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    The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish [a] Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, [1] as Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse".

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  3. Dec 1, 2023 · The Pogues are not an Irish band, they are a London-Irish band, and that distinction is very important. The jukeboxes of the emigrant pubs of Kilburn are stuffed with songs of old...

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    • Joe Breen
    • The Millwall Chainsaws
    • Creating The Pogues’ Trademark ‘Folk Rock’ Sound
    • First Album – Red Roses For Me
    • Second Album – Rum, Sodomy and The Lash

    The Pogues were listed in Q magazine as one of ’50 bands to see before you die’. The Pogues were originally called the Millwall Chainsaws. They formed in the late 1970s after singer, Shane MacGowan met tin whistle player, Peter ‘Spider’ Stacy in the toilets at a Ramones concert. In 1982, they added accordion player, James Fearnley and changed their...

    Everytime we caused enough damage to get barred from a club we moved up a notch. Shane MacGowan The Pogues’ trademark sound built on a mixture of folk and punk reflected Shane MacGowan’s twin musical interests from his youth. He was a keen fan of Irish bands like The Dubliners and The Fureys and could play many of their songs. At the same time, he ...

    They changed their name to the Pogues because Pogue Mahone was deemed too offensive for the BBC after some Gaelic Scottish viewers had complained. The band released their first album, Red Roses for Me, in 1984. It gave them their first taste of success, reaching number 89 in the UK album chart. The album included the classic Irish traditional song,...

    They reminded me of The Dubliners, The Clancy Brothers, mixed with The Clash. Immediately I was a big fan. Actor Matt Dillon In 1985, they teamed up with Elvis Costello to record their second album, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. The phrase is said to have been coined by Winston Churchill to describe life in the navy. The album featured more original ma...

  4. Apr 3, 2024 · The Pogues: 'Dark Streets of London' – 40 Years On. Will Russell. It was in the crucible of punk rock in the late 1970s that The Pogues first started to take shape. But there was still a long...

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  5. Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December 1957 – 30 November 2023) was a British-born Irish [a] singer-songwriter, musician and poet best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of Celtic punk band the Pogues. He also produced solo material and collaborated with artists including Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Sinéad O'Connor, and Cruachan.

  6. Dec 1, 2023 · The Pogues blew up in London in the early 1980s, bashing Irish folk music in the rowdy spirit of the Sex Pistols and the Clash. “We were all into punk,” Shane told Rolling Stone in 1985.

  7. Dec 2, 2023 · The Pogues moved Irish music, like most Irish people, from the countryside to the dirty city. And there weren’t many other bands following in The Pogues’ footsteps into Irish folk music at the...