Throughout his career, Pete Doherty has always been remarkably honest about drawing inspiration from his self-destruction. During his time with the Libertines, his debauchery underscored the band's explosive, teetering-on-the-edge-of-chaos chemistry. But with his post-Libertines group Babyshambles (again, the name is up-front about Doherty's modus operandi), he doesn't just teeter, he jumps right over the edge, as evidenced by the band's debut album, Down in Albion, which is also heavily inspired by Doherty's drug use and troubles with the law. Most of the album's songs are barely beyond the sketch level; some of them, like "A'Rebours" and "32nd of December" are like ragged little urchins, starved of the care and focus it would take to flesh out their promising bones. Even within the album's murkiness, however, hints of the promise and intermittent brilliance Doherty had in the Libertines can still be heard. Interestingly, the most theatrical tracks on Down in Albion have the most clarity. "La Belle et la Bęte," a duet between Doherty and his infamous ex, Kate Moss, recasts the turmoil of their life together as meta-cabaret; "What Katy Did Next" brings back the character of his Libertines songs for a tongue-in-cheek cautionary tale (you can practically see Doherty's finger waggling as he sings, "If you play with fire, you will get burned"). Meanwhile, "Fuck Forever"'s choruses are rousing enough that you can almost buy into the nihilistic, romantic notion of Doherty alternately escaping and diving into his pain, and "Loyalty Song" is so good that it sounds like it was channeled from some other album.
The Record companies may be complaining about falling revenues but they have no problem throwing $2 million at a band that only turns up to 70% of their own gigs and is arrested almost monthly...(Hey! Rock'n'Roll...LOL!)..http://www.myspace.com/babyshamblesofficial .http://www.babyshambles.net/.Full Story in comments;
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This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, but inmates at the Wormwood Scubs prison, where Pete Doherty is serving a 14 week sentence, were planning an attack on the Babyshambles singer. After hearing about the plot and asking to be moved to a safer part of the prison, Doherty was apparently "strip-searched by four prison guards, wearing latex gloves, who were looking for drugs":http://news....
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Wow. This might have to be my favorite quote of the week so far...Earlier today across the pond Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty was released from Wormwood Scrubs prison after serving 29 days of a 14 week (98 day) sentence. A smiling Doherty looked clean, by clean I mean a shade less pale then he went in, and even had a medical certificate from the prison to prove it. But he did look like he ...
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Pete Doherty, currently the world’s most drug-addled rock star, has reportedly finished his first solo effort and plans to release it by year’s end. No details about the album were released and folks at Doherty’s label, Parlophone told NME.com that his band Babyshambles’ sophomore record would most likely get to store shelves first.Back in April Doherty publicly posted a video of him perfo
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Two years after Babyshambles released their debut Down In Albion, frontman Pete Doherty has finally released his personal diaries by a similar name, The Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty. The personal entries give a perspective on Doherty's reaction to his media attention, love life with supermodel/girlfriend Kate Moss, time with former band the Libertines and drug use (n...
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The Record companies may be complaining about falling revenues but they have no problem throwing $2 million at a band that only turns up to 70% of their own gigs and is arrested almost monthly...(Hey! Rock'n'Roll...LOL!)..http://www.myspace.com/babyshamblesofficial .http://www.babyshambles.net/.Full Story in comments;
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Continuing on my last post about a bizzare interview here is one with Babyshambles on Popworld conducted by the excellent Simon Amstell. Doherty is cleared out of his head and the rest of the band aren't much better. This is one of the few times I've seen Simon Amstell somewhat out of his depth.
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The black sheep Mr. Doherty with this years model...love the sentiment...just click on the video and it will play even thou it says it isn't there it is.
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Babyshambles ' frontman Pete Doherty has entered the studio with Blur guitarists Graham Coxon to collaborate on the frontman's forthcoming new solo album. The collaboration was pretty much confirmed by Babyshambles ' drummer Adam Ficek who told XFM that although he was not allowed to give any details about the forthcoming album, he can say that Doherty is working on the album with a guita...
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| 1 La Belle et la Bęte |
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| 2 Fuck Forever |
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| 3 A'rebours |
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| 4 The 32nd of December |
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| 5 Pipedown |
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| 6 Sticks and Stones |
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| 7 Killamangiro |
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| 8 8 Dead Boys |
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| 9 In Love with a Feeling |
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| 10 Pentonville |
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| 11 What Katy Did Next |
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| 12 Albion |
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| 13 Back from the Dead |
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| 14 Loyalty Song |
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| 15 Up the Morning |
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| 16 Merry Go Round |
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