Shane MacGowan
Sign in to saveAnglo-Irish singer-songwriter (1957–2023)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957
- Died
- 30 November 2023
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Poguetry
- A drink with Shane MacGowan
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Pembury, Kent, England, UK
Shane MacGowan was an Irish singer and songwriter.
Known for
- Saipan — Self (archive footage)2025
- Kirsty MacColl at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2024
- The Ulysses Project — Self2022
- Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan — Self2020
- Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers — Self2017
- Irish Rock at the BBC — Self2015
- Basically, Johnny Moped — Self2013
- The Pogues in Paris: 30th Anniversary Concert2012
- If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story — Self2007
- The Pogues: Poguevision2006
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 52,490
- Total plays
- 260,951
Tags
irishfolkfolk punkpunkceltic rock
Shane MacGowan (December 25, 1957 - November 30, 2023) was best known as the original singer and songwriter with The Pogues, and is considered one of the most important and poetic Irish songwriters of the last thirty years. MacGowan drew on his Irish heritage to create The Pogues, a band that he founded, but from which he was away during a long hiatus in the 1990s. Many of his songs are influenced by Irish nationalism, Irish history, the experiences of the Irish in London and in London life in
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 22,782x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,678x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Twelve years of SAMtools and BCFtools
· 2021 · cited 14,452x
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Key dates
- Born
- 25 December 1957
- Died
- 30 November 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patrick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Pembury
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- pop singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- punk rock
- Instrument
- voice
Gallery (2)
Connections
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