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| After a chance meeting at London\'s New Cross scene, the core members of The Libertines, Carl Barat(vocals, guitar) and Pete Doherty(vocals, guitar) formed, after dicovering a shared passion for romantic britishness and indie and punk (as well as recreational drug use). Th |
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After a chance meeting at London\'s New Cross scene, the core members of The Libertines, Carl Barat(vocals, guitar) and Pete Doherty(vocals, guitar) formed, after dicovering a shared passion for romantic britishness and indie and punk (as well as recreational drug use). They then rented a flat in west London, which they christened The Albion Rooms. After a few changes (including Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell), the final line-up added John Hassall (bass), and Gary Powell (drums). In early interviews, Carl and Pete often spoke of \'sailing the good ship Albion to Arcadia\'. They explained that Albion was England, and that Arcadia was their vision of a better place. However, they also insisted that Carl was born in a kitchen sink, Pete\'s previous job was a gravedigger, and they once auditioned an 80 year old jazz drummer called Mr Razzcocks. (All of these later turned out to be true). Initially, critics failed to be inspired by the band\'s unique vision of England, with more cynical onlookers requesting \'Knees up, Mother Brown\'. However, after several gigs in west London (as well as practically reinventing guerilla gigging), they attracted the attention of Alan McGee, the manager who discovered Oasis. From then on, interest rose. Debut single \'What A Waster\' reached the top 40, and got an NME single of the week. Double A-side \'Time For Heroes\' and \'I Get Along\' was critically acclaimed, and on the month that \'Don\'t Look Back Into The Sun\' smashed into the top ten, they released their debut album \'Up The Bracket\'. Although without the aforementioned single, it was well recieved, and they soon became the band everyone was talking about. However, disaster arose. Pete Doherty, whose heroin addiction had been spiralling all this time (Carl once smashed his head into a sink after a paticularly strong argument), was temporarily kicked out of the band in order to sort himself out. Pete saw it as an act of betrayal, and responded by burgling Carl\'s flat. He was later sentenced to two months at Wandsworth prison. However, he came out relatively clean, and their friendship was rekindled. They then won the best British band at the NME wards, beating off the likes of Radiohead and Oasis, and got a new producer, Mick Jones, guitarist with legendary punk band The Clash. However, while recording their second album, Doherty started taking heroin again, and his relationship with Carl was again tested. Rumour has it that McGee had hired two bodyguards to stop the two attacking each other during recording. Eventually, the band decided Pete should come clean, and was sent to various drug rehabilitation centres (including a stint at a Thai monastery). Howver, this was to no avail. During this time, Pete also formed a band with side-project Babyshambles, and duetted with close friend Wolfman to get a No. 7 with \'For Lovers\'. In August, the new single \'Can\'t Stand Me Now\' (written about Pete and Carl\'s fragile relationship) got to No. 2 in the charts, and they got a No.1 album titled \'The Libertines\', which was every bit as good as the previous one. Although the band played many festivals without Pete, he is currently trying to slowly get clean. Recently the band have played many gigs for anti-racism, and ironically, anti-drugs causes, and have a new single out soon.
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What is it?
I haven't hear anything about the future
of the Libertines! Last I heard they played
Toronto (Lat week)?...but nothing as far as
their sched for 2005...anyone heard what's
up next for the new "only band that
matters"? (I Checked ticketmaster and
all the other vendor sites and nothing's
listed..) Help?
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| apparently, pete wants to get with carl for a
xmas single, but i cant see it happening... | Bulldog | Oh I heard that too... I kind of hope they
don't... | loser_freak | | why not? | Bulldog | Because I think they should get back together
and try to make the band work, rather than
hoping to get a hit single as quickly as they
can. | loser_freak | yeah, fair enough. but if pete n carl can
patch things up a bit....well, who knows? | Bulldog | Ah true...
I got The Libertines yesterday. I have yet to
listen to it. | loser_freak | | you wont be disappointed | Bulldog | | yeah, that album is easily the best of 2004. | lobotomyactivist-II | | i dunno. SFA's best of is quite good | Bulldog | | a greatest hits isn't an album. | lobotomyactivist-II | | good point. | Bulldog | i read on www.timeforheroes.net that the band
wasnt going to tour anymore for a while
because of ongoing problems with Carls health
and Petes drug problems. But i did hear that
Cral has formed another band called Chav
Scum.. at least i think thats what they're
called | whatawaster7 | Carl barats made a band called the chavs i
think. pete has a new band called
babyshambles,theyre amazing a lot better than
the libertines (in my opinion) cant wait 4 an
album
| RoCkMuSiCrOcKs99 | The Chavs was a one-off deal, Babyshambles
has existed for a while, the Libertines are
officially done, and Carl had a tumor.
I'm informed. | lobotomyactivist-II | yep you are
| RoCkMuSiCrOcKs99 | | 'Tis a shame. | loser_freak | ahh.... :( all the bands i like split... fuck
the world!!!!! :(((((( | Rudie_Boy | | Oasis haven't split have they? | loser_freak | | yeah but Oasis sucks. | lobotomy-activist | | I concur. | THE_DROOGIE | | wuz up? | libertine | The Libs hasven't split, they've been
put on hold. Pete will realise he needs his
band, and they'll be back | pointless_peasant | i think Baby shambles is supporting Oasis in
some gigs. Elton John says he wants to do a
duet with Pete Doherty for Live Aid. | reptilia | I just watched that. They sang Children Of
The Revolution. It was awesome. | loser_freak | the live8 thing with elton was so good. he
looked hot...in mi opinion n e way
FUCK FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!111 | lost_my_fear_of_fallin | he was high as a cloud...it's awful.
he's sick. | lobotomy-activist | He cancelled the Babyshambles tour... does he
not want fans? | loser_freak | or he'd just rather be fucked up all the
time. | THE_DROOGIE | | | |
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