Here Comes Everybody: The Story of the Pogues (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781556529504)

The Pogues injected the fury of punk into Irish folk music and gave the world the troubled, iconic, darkly romantic songwriter Shane MacGowan. Here Comes Everybody is a memoir written by founding member and accordion player James Fearnley, drawn from his personal experiences and the series of journals and correspondence he kept throughout the band's career. Fearnley describes the coalescence of a disparate collection of vagabonds living in the squats of London's Kings Cross, with, at its center, the charismatic MacGowan and his idea of turning Irish traditional music on its head. With beauty, lyricism, and great candor, Fearnley tells the story of how the band watched helplessly as their singer descended into a dark and isolated world of drugs and alcohol, and sets forth the increasingly desperate measures they were forced to take.

Author: James Fearnley
ISBN-10: 1556529503
ISBN-13: 9781556529504
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2014
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.90w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/17/2014
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2014
Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 78
Booklist 05/15/2014 pg. 8