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Shane MacGowan
Irish singer-songwriter (1957–2023)
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December 1957 – 30 November 2023) was a British-born Irish[a] singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of Celtic punk band the Pogues. He won acclaim for his lyrics, which often focused on the Irish emigrant experience; he also received widespread media attention for his lifestyle, which included decades of heavy alcohol and drug abuse. A New York Times obituary noted his "twin reputations as a titanically destructive personality and a master songsmith whose lyrics painted vivid portraits of the underbelly of Irish immigrant life."[1]
Born in Kent, England, to Irish parents, MacGowan spent his early childhood in Tipperary, Ireland, before moving back to England with his family at age six. After attending Holmewood Housepreparatory school, he won a literary scholarship to Westminster School but was expelled in his second year for drug offences. At age 17 to 18, he spent six months in psychiatric care at Bethlem
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The Pogues
Celtic punk band founded in London in 1982
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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. | |
| Also known as | Pogue Mahone (1982–1984) |
| Origin | King's Cross, London, England |
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| Years active | 1982–1996, 2001–2014, 2024–present |
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| Website | pogues.com |
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. Initially poorly received in traditional circles—folk musician Tommy Makem labelled the band "the greatest disaster ever to hit Irish music"—they were later credited with reinvigorating the genre.[3]
After their founding, the Pogues added more members, inc
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Introduction to Pogue Mahone: Kiss My Arse: Story of the Pogues
| Publication: Print on www.pogues.com |
| Author: Carol Clerk |
FOREWORD
“What fucking book?”
He looks up from the dinner he’s been picking at, drops his knife with an enormous clang, and stares an unblinking, pale-blue stare that’s accusing, terrifying.
Shane MacGowan has forgotten all about our appointment, the one we arranged in a phone call two days ago. He has forgotten everything he’s been told by various other Pogues who for weeks, helpfully, have been suggesting to him that he might co-operate with this biography. Certainly, he has forgotten the trail of false starts and aborted interviews that have littered the way to our meeting here this evening.
The instructions had been vague enough to be worrying: “I’ll be in The Boogaloo on Thursday night.”
What time?
“Somewhere between nine o’clock and midnight.”
The Boogaloo, described by GQ magazine as “the sweetest little juke-joint in all the world”, is a
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