Babyshambles

One of my earlier blogs that I posted was on the great band The Libertines but to this day they are no more. But when the band seperated some great bands came out of it. In this blog I'm gonna talk about one of those bands, the Babyshambles. The Babyshambles are a band created by one of the frontmen of The Libertines, Pete Doherty. Even though that Pete was mainly the reason The Libertines were created he was also the reason they broke up. But some one like Pete such a lyrical genius, great poetry and so musicaly talented there was no way he could stay from continuing making music. So he created the band Babyshambles. Another British band mainly from London the band consisted of Pete Doherty as vocalist, Patrick Walden on guitar, Gemme Clark on drums, and Jaime Perret on bass. When the band was created there was a lot of hype saying that it would not come close to what The Libertines once were. But in November 2005 the release of there first album "Down in Albion" it was greatly accepted by the fans and it hit number 8 in the UK charts upon its release. But this album really could not be compared to any of the albums of The Libertines. This is because they were two complete different bands, even though they were created by the same person the two bands really did not have much in common. The Libertines were more of a British garage band with the attitude of The Clash and Babyshambles were really none of that. In this band Pete Doherty's musical talent and his love for poetry really showed in the lyrics of their first album. A lot of his music was involving his acoustic instead of his usual electric guitar with distortion. But the change between these two bands was not a bad change. To me it seemed that Pete was able to express himself, write the music he wanted, the way he wanted and he was able to do it in this band. They had great songs like "Albion", "Fuck Forever", and "Killmangaro". They also released a second album "Shotter's Nation" which was met with greater acceptance than their first album. The band continues to tour and this spring and summer they are playing all over Europe. I'm still waiting for the day they come to the US because I was never able to see The Libertines live, I would hate it to never see the Babyshambles live on stage.