Here Comes Everybody: The Story of the Pogues

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 05/01/2014
ISBN: 9781556529504
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.90w x 1.10d

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