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Peter "Spider" Stacy (born December 14, 1958, in Eastbourne, England) is a British musician of Irish descent. He is one of the founding members of 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. 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 and hitting a beer tray against his head. 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 also had their biggest American single with the Stacy-penned "Tuesday Morning". It was also the highest placed single that the Pogues had on their own in the UK charts. Their higher placed singles had guest musicians Kirsty MacColl and The Dubliners.

He has done very little touring outside the Pogues, playing the odd show with Kirsty MacColl, Boz Boorer, Alabama 3, The Popes and a couple of small tours with the Vendettas in the late 90's. He has played a handful of shows in the states with a pick up band in 2001, the Tossers in 2002 and 2004 and the Filthy Thieving Bastards. He rejoined the Pogues when they reformed in 2001, and has been with them ever since. He also performs with James Walbourne, and they are currently recording an album in London.

In 2005 he appeared with Patti Smith at the Festival Hall in London during her Meldown season. He sang Joe Hill with her band and accompanied her on whistle whilst she sang.

References

Ann Scanlon, The Pogues: The Lost Decade, Omnibus Press, 1988

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 Stacy was with the Pogues until they disbanded in 1996, having provided lead vocals on the Pogues last two albums. During this time they also had their biggest American single with the Stacy-penned "Tuesday Morning". It was also the highest placed single that the Pogues had on their own in the UK charts. Their higher placed singles had guest musicians [[Kirsty MacColl]] and [[The Dubliners]].
-He has done very little touring outside the Pogues, playing the odd show with Kirsty MacColl, Boz Boorer, Alabama 3, The Popes and a couple of small tours with the Vendettas in the late 90's. He has played a handful of shows in the states with a pick up band in 2001, the Tossers in 2002 and the Filthy Thieving Bastards. He rejoined the Pogues when they reformed in 2001, and has been with them ever since. He also performs with [[James Walbourne]], and they are currently recording an album in London.
+He has done very little touring outside the Pogues, playing the odd show with Kirsty MacColl, Boz Boorer, Alabama 3, The Popes and a couple of small tours with the Vendettas in the late 90's. He has played a handful of shows in the states with a pick up band in 2001, the Tossers in 2002 and 2004 and the Filthy Thieving Bastards. He rejoined the Pogues when they reformed in 2001, and has been with them ever since. He also performs with [[James Walbourne]], and they are currently recording an album in London.
 In 2005 he appeared with [[Patti Smith]] at the Festival Hall in London during her Meldown season. He sang Joe Hill with her band and accompanied her on whistle whilst she sang.