The Pogues
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, as Pogue Mahone, an anglicisation of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse". Initially poorly received in traditional Irish music circles—the celebrated musician Tommy Makem called them "the greatest disaster ever to hit Irish music"—the band wer…
Artist details
- Type
- Group
- Area
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1982
- Dissolved
- 2014
- Genres
- Labels
- Rhino