…hard living frontman of the renowned Irish punk group The Pogues has succumbed to viral meningitis and left this world Just weeks before his 66th birthday 😢
He’d finally kicked the demon drugs and booze, highlights of his beginnings, and grown into the role of family man quite nicely, but the indelible musical wake he helped create in the post disco era - beginning with the likes of The Nipple Erectors - became a global high bar for anyone following only hoping to achieve.
🎶🎄🎁 Since the Christmas holidays are fast approaching (Shane’s birthday is December 25th) here’s the video for their top single “Fairytale Of New York” - it’s classic irreverently noir Irish punk, but controversy remains about the original offensive lyrics 🤔
