Shane MacGowan

Teeth

Shane MacGowan is somewhat famous for his teeth, or lack thereof. Many of his teeth are missing; the remainder are rotten, crooked and resemble cigarette butts.

Related Topics:
Teeth - Cigarette

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For this reason, MacGowan's teeth are generally considered to be in bad condition. In his autobiography, A Drink With Shane MacGowan, MacGowan comments that the poor state of his oral health is due to several contributing factors:

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• Lack of brushing
• Drunken fights in which he has been on the losing side
• Police brutality in the late 1970s
• The use of recreational drugs such as crack and crystal meth

In an article written by MacGowan's then girlfriend Victoria Clarke http://www.shanemacgowan.com/articles/victoria.shtml, it was claimed that Shane had further damaged his teeth by eating a copy of the Beach Boys 'Greatest Hits vol. 3' LP whilst under the influence of LSD.

Related Topics:
Victoria Clarke - Beach Boys - LSD

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MacGowan was quoted in the UK's Sunday Mirror newspaper http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/radar/radar/page.cfm?objectid=14136853&method=full&siteid=106694 as commenting that his teeth were rotten due to the effects of sugar in the many alcoholic drinks he had consumed.

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Pictures of MacGowan taken following an an alleged homophobic attack in 2004 ? during which he was beaten about the head and face with an iron bar in an alleyway behind a London pub, show that he has very few front teeth remaining.

Related Topics:
Homophobic - 2004 - Iron

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In December 2004, MacGowan inserted a pair of upper-jaw dentures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shane_macgowan_false_teeth.jpg during a TV interview with Frank Skinner - commenting to the amused studio audience that the false teeth made him look "fucking stupid".

Related Topics:
Dentures - Frank Skinner

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It was reported in 2005 that MacGowan was considering using money earned from the 2004 Pogues reunion tour to purchase a new set of teeth, due to concern that his rapidly-deteriorating dental situation is adversely affecting his singing voice.

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