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(2005 – 2008)

Dirty Pretty Things were a band fronted by former member of The Libertines, Carl Barât. The formation of the band was announced in September 2005, after The Libertines had split up in 2004 due to a falling out between Barât and Peter Doherty. Barât had done some work with Vertigo Records and had previously revealed that his new project was with the label. Didz Hammond announced he was leaving The Cooper Temple Clause to join the band alongside ex-Libertines drummer Gary Powell and guitarist Anthony Rossomando, who had filled in for Doherty following his departure from the Libertines. They split in October 2008.

Dirty Pretty Things played their first shows in October 2005 in Italy and France.

Initially, the choice of name caused some troubles. A four-piece band from Salisbury had been playing as “Dirty Pretty Things” since early January of 2005, claiming to have already copyrighted the name in the UK; the two groups ended up coming to an agreement over the name. An Australian band had also been playing under that name since 2003, though since opted to change it.

Dirty Pretty Things began recording their first album in Los Angeles, California, with high-profile producer Dave Sardy (producer of the Oasis album Don’t Believe the Truth), and in Glasgow, Scotland with producer Tony Doogan.

The first track of the band’s to be released on the CD format was “You Fucking Love It” which was made available on a free CD with the April 1, 2006 issue of NME entitled “NME and MTV2 present Best Newbands Showcase 2006”.

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infectedmodes wrote:
Sunday afternoon

> We Love British Bands

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Paul-Nic wrote:
last month

I love Deadwood!!!!!

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jinglejangle1 wrote:
last month

whoa.....<3

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Curlyman28 wrote:
October 2009

For fuck sake, they should regroup! :-/

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stacey3476 wrote:
October 2009

Fucking love it.

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olegaramone wrote:
October 2009

ш like gin without milk//

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TutuTutuu wrote:
October 2009

fck, i'm currently addicted to bârat! ♥

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i_adore_you wrote:
October 2009

i love these guys a lot ♥

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DantonUk wrote:
October 2009

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caiogui wrote:
October 2009

i fucking love it [3]

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MartinMilk wrote:
September 2009

come to poland! we need you at opener fest!

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Biff_Bang_Pow wrote:
September 2009

Carl Barat fans! I assume the wisest amongst you are already well aware that Carl Barat had a cameo in online cult series Svengali, show your support by joining this here group: http://www.last.fm/group/Svengali the page includes a synopsis of the series and links to where you can watch it (Barat's in episode 3, which is in 2 parts)

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chinese_spy wrote:
September 2009

благодаря распаду либертинс стало ясно, кто чего в итоге стоил :)

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cekeremez wrote:
September 2009

yeeeah..so "tired of england" \m/

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victor1908 wrote:
September 2009

i fucking love it [2]

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Crazium wrote:
September 2009

Probably most similar to The Fratellis

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Tychinka wrote:
September 2009

чиииооорт возьми, обажаю их нимагу.... ну почему???? почему????????? почему их больше нет.....??????

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i_have_sweets wrote:
September 2009

i fucking love it

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Wunderlich_Twig wrote:
August 2009

Aww, the photo is <3

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KCKate wrote:
August 2009

I still miss them.

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