Poxy Boggards

The Poxy Boggards are an American all-male folk band based in Pasadena. They were 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 with 13 members, all of them singers and most of them instrumentalists, the Poxy Boggards have a richly layered sound. The Poxy Boggards group were founded by good friends Stuart Venable and Bill Roper. Roper was formerly the CEO of Flagship Studios, makers of Hellgate: London and Mythos. During his tenure at the gaming company Blizzard, the music of the Poxy Boggards was featured in the game Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.

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, the House of Blues in Anaheim and the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. 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.