The Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band the Pogues have recorded songs for seven studio albums as well as one extended play (EP), twenty singles, and various other projects. Having played together occasionally since the late 1970s, Shane MacGowan (vocals), Peter "Spider" Stacy, and Jem Finer (banjo) formed the band in 1982 along with James Fearnley (accordion). The group initially used the name Pogue Mahone, an anglicisation of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse". Cait O'Riordan and Andrew Ranken (drums) had joined by the time of the band's debut album, Red Roses for Me (1984). The album mixed the band's interpretations of traditional British and Irish folk songs such as "Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" and "Greenland Whale Fisheries" with original tracks written by MacGowan, which centred primarily on drinking culture, the darker side of London life, and the experiences of Irish emigrants. The band's second album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985), continued such themes on tracks such as "The Old Main Drag", which depicts a teenager arriving in London and descending into addiction and sex work, and also included cover versions of songs by the folk singers Ewan MacColl and Eric Bogle.