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PHILIP NOLAN: Shane MacGowan's death yesterday brings to a close one of the most rambunctious musical and personal lives of the past 40 years.
The Pogues frontman, who died Thursday at 65, joined punk to traditional Irish music, establishing himself and the group as its loud and soused heirs.
Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed.
Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed. He continued performing with a new group as Shane MacGowan and The Popes, before rejoining The Pogues on stage for a time.
With his double act with the tragic Kirsty MacColl on 1987 festive hit Fairytale of New York, MacGowan cemented himself into the hearts of millions