Spider Stacy
Peter "Spider" Stacy (born December 14, 1958 in Eastbourne / England ) is an English musician and songwriter. He is one of the founding members of the Irish / English folk punk band The Pogues .
Life & Career
Stacy was nicknamed Spider by a friend at the age of 12 because of his lean body and long arms and legs. After he was expelled from school at the age of 16 , he made his way through life with a variety of odd jobs. Among other things, he tried his hand at car sales, but without having a driver's license .
Stacy began his music career in London's punk rock scene in the late 1970s, fronting the Millwall Chainsaws (later with Shane MacGowan on guitar ), later renamed The New Republicans .
After a short break, Stacy, Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer and James Fearnley founded The Pogues . Spider Stacy was responsible for the naming after the suggestions of the others (The Men They Couldn't Hang and The Noisy Boysies ) were rejected. He took over the vocals with MacGowan, but on the first appearance of Pogue Mahone he behaved so badly that the rest of the band wanted to kick him out. However, Shane persuaded them to keep him in the band if Spider Tin Whistle was to learn and borrowed a set of textbooks for this. Thus his role in the group was clear, which it remained until MacGowan left the band in 1991.
Stacy stayed with the Pogues until they broke up in 1996. On the last 2 albums, Stacy MacGowan's role as lead singer. During this time, the Pogues achieved their greatest commercial success on the American charts with the single Tuesday Morning , which reached number 11 on the Billboard charts . It was thus the highest-ranked single (number 18 in the UK charts in 1993), which was produced exclusively by the Pogues. The other two singles that were ranked higher ( Fairytale of New York and The Irish Rover ) were produced with guest musicians ( Kirsty MacColl and The Dubliners ).
Stacy has been touring with the Pogues since the reunification of the Pogues in 2001 to this day.
In 2005 he performed with Patti Smith at the Royal Festival Hall in London on their Meltdown Tour. He sang Joe Hill with her and accompanied her on the tin whistle while she performed a medieval ballad.
In 2007 Stacy appeared (together with Ronnie Drew ) on the Dropkick Murphys album The Meanest of Times . It peaked at number 20 on the Billboard charts and he made regular appearances on their tour.
In April 2011, Stacy performed with Gogol Bordello at Tipitina's, New Orleans, where they performed Ewan MacColl 's Dirty Old Town . He also recorded a new version of the title in 2009 with Anton Newcombe from the band Brian Jonestown Massacre .
Stacy was heavily involved in Jean MacColl's Justice For Kirsty campaign until it was incorporated into the Music Found for Cuba . Spider and the Pogues still support her and her family in this charity to this day.
Other works
Stacy looked in Alex Cox films "Straight to Hell" (1987) next to Show as Dennis Hopper , Jim Jarmusch d', Palm Or winner Kathy Burke , Dick Rude, Courtney Love , Joe Strummer & Grace Jones and Walker (1987) with Joe Strummer, Ed Harris & Miguel Sandoval with.
Web links
- The Pogues official website [Twitter @SpiderStacy] [myspace.com/spiderstacythepogues]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spider Stacy . The Pogues. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stacy, Spider |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stacy, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British musician and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eastbourne , England |