Irish Sun: Shane ugliest singer in rock

**Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:13 am**

Found this article in the Irish Sun on Wednesday 12.09.2007. Couldn´t find a link, so I wrote it down.

SHANE UGLIEST SINGER IN ROCK
Gappy licks Jacko

Gummy singer Shane MacGowan has beaten Michael Jackson to the top of the charts - as Rock´s Ugliest Man.

Shane, who describes himself as better-looking than a "rotting corpse", was awarded the, er, honour in a poll by music website Gigwise.

It claimed: "His teeth were so bad in the eighties, it´s said he used to cause people with nervous disposition to wet themselves with fear.

"Still ugly now, his reign continues."

But the singer told the Irish sun he wasn´t bothered by the poll, insisting he´s more attractive than "Buddy Holly´s corpse".

Shane said: "I think Buddy Holly is a lot uglier at this stage, you know."

"I don´t think they´re looking in the right place for beauty."

"I´m still more beautiful than him, it´s not like I´m uglier than a rotten corpse.

"At least I´m the best. I´m still doing my best."

And the Pogues frontman has attracted a whole new bunch of fans since romping home ahead of Jacko, tubby former Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder and shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the ugly stakes.

Gigwise editor Scott Colothan said: "The poll has been linked to blogs all over the world and apparently it´s quite big in Brazil.

"There are a lot of people down there who now know who Shane MacGowan is."

And beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder.

The singer´s fiancée, Victoria Mary Clarke, defended her man revealing he first damaged his teeth by eating a copy of the Beach Boys` Greatest Hits while high on LSD.

He lost two more last Ocotber when he fell over a wall in Limerick while being sick.

THE IRISH SUN`s COMMENT ON THIS POLL WAS AS FOLLOWS:

Shane MacGowan is officially the ugliest man in rock, according to a music website.

The Pogues singer might not have seen his own teeth in decades but devoted fiancée Victoria Clarke still loves him.

Ugly or not, he clearly has a face that more than a mother loves.

**Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:34 am**

No way is Shane uglier than Jacko's current state. However, there has never been such a thing as "bad" publicity right?

**Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:28 pm**

I make that right. Let's be honest, he is very ugly. Nothing wrong wth that of course. You should see some of the women I've dated over the years (present wife excluded).

**Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:21 pm**

Hahaha great reply by Shane :lol:

**Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:13 pm**

Beisty wrote:I make that right. Let's be honest, he is very ugly. Nothing wrong wth that of course. You should see some of the women I've dated over the years (present wife excluded).

You are comparing them to Shane?

**Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:27 pm**

Beisty wrote:I make that right. Let's be honest, he is very ugly. Nothing wrong wth that of course. You should see some of the women I've dated over the years (present wife excluded).

Present wife, as in there will be a different one in the future? Lets see some pictures of these women who you have compared to Shane...

**Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:43 pm**

I have Shane with a wig in my head, dont know why. And for Beisty's sake, I hope not!

**Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:50 pm**

Wow. I'm really getting tired of articles like this where people just can't see past his teeth.

If he had perfect teeth, and everything else about him was still the same, would he really be making it to #1 in polls like these? I doubt that.

"I don´t think they´re looking in the right place for beauty."

Ain't it the truth.

**Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:40 am**

Clash Cadillac wrote:
Beisty wrote:I make that right. Let's be honest, he is very ugly. Nothing wrong wth that of course. You should see some of the women I've dated over the years (present wife excluded).

Present wife, as in there will be a different one in the future? Lets see some pictures of these women who you have compared to Shane...

Oh alright then.... This one definately shared Shane's interest in music and performing.....

**Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:00 pm**

Beisty wrote:
Clash Cadillac wrote:
Beisty wrote:I make that right. Let's be honest, he is very ugly. Nothing wrong wth that of course. You should see some of the women I've dated over the years (present wife excluded).

Present wife, as in there will be a different one in the future? Lets see some pictures of these women who you have compared to Shane...

Oh alright then.... This one definately shared Shane's interest in music and performing.....

Oh my, how did you let that one slip away?

**Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:31 pm**

Clash Cadillac wrote:
Beisty wrote:Oh alright then.... This one definately shared Shane's interest in music and performing.....

Oh my, how did you let that one slip away?

Brittney is not aging well.

**Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:26 pm**

Yeah I'm sick of this stuff about Shane. Shane seems to not give a shit but surely he must find it offensive. I do. And I don't like reading about the reasons why Victoria loves Shane, as though we really need to know because we can't imagine why she would love him. He is one of the most beautiful people in the world and so worthy of being loved.

**Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:46 pm**

everybody is worthy of being loved

**Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:36 am**

I thought Shane was a self-proclaimed babe magnet?

**Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:06 am**

really i think shane is the most attractive man there is. And i think his teeth make him even better.

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