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The Quireboys is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Frankie Miller, Rod Stewart, Faces and Blaze Bayley. Those roots explain a lot about how The Quireboys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Thunder, Little Angels, Y&T, Gun and Poison, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into GINGER*, Tyla, Buckcherry and Thunder, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around The Quireboys, reaching back through Frankie Miller and forward to GINGER*. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Quireboys are an English rock band formed in 1984 in London, with strong ties to Newcastle. Originally known as the Choirboys, then the Queerboys, billed as the London Quireboys in the United States and Canada, settling at last with their current name.
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The Quireboys connections
The Quireboys grew out of Frankie Miller, Rod Stewart, Faces and Blaze Bayley, shares an orbit with Thunder, Little Angels, Y&T and Gun, went on to shape GINGER*, Tyla, Buckcherry and Thunder. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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