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The Pogues performing in Munich in 2011. From left to right: Philip Chevron, James Fearnley, Andrew Ranken, Shane MacGowan, Darryl Hunt, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. The Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band the Pogues have recorded songs for seven studio albums as well as one extended play (EP), twenty singles, and various other projects.
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 fused Irish traditional music with punk rock influences.
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'.
Here’s a look back at the Pogues catalog, which included seven full-length albums and many singles, EPs, and soundtrack appearances. ... Bassist Darryl Hunt’s greatest song for the Pogues ...
Rum Sodomy & the Lash is the second studio album by the London-based, Irish folk punk band the Pogues, released on 5 August 1985. [2] The album reached number 13 on the UK charts.
"Tuesday Morning" is a song recorded by English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band The Pogues, released in 1993 by WEA as a single from their first post-Shane MacGowan album, Waiting for Herb (1993). It was the band's last single to make the UK top 20, and the first single to feature Joe Strummer on vocals. The song itself was composed by Stacy.
Ewan MacColl wrote "Dirty Old Town" as a tribute to his hometown of Salford, Lancashire, back in 1949. The Dubliners popularized the tune 20 years later, but after the Pogues cut the song, "Dirty ...
Peace and Love continued the band's gradual departure from traditional Irish music.It noticeably opens with a heavily jazz-influenced track.Also, several of the songs are inspired by the city in which the Pogues were founded, London ("White City", "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge", "London You're a Lady"), as opposed to Ireland, from which they had usually drawn inspiration.