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Music performers with no strong links to maritime music have interpreted traditional shanty and sea song compositions, of which widely scattered instances abound.

For example, the bawdy sea song " Frigging in the Rigging " was recorded by the punk band Sex Pistols.

Perhaps under the influence of Irish Folk Revival groups like The Clancy Brothers and The Dubliners, who included some shanties in their repertoires, some association has also been formed between shanties and Irish music.

And so, looking back to these performers, later Irish-oriented rock groups like The Pogues interpreted traditional shanties and sea songs like “ South Australia ” and “ The Greenland Whale Fisheries .” A notable instance where many non-maritime music performers tackled the traditional maritime repertoire stems from the actor Johnny Depp ’ s reported interest in shanties that developed while filming Pirates of the Caribbean.

As a result, in 2006 Depp helped facilitate Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys.

A medley of sea songs performed by concert orchestra, Sir Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs, is a popular component of the Last Night of the Proms in Britain.