The Pogues are an English Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer.
Originally named Pogue Mahone (an anglicisation of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse") the band fused Irish traditional music with punk rock…
4 roots·17 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped The Pogues; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Philip Chevron, Shane MacGowan, Steve Earle, Steve Lillywhite
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6 releases·1989-2025
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1996