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(Vocal/instrumental group, 2004–present) In every way a vehicle for ex-Libertine Pete Doherty (vocals), Babyshambles – Adam Ficek (drums) and Drew McConnell (bass) – continually teeter on the edge of greatness but more often than not fail dismally, often as a result of their singer’s criminal misdemeanours. A shame, as debut Down In Albion (2005) had some fine moments ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

still served up ‘Cochise’ (2002), a track so immediately energizing that the band could well have formed for that alone. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | Babyshambles | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

, and presenting them in a ramshackle yet intoxicating way. When the band eventually spluttered out in 2004 (with Doherty sacked for his drug problems, later forming the group Babyshambles, Barat would form Dirty Pretty Things) the music world became a sadder place. Bands quickly sprang up to replace them, but many would deem The Libertines the true ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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