Effective period / Period of releases: 1984 - 2020

Members: Jem Finer, James McNally, Cait O'Riordan, Shane MacGowan, Darryl Hunt, David Coulter, Philip Chevron, Terry Woods, Spider Stacy, Andrew Ranken, James Fearnley, John Mellor, Jamie Clarke

The Pogues were an Irish-British Celtic punk / folk band, active since the early 1980s. The original name of the band was "Pogue Mahone" (meaning "kiss my arse" in Gaelic).
They split in the mid-1990s but reformed in 2001. Phil Chevron died in 2013. According to Shane MacGowan, The Pogues split again after a final show in August 2014. Shane MacGowan passed away on 30 November 2023, aged 65, following a battle with encephalitis.