JF for pointedly refusing to do that, even though he is clearly a fan. But I don't agree with the idea that The Libertines are the greatest rock'n'roll story of this generation precisely because of that musical output - I don't think that the music they've created justifies the interest in their back story. If you look at some of the greatest stories in rock'n'roll (Elvis, The Stones, Led Zep, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Oasis), the reason the stories matter is because of the influential/revolutionary music that those acts produced as a result (I'm not necessarily a fan of all those acts but only a fool could deny how influential The Sex Pistols or Oasis have been). I don't think The Libertines have achieved that musically. The fame and exploits of those acts goes way beyond being featured in whichever music magazine is covering them that week. They're big news. Whereas The Libertines aren't, unless you count Pete Doherty in some kind of drug-related court case. The difference is that, as much as has been written about those acts' misbehaviour and exploits, more has been written about their music. That can't be the case with The Libertines. If it was just about what bands get up to, how they fall out, how they take drugs, get back together etc, then The Others would be headlines news. But they didn't have the music to back it up. Neither do The Libertines. Katie [Visitor] // July 29 2010 at 13:19 Genius