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The Pogues

In his opening essay for the reissue of The Pogues' acclaimed 1984 debut album RED ROSES FOR ME, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch calls them, "definitely one of the most soulful rock bands Britain has ever produced," adding, "But the Pogues aren't just a punk band, or a soul group, or an "Irish" band rooted in a folk tradition. They're all those things and a hell of a lot more." Formed in 1982 in King's Cross in north London, they started out called Pogue Mahone, an anglification of a Gaelic phrase meaning "kiss my arse." Fronted by the poetic spirit and raging, often besotted stage antics of lead singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan, the band made unforgettable music that terms such as "celtic punk" or "trad-fusion" or "progressive folk" indeed only begin to describe. Rhino explores their extraordinary body of work with expanded & remastered versions of their five original albums before MacGowan's departure after 1990's HELL'S DITCH..