The Libertines is a Revival Garage-Rock band which was around from 1997 to 2004. In December 2004, their second album was voted the Second best Album of the Year in the New Musical Express magazine. They also had a Number 2 single and a Number 1 album in the UK Charts. The band broke up, but reunited in 2010 to play a few shows.
Song by The Libertines- "Can't Stand me Now"
The band was founded by Peter Doherty and Carl Barat. Doherty was inspired by the Sex Pistols and The Smiths, and commented on a BBC1 show "7 ages of Rock" saying "Oasis is the sound of a Council Estate singing its heart out, and the Libertines is the sound of someone just put in a rubbish chute at the back of the estate, trying to work out which day it was." Their songs are sung as if in a drunken slur, and their lyrics often refer to life in England, usually using Cockney slang.
Their music is usually quite Lo-Fi, meaning it's of a lower quality than standard music. A song would be recorded a few times, and the best recording would be picked out. Little audio mixing was used, and it gave a generally unpolished and raw effect to their songs.
The Libertine's website. Click to see larger version.
Their website represents the bands style rather well. It's colour scheme is quite dark, with red and rustic brown used throughout. The band's clothing is red, there's some red in the background and the headings also appear to have some blood splattered onto them. Red's a big part of the website's theme, and represents Blood, Pain and Danger. This theme's also carried through the album covers, and shows the band to be of a dark nature. Blood could also be seen as a symbol of murder or injury, showing the band as possibly being rather violent in nature. This definitely fits in with the Punk/Rock genre, as Punk Rockers are usually thought of as a young rebellious group of people. They're also stereotyped as being quite anti-social, as having little to contribute to society and as being atheist- Or even as Satan worshippers. Another common stereotype of Punk Rockers is that they often do drugs, which happens to be true of Peter Doherty, as his addiction to Crack Cocaine and Heroin was part of the cause of the bands breaking-up.
As you hover your mouse over the faces of the band members, a small box pops up with buttons linking to the members Facebook, Myspace and Twitter pages. It also occasionally links to a personal website or blog. Many modern artists have their own social media pages, so the public can like them, subscribe to them and even send messages to them.
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