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The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash

The Pogues come into full bloom on their classic second album.

In London in the early 80s, a rag-tag band of hellraisers came together, on a mission to take Irish traditional music into places it had never been before.

They were the Pogues, and by the time of their second album, they'd grown from riotous punk-trad, into surprisingly mature and insightful songwriters, fuelled by the pure poetry of Shane MacGowan.

On Long Player, Steven Rainey investigates the making of 1985's Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash.

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59 minutes

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  • Sun 1 Mar 2026 14:03
  • Sunday 00:00