I'm with you, I loved Up the Bracket (it just made me happy every time I listened to it) and like the second album, in a different way, but not quite as much. I won't dismiss the band just cause the ex-member's a twat, but I'm not sure if they'll pull it off without him - I seen them twice live back in their hayday and it was an a really good show, Pete and Carl had something that was sorely lacking when I seen them on the following two occasions minus pete. Another reason people tend to like them is accusing them of ripping off the Clash or the Jam, which I don't think they did either. Very much influenced by, but not ripped off so I won't hold that against them either. I think it might be the end of an era for the Libertines now. They were part of a period of my life, a period fuelled by random secret gigs in abandoned flats and mental nights out, and it was fun while it lasted.
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