Pogues' Rum, Sodomy and the Lash

To absorb Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash is to be taken on a wild voyage with a cast of downtrodden revolutionaries. Despite this notion, the epic themes of the Pogues'' second full length record have been overlooked by both critics and biographers in favor of two things: the band''s penchant for combining Celtic folk with punk rhythms ("the sound") and the excesses of Shane MacGowan ("the creator"). ...