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- From: eeyimkn@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (M. Knell)
- Subject: Re: Pogues/Shane MacGowan
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.162607.23557@cs.nott.ac.uk>
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- Organization: Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham
- References: <C1FCL1.AD8@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1k28nqINNh5d@anaconda.cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:26:07 GMT
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- In article <1k28nqINNh5d@anaconda.cis.ohio-state.edu> moeller@cis.ohio-state.edu (torsten moeller) writes:
- >In article <C1FCL1.AD8@news.cso.uiuc.edu> anderson@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (anderson peter john) writes:
- >>I recently read something that referred to Shane as an "ex-Pogue".
- >>Does anybody have any info on this? And what about the band--do
- >>they still exist?
- >
- >Shane had problems with alcohol (unfortunatly). So the band replaced him with
- >Joe Strummer. They are still producing damn good stuff and touring with Joe.
- >Although Joe does his job VERY well, I miss Shane a lot.
- There's an interview with S. McG in this month's Q magazine (for those of you
- in UK) - basically, he left the band because of his amazing capacity for
- booze/strange substances, and has been doing some work with Nick Cave. They
- released a truly magnificent version of 'What a Wonderful World' over
- Christmas, which failed to chart over here. Allegedly, more collaborations are
- in the pipeline, and I read in the NME this week that he's got a solo deal for
- a new album, which could mean new stuff soon.. wahey!
- The Pogues, meanwhile, filled in with Joe Strummer on vocals for a while, but
- AFAICT he never recorded with them. The current frontman for the band is Spider
- Stacy (the Pogues' tin whistle player). It was his vocals on the recent(ish)ly
- released Honky Tonk Woman.
- I'll dig out the NME article on the solo deal if anyone's interested.
- Cheers, Mike
-
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