Holy Crap!!! Ronnie Drew is Captain Ahab come back from the dead. Now if that ain't the makin's of a proper shanty for McGowan to sing then I dunno what is.
I am still shocked that Shane McGowan lived longer than Kirsty McColl. Who would've seen that one coming. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY"]The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York - YouTube[/ame]
You seem to be mixing up Hardcore, Rock and Roll and Punk bands. The Ramones - not punk The Stooges - not punk Bad Brains - not punk.
Ah dude, don't start genre wars. They're all valid classifications as punk rock. They might be sub-genred as other things but punk's as good a heading as any.
GENRE WARS!!!! I disagree with the classification, but if we are going cross genre, Glenn Danzig in his Misfits days.
I am sure we could get into a very long and pedantic conversation about the finer points of punk / hardcore / rock and roll but lets just leave it at, we agree to disagree. =)
Yes most of his stuff he did on his own is really not that good, and the Misfits essentially became a joke band after he left.