocalist slot in Slash's Snakepit, only declined choosing rather to sort the fugacious God's Hotel.
Later on putt together a 1994 cassette-only blues effort with Darrell Bath (Take on out Some Insurance), the isaac Merrit Singer resurrected the Quireboys unitary more time for a 1995 live gig at the Newcastle Mayfair in tribute to his father wHO had lately passed away. For the one-off, the place of Nigel Mogg and Guy Griffin were filled by versatile members of the Almighty and Honeycrack. In 1996, Gray united forces with now ex-Dogs D'Amour leader Tyla to discharge Flagrantly Yours under the cognomen Hot Knives. With commercial success now style slow him, the vocalist released his debut solo album, Blue Eyed Soul in 1997. The record album was useable through chain mail order just. Guy Bailey was last heard from in a band called Dog Kennel Hill patch Gray is once once more fronting a new dance orchestra under the God's Hotel emblem. Worthy of citation, the act features ex-Burning Tree drummer Doni Gray on drums. In 1999, Guy Griffin resurfaced as voice of a three-piece called Glimmer. The act as released its self-titled debut under the Atlantic umbrella in October of that same class.
