Caitlín 'Cáit' O'Riordan (born 4 January 1965) was the bass player for Irish punk/folk band, The Pogues from 1983-1986. She appeared on the group's first two albums Red Roses for Me and Rum, Sodomy And The Lash (singing on "I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day"), as well as the soundtrack to Alex Cox's film, Sid And Nancy. She also appeared with the band in the 1987 Alex Cox film Straight to Hell and had a small role as a dance hall girl; Slim McMahon. January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the common people. ... The Pogues in concert, 2004 The Pogues are a popular Anglo Irish folk rock band of the 1980s and 90s. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Red Roses For Me was the first full length album by London-based band The Pogues, released in 1985. ... Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash is a 1985 album by The Pogues, their second. ... Alex Cox (b. ... Sid and Nancy movie cover. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alex Cox (b. ... Straight to Hell is a song by The Clash, from their 1982 album Combat Rock. ...

The Pogues' most commercially-successful song, "Fairytale of New York" was originally envisioned as a duet between Cáit and Shane MacGowan - though it was eventually recorded some time later with Kirsty MacColl on vocals. A Fairytale of New York is a novel by J. P. Donleavy, published in 1973, originally a short story based on Donleavys succesful stage play, It concerns Irish-American Cornelius Christians return to New York after studying in Ireland. ... Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is the singer and on-again, off-again leader of The Pogues — a band playing Irish music in a modern rock context. ... Kirsty MacColl on cd cover , 1998 Kirsty MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000), was a British pop singer-songwriter. ...

She left the band in 1986 to marry singer Elvis Costello, and wrote or cowrote songs that appeared on the Costello albums King of America, Blood & Chocolate, Spike and Mighty Like a Rose. The couple split in 2002. Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus, aka Elvis Costello. ... King of America is the tenth album by the British rock singer Elvis Costello, billed as the Costello Show featuring the Attractions and Confederates. ... Blood and Chocolate is the name of a 1986 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. ... Spike is an album by the British rock and roll singer Elvis Costello, released on February 14, 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Mighty Like a Rose is an album by a British rock singer Elvis Costello, it was released on May 14, 1991. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

In 2004, O'Riordan joined ex-Pogue Phil Chevron's re-united band The Radiators From Space. She also toured with the Pogues in 2004 for the first time in 18 years. But she left the Radiators, replaced in Februrary 2006 by Jesse Booth, and also stopped joining the Pogues' reunion gigs. Philip Chevron (born Philip Ryan - June 17th, 1957, Dublin) is an Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...