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Encyclopedia > Andrew Ranken

Andrew Ranken (born 13 November 1953) is the drummer in Anglo-Irish folk music band, The Pogues, from 1983 until the band's initial demise in the 1990s and then its reunion from 2001 onward. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Anglo-Irish was a term used historically to describe a ruling class inhabitants of Ireland between 1570 and 1829, who were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy[1], mostly belonging to the Anglican Church of Ireland or to a lesser extent one of the English dissenting churches, such... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... The Pogues are a very popular Irish folk rock band of the 1980s and 1990s. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


He is also the drummer in another band, hKippers.


External links

  • The Official Pogues Site
  • The Official hKippers Site

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