The Libertines

• Pete Doherty - vocals, guitar
• Carl Barat - guitar
• John Hassall - bass
• Gary Powell - drums

Signed to Rough Trade by Christmas '01, to supporting The Strokes on their two reshedualled dates at the end of February the next year, The Libertines are set to carry on with the large impact they are sustaining. They've just finished a leg of four dates supporting Australian act The Vines at Brighton, London's Monarch, Nottingham and Bristol, and have made an impressive entrance on new ears as a band with no recorded material, or even bootlegs on the internet. With their current setlist of nine songs reminiscent of The Jam and The Cure, with the cocky lyrics of early Blur, they're following the path that The Strokes have made, they're destined enforce the late 70's punk rock movement and save the currect music scene from the yelling of nu metal. Six gigs into their career, The Libertines were garnering press attention for their energetic performances and seem to have the ability to stick in peoples heads and stir up a fair bit of praise via word of mouth.

Then they split up.