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The Pogues

The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish music with influences from punk rock. Formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan, they reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Their politically-tinged music was influenced by The Clash, yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin, accordion, and others.

The band was founded in King's Cross, a district of 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 in which several of the members had their roots.


 

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