[garinda]

Originally Posted by shakermaker

Garinda was talking about Babyshambles, Doherty's drugged up Libertines gimmick act.

The Libertines were much better musically and lyrically than any other band to emerge in the 21st century, and it's a poor do Doherty's idiocy spiralled to the pit of tabloid junk that it did.

Don't get me wrong I'm not standing up for his drug use at all, any person that gets involved in skag or crack/cocaine is a fool in my mind, I'm just defending Doherty's musical abilities when clean, because to me when he is clean, he is brilliant.

I agree the Libertines were good, but not much better or worse than a lot of other bands that were/are around. Doherty for me certainly hasn't pushed any musical or artistic boundaries.