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The Snake (Shane MacGowan album)
studio album by Shane MacGowan and the Popes
The Snake is the first album by Shane MacGowan and the Popes, released in by ZTT Records.[1][2] It peaked at No. 37 on the UK Albums Chart.[3] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4]
Production
[edit]The album was produced by Dave Jordan.[5] The guest musicians included Johnny Depp and members of the Dubliners and the Pogues.[6] "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway" is a cover of the Gerry Rafferty song.[7]Colm Ó Maonlaí contributed on tin whistles.[5] Like a number of songs recorded by MacGowan's previous band, traditional tunes are sometimes used as a base for a new song (for example, the melody for "The Song with No Name" is based on "The Homes of Donegal"). MacGowan wanted a less polished, more straightforward sound, likening the Popes to a bar band.[8]
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Shane MacGowan
Irish singer-songwriter (–)
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December &#;&#; 30 November ) was a British-born Irish[a] singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of Celtic punk band the Pogues. He won acclaim for his lyrics, which often focused on the Irish emigrant experience; he also received widespread media attention for his lifestyle, which included decades of heavy alcohol and drug abuse. A New York Times obituary noted his "twin reputations as a titanically destructive personality and a master songsmith whose lyrics painted vivid portraits of the underbelly of Irish immigrant life."[1]
Born in Kent, England, to Irish parents, MacGowan spent his early childhood in Tipperary, Ireland, before moving back to England with his family at age six. After attending Holmewood Housepreparatory school, he won a literary scholarship to Westminster School but was expelled in his second year for drug
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