The Pogues

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title: The Pogues
text: The Pogues were an Irish-English 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". Fusing punk influences with instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, Irish bouzouki, cittern, mandolin and accordion, the Pogues were initially poorly received in traditional Irish music circles—the noted musician Tommy Makem called them "the greatest disaster ever to hit Iri
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description: Celtic punk band founded in London in 1982
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pogues
date created: 2001-08-19T18:23:56Z
date modified: 2024-09-12T07:09:49Z
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