The Poxy Boggards are an
American folk band based in
Pasadena. The band was founded in 1994 by Stuart Venable and
Bill Roper, and first performed that year at the
Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire. Since that time, they have achieved success in the re-burgeoning
Irish-folk movement, playing with bands such as
The Fenians
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. The 13 members of the band are all singers and instrumentalists. Their music has been described as a mix of tight, right harmonies, rocking instrumentation with traditional folk instruments and an irreverent, often shocking sense of humor and lack of decorum.
The Boggards have played at numerous venues throughout Southern California, including the
Galaxy Theatre
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, the
House of Blues in
Anaheim
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, the
El Rey Theatre in
Los Angeles, and the
Musicians Institute in Hollywood.
At the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards, they received Best Celtic Album for ''Liver Let Die'' and Live Act of the Year for their 2004 performance at the awards show.
On Sunday, February 7, 2010, one of the Poxy Boggards' songs (''I Wear No Pants'' from their CD ''Liver Let Die'') was featured in a commercial for Levi-Strauss/Dockers, which aired during
Super Bowl XLIV. The song was also featured in the Shazam app's combined promotion with Dockers.
In June 2010, the band received the 2010
Hollywood Fringe Festival Award for Music.
In October of 2016, the band appeared on
Hell's Kitchen (American season 16).
Video games
During Roper's tenure at the gaming company
Blizzard, the music of the Poxy Boggards was featured in the game ''
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness''.
Roper was also the CEO of
Flagship Studios
Flagship Studios was a computer game company founded by Bill Roper along with , , and David Brevik, former high level Blizzard North executives. The core personnel of Flagship Studios had been collaborating as a team since 1993 when they found ...
, makers of
Hellgate: London and
Mythos, where several members of the band did voice-over work for Mythos.
The Song "Bring Us More Beer" was re-recorded by Stu Venable, Bill Roper, Heather Green, and Elspeth Golden as an instrumental track re-titled "Bring Us More" for the Pirates of the Caribbean play set in ''
Disney Infinity''.
Hidden tracks and guest artists
Early in their career, the
hidden track
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from their first CD was played on the
Dr. Demento show. ''Inbred Local'' was a thematic departure from their
Renaissance-inspired music and set a trend for including a hidden track at the end of many of their albums released under the
Angry Folk
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A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, su ...
label.
On their fourth album, ''Liver, Let Die'', guest artists are listed as "Proxy Boggards".
Discography
* ''Bawdy Parts – Original and Traditional Songs of Drinking and Revelry'' (1996)
* ''Barley Legal – More Songs About Women and Beer'' (2000)
* ''Lager Than Life – Songs of Excess and Debauchery'' (2002)
* ''Liver Let Die – Celebrating Ten Years of Behaving Badly'' (2004)
* ''Whiskey Business'' (2006)
* ''Anchor Management'' (2008)
* ''Bitter & Stout'' (2009)
* ''I Wear No Pants: the EP'' (2010)
* ''Live in Consort'' (2011) – live album
* ''Wish You Were Beer'' (2012)
* ''Beer and Loathing'' (2015)
* ''Atlas Chugged'' (2018)
* ''Songs of Vice and Ire'' (2020)
References
External links
Official Poxy Boggards websiteSouthern CA Renaissance Pleasure FaireInterview on KVCR of The Poxy Boggards, Space Racers
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American folk musical groups
Musical groups established in 1994
Renaissance fair performers