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The Pioneer Pog 'n' Scroggin Bush Band 1980 - 2004

Original Pog Band The original Pog Band formed in 1980, seen here playing in the Dunedin Botanical Gardens soundshell as part of Dunedin's Festival Week folk concert in January 1981.

Bruce Chapman, fiddle; Tim Barrie, banjo; Carol Boyd, guitar; Brian "Boris" Boyd, bush bass; Pete Smart, melodeon.
A later version of the Pog Band with Pete Smart as the only remaining original member, circa 1988.

Back row:
Mark Laws mandolin, tenor banjo, Mike Moroney electric guitar, Pete Smart melodeon, lagerphone, jug, fire-eating(!), John Steel bush bass, dance caller and Bruce Cull vocals, lagerphone, harmonica.

Front row:
Richard Loughrey electric bass, Ian Paterson soundman and Rob Cloughley fiddle.
The Pog Band; 1991, at the Whitecliffs Festival in Canterbury.

Standing:
Matt Ryan, guitar, voclas, John Steel, bush bass, dance caller, Ian Paterson, soundman, Bruce Cull, lagerphone, harmonica, vocals, Mike Moroney, electric guitar, accordion, mandolin, vocals, Richard Loughrey, electric bass.

Crouching:
Mark Laws, mandolin, tenor banjo, vocals, Kate West, fiddle.
Larnach Castle The Pog Band circa 1993 at Larnach's Castle on the Otago Peninsula.

Standing:
Greg Waite, uileann pipes, accordion, concertina, Lindsey Shields, guitar, vocals, Laura Gartner sound engineer, Tony Wilson, lagerphone, voclas, John Steel, bush bass, dance caller, John Dodd, electric bass, vocals,

Seated:
Mike Moroney, electric guitar, mandolin, Mark Laws, mandolin, tenor banjo, vocals, Tarek Bazley, fiddle.
Danseys Pass