Sober wrote:But seriously, I always wondered, what in hell happened to Shane's teeth over the time? I checked pictures of him one day, from 1982 to 2001, and it's like he lost his teeth progressively. Didn't he ever brush them or what? In the Nips he had them all, then in the Pogues he began to lose them as time passed by.
"A Drink With Shane MacGowan, MacGowan comments that the poor state of his oral health is due to several contributing factors:
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"