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The Pogues are an English or Anglo-Irish [a] Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, [1] by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. [2] Originally named Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation by James Joyce of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse"—the band soon added more members, including James Fearnley and Cait O'Riordain, and built a reputation playing ...
The term was used as early as the First World War by US Marines to refer to a male homosexual. [1] At the beginning of World War II, "pogue" was used by Marine drill instructors to refer to trainees believed not to meet the expected standards or failing to display the appropriate esprit de corps.
Pogue Mahone is the seventh and final studio album by the Pogues, released in February 1996. [8] [9] The title is a variant of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse", from which the band's name is derived.
The first part of the fourth season of "Outer Banks" dropped on Netflix on October 10. The show focuses on two groups of teenagers, Pogues and Kooks, engaged in class warfare.
The Pogues reunited with Rum Sodomy & the Lash producer Elvis Costello for a follow-up EP released just six months later. It would be the last time they worked, together. It would be the last time ...
The Pogues’ single with the late Kirsty MacColl – one of the U.K.’s finest, broad-voiced singers and songwriters in her own right – moves from soft, supple balladry and humble storytelling ...
MacGowan drew upon his Irish heritage when founding the Pogues and changed his early punk style for a more traditional sound with tutoring from his extended family. Many of his songs were influenced by Irish nationalism, Irish history, the experiences of the Irish diaspora (particularly in England and the United States), and London life in general. [18]
The Pogues are an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London in 1982, [1] as Pogue Mahone – the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic póg mo thóin, meaning 'kiss my arse'.