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The band The Pogues was founded in 1982. Before coming to fame, the band got it’s start in London. Generally, music journalists would define The Pogues’s style within the genre/s of punk rock, and other rock music.

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The Dubliners

The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners. The line-up saw many changes over their fifty-year career, but the group's success wa... [wikipedia]
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Flogging Molly

Flogging Molly is an Irish–American seven-piece Celtic punk band formed in Dublin in 1997. Led by Irish vocalist Dave King, formerly of the hard rock band Fastway. They are signed to their own record label, Borstal Beat Records.... [wikipedia]
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The Tossers

The Tossers are an American six-piece Celtic punk band from Chicago, Illinois, United States, formed in July 1993. They have toured with Murphy's Law, Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, Dropkick Murphys, The Reverend Horton Heat, Flogging Molly, Street Dogs, Clu... [wikipedia]
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The Mahones

The Mahones are a Canadian Irish punk band, formed on St. Patrick's Day in 1990, in Kingston, Ont..... [wikipedia]
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The Waterboys

The Waterboys are a Scottish-Irish folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Mike Scott has remained as the onl... [wikipedia]
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Dropkick Murphys

Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and building a reputation locally through constant ... [wikipedia]
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Billy Bragg

Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is heavily centred ... [wikipedia]
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The Real Mckenzies

The Real McKenzies is a Canadian Celtic punk band founded in 1992 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are one of the founders of the Celtic punk movement, albeit 10 years after The Pogues.In addition to writing and performing original music, Real Mc... [wikipedia]
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Stiff Little Fingers

Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the Deep Purple song), doing rock covers, until they discovered ... [wikipedia]
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The Chieftains

The Chieftains are a traditional Irish band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous with traditional Irish mu... [wikipedia]
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Christy Moore

Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. His first album, Paddy on the Road was recorded with Dominic Behan in 1969. In 2007, he was ... [wikipedia]
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The Young Dubliners

The Young Dubliners (sometimes shortened to the Young Dubs) is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1988. Their style of music has come to be called Celtic Rock for the fusion of Irish traditional instruments and music with modern rock. T... [wikipedia]
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The Wolfe Tones

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The Undertones

The Undertones are a rock band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1974. From 1975 to 1983, the Undertones consisted of Feargal Sharkey (vocals), John O'Neill (rhythm guitar, vocals), Damian O'Neill (lead guitar, vocals), Michael Bradley (bass, vocals) and Bi... [wikipedia]
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Planxty

Planxty is an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards... [wikipedia]
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Levellers

The Levellers are an English folk rock band formed in Brighton, England in 1988, consisting of Mark Chadwick (guitar and vocals), Jeremy Cunningham (bass guitar), Charlie Heather (drums), Jon Sevink (violin), Simon Friend (guitar and vocals), and Matt Savage (... [wikipedia]
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What Genre is The Pogues?

The Pogues genre is not easily defined. Music magazines and journalists have different opinions on a clearly defined genre for The Pogues. However, many describe the style within the genre/s of punk rock, and other rock music.

Similar music like The Pogues includes artists and songs like The Dubliners, Flogging Molly, The Tossers, The Mahones, The Waterboys, Dropkick Murphys, Billy Bragg, The Real Mckenzies, Stiff Little Fingers, The Chieftains, Christy Moore, The Young Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones, The Undertones, Planxty, Levellers,