The Pogues
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London, United Kingdom (1982 – 1996, 2001 – present)
The Pogues were founded in King’s Cross, a district in north London, in 1982 as Pogue Mahone — “pogue mahone” being the Anglicisation of the Irish póg mo thóin, meaning “kiss my arse.” The band specialized in Irish folk music, often playing with the energy of the punk rock scene from which several of the members had their roots.
Their politically-tinged music was reminiscent of The Clash, with whom they played (Joe Strummer produced one of their albums and even joined the group briefly), and used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin, accordion, and more. In the later incarnations of the band, after the departure of Shane MacGowan, electronic instruments such as the electric guitar would become more prominent. The first of The Pogues’ albums, Red Roses for Me, borrows much from the punk tradition of MacGowan’s previous band The Nipple Erectors (later dubbed The Nips).
Band history
Shane MacGowan (vocals),James Fearnley (accordion) and Spider Stacy (tin whistle) were the original members of the Pogues, in the days when they busked on the streets of London. Before the rest of the group formed, MacGowan and Stacy were rumored to have played impromptu performances on street corners and city buses which attracted local interest to their talent. They later added Jeremy ‘Jem’ Finer (guitar, banjo), Cait O’Riordan (bass) and Andrew Ranken (drums).
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
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The Best of The Pogues
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Rum Sodomy & the Lash
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Red Roses for Me
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infectedmodes wrote:
· We Love British Bands ·
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kickme123 wrote:
Less than a fortnight until I'm seeing them next. Hope they're as good as they were last year.
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photon_man62 wrote:
Will be getting to my top artists.
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beat_radiation wrote:
Jedi > Empire
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niall_t wrote:
apples > oranges
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Jontybloom1 wrote:
Fairy tale of newyork by Ronan Keating - a truly terrible cover version http://www.neonfiller.com/page4.htm#badcover
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MavonBarksfield wrote:
hahahahahahahaha yeah nmh and the pogues are really similar oh wait no they aren't you idiot
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JFarm3 wrote:
NMH > Pogues
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liniker_guns wrote:
NIce band / 2
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MotownTrash wrote:
Better than mine, that's for sure.
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dog_face wrote:
shane mcgowan's teeth are the sexiest of all
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scobeiboy wrote:
pogues once in my head !!!!
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hateandpain wrote:
love u till the end !! ='(
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RectalMorbidity wrote:
@Cacophonaut: Since when does 'tag' equal 'genre'?
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koula10 wrote:
NIce band
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kingrizla wrote:
To be fair any kind of genre definition of the Pogues is utterly pointless anyway. There is no other band remotely like them.
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Cacophonaut wrote:
Since when is "irish" a fucking genre? Christ people are stupid.
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lindsatthedisco wrote:
LOVE them foreverrr. ^^
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polyploidpimp wrote:
Eppler - check out the Filthy Thieving Bastards. You just might like them.
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-Eppler- wrote:
could anyone give some reccomandations of some music related to the pogues only more folkish instead of punk-ish side ?
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Olympia Theatre, Baile Átha Cliath, Dublin, Ireland
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Olympia Theatre, Baile Átha Cliath, Dublin, Ireland
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Recent Activity
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madmusicheed, beavertard, dangreen559 and 4 other people added The Pogues to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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xthunderax tagged The Pogues with ‘folk rock’. yesterday evening
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James_Hartley tagged The Pogues with punk, folk, irish and one other tag. yesterday evening
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soundtaster, KILLER_BOB11694, pence_bears259 and 9 other people added The Pogues to their libraries. yesterday evening
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sparklism wrote about The Pogues in The Obligatory "Seen Live" Document. yesterday afternoon
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sparklism wrote about The Pogues in a deleted journal. yesterday afternoon
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sparklism wrote about The Pogues in a deleted journal. yesterday afternoon
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Ameisenman3000, oystons, Desaeverm and 2 other people added The Pogues to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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thelizster tagged The Pogues with punk and celtic rock. yesterday morning
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The Obligatory "Seen Live" Document
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