Peter "Spider" Stacy (born 14 December 1958 in Eastbourne) is an English musician. He is one of the founding members of London Irish band The Pogues.
Stacy got his start in music in London's punk scene during the late 1970s as frontman for The Millwall Chainsaws, who later changed their name to The New Republicans. In 1981, he teamed up with Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer and James Fearnley to form The Pogues and is credited with naming the band. Init...
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Peter "Spider" Stacy (born 14 December 1958 in Eastbourne) is an English musician. He is one of the founding members of London Irish band The Pogues.
Stacy got his start in music in London's punk scene during the late 1970s as frontman for The Millwall Chainsaws, who later changed their name to The New Republicans. In 1981, he teamed up with Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer and James Fearnley to form The Pogues and is credited with naming the band. Initially, being one of the less musically-inclined members of the band, his role was confined to co-vocals. Faced with having to learn an instrument, Stacy learned to play the tin whistle, which remained his role until the departure of MacGowan left him with lead vocal duties.
Stacy was with The Pogues until they disbanded in 1996, having provided lead vocals on The Pogues last two albums. During this time they had their biggest American single with the Stacy-penned "Tuesday Morning". It was also the highest placed single that The Pogues had on...
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