By 2022, there were two versions of The Quireboys operating at the same time. Two years later, frontman Spike launched a new version of the band, while the "other" Quireboys, led by guitarist Guy Griffin, eventually reemerged as the Black Eyed Sons. It was always thus in the ever-fractious, ever-chaotic world of one of the UK's greatest rock'n'roll bands. In 2004, as The Quireboys released their Well Oiled album, they told Classic Rock their riotous, booze-soaked story.
