Poxy Boggards

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Name = Poxy Boggards


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Origin = Pasadena, California
Genre = Folk
Years_active = 1994 - present
Label = Angry Folk
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Current_members = Stuart Venable
Bill Roper
Jerry Wheeler
Tim Cadell
Greg Wilson
Johnnie Breen
Steven Schwadron
Wes Wright
Matt Cadwallader
Casey Conner
Sean Mitchell
Jon Enge
Phil Schwadron
Past_members = Bob Mosley
Jonathan Reilly
Nick Krall
Andrew McLean
David Gotcher
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The Poxy Boggards are a Pasadena-based folk band, founded in 1994 at the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire. Since this time, they have achieved success in the re-burgeoning of the Irish-folk movement, playing with bands such as The Fenians. Currently comprised of 14 members, all of them singers and most of them instrumentalists, the Poxy Boggards have a richly layered sound. The Poxy Boggardsgroup were founded by good friends Stuart Venable and Bill Roper. Roper is currently the CEO of Flagship Studios, makers of and Mythos. During his tenure at the gaming company Blizzard, the music of the Poxy Boggards was featured in the game .

The Boggards have played venues throughout southern California, including the Galaxy Theatre to a near-sellout crowd on St. Patrick's Day 2006 and 2007, and the House of Blues in Anaheim. They were lauded as a major new voice in folk at the 2004 Just Plain Folks Music Awards, where they placed third in the Celtic Song category for their title track "Lager Than Life," and third in the Novelty Song category for "The Rooster, The Donkey, etc." 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.

Hidden tracks

Early in their career, the hidden track 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 every CD since (currently 5 CDs under the Angry Folk 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 - The Drinking Group With a Singing Problem" (2004)
* "Whiskey Business" (2006)
* "Anchor Management" (2008)

External links

* [http://www.poxyboggards.com/ Official Poxy Boggards web site]
* [http://www.renfair.com/socal/index.php Southern CA Renaissance Pleasure Faire]