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Discombobby

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I can’t help but think the people in that flat did exactly that to Mark Blanco because of what his play was about. Some sort of screwed up joke.
I will say it until I'm blue in the face. I was not present but would stand in a courthouse to say I believe this- He annoyed them and they kicked him out, he tried to come back in and then 'Headlock' put him over. See my previous posts, I was with Mark on the night. (before he went to that flat). It's nothing to do with the title of the play.
 
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Discombobby

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She plays keyboard for his band The Puta Madres apparently since 2016
All the more reason to assume she's loaded. I'm a bit of an enthusiast and I swear I've never even heard their "Spanish mother fuckers" band...I doubt the band brings in much dough. They live in a big house. I could be wrong...but he loves posh birds.I can imagine it started when he needed them to pay for his gear. There would have been queues of them. Sad but true.
It's weird that he never dated any working class women to any public degree, despite his fetishising of East London gangsters and surrounding culture. This is just my opinion though, and I'm happy to be challenged if I'm wrong.
 
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Foxvint

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That's bang on. It's only when it suits them, they think they can say a few platitudes and then just move on happily. Some even take to showing 'concern' for their victims and trying to 'help' them, like when Russell Brand paid for the rehab for Andrew Sachs granddaughter. Now she's almost got Stockholm syndrome defending him...
I don't think anything Pete will say will make up for what I imagine he's done to a lot of people. (not necessarily intentionally, but his selfish ways and all the young groupies etc, I can't see how a lot of bad stuff wouldn't have gone down), and obviously he's never going to say any more about Blanco. Other than to defend himself.
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Did you see it? I'm sure we'd all like to hear your views : ) I'm boycotting the Louis thing as well I think...haha.
Fell asleep cos I was pissed 😤 😒 what i remember of I was great. I really think he's a fragile soul, addicts usually are. Striking opening scene he's sat there with his hands shaking smoking a fag, looking depressed as fuck, they call his name and he strides out looking like the swaggering rock star everyone wants to see.

I get this isn't a rave thread but you've gotta admit early libertines we're fuckin magic. So tight, so fast. Like the ramones.

The Louis Thereoux I found pretty heartbreaking. He seems to know he's not long for this world. Extent of his ambition for surviving seems to be to see Billy-Mae talk. He doesn't look well, all that bloat and water retention in his hands, wouldn't be at all surprised if he's not clean. Can you call yourself clean if you're a boozer? Seemed to be caning it all the time, and that was on camera so you have to wonder what he's like off. I think he'll go back on the gear for 1 last hurrah and that's when it gets them cos the tolerance is gone.

Many reasons to find him dodgy af but cos he's an addict isn't one of them.
 
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Venuslurker

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You’re making me laugh. You make it sound like there will be 24 hour news coverage when they die. Like Whitney Houston or Michael Jackson or George Michael, the country will be mourning and their singles will leap to #1 in the charts. It’s not going to happen. No one will care. Honestly. It’ll be uploaded to BBC News website as the fifth lowest article of the day and only make the BBC News ticker tape.

When Carl dies, literally no one will care. 99.9% of the public wouldn’t even know who he was. Pete’s will make more of a splash, purely cause he dated Kate Moss (and you can bet every article will acknowledge his link to her - because that is how he is remembered, not for any of his musical contributions).

I understand you might like them and think they’re the best thing since The Beatles but please understand very few people share this sentiment. They’re practically nobodies nowadays. Ghosts of a past era.
lolll were you in a rival band back in the day? Your dismissal of their cultural relevance is quite aggressive 😂
 
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His other 2 kids didn’t inspire him to get clean so I doubt the 3rd will.
Who the fuck would have a kid with that mess? Poor little girl.

Yep. I get that he is talented to a degree, but it boils my piss when people eulogise him and say he's changed. He's gone from Grade A smackhead to Grade A alcoholic. He has a LOT of dodgy stuff in his past that seems to have been swept under the carpet and has gotten away scot free - others like Winehouse, Geldof et al were not so lucky.
 
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Discombobby

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No apology necessary. Amazing that you over came that addiction I’ve seen first hand how incredibly hard it is to beat.
Thank you, that's really kind. It's an ongoing struggle for sure. I appreciate being able to talk on here honestly a lot x
 
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GeminiMoon

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Am I the only who has never been able to understand why so many people think that Pete was attractive and charming? Same for Carl.

I always preferred boys in bands/alternative scenes but Pete has always looked like a pallid, dirty, sweaty baby to me. Carl has always been Mr Average to me too. I genuinely don’t get it 🤷🏻‍♀️

This isn’t a criticism of anyone’s taste - it’s ok to like different things - but I find it completely mystifying when people comment here about them being heartthrobs.
 
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Discombobby

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I’m sorry for the loss of your friend 😢💔
Thank you, that's really kind. I socialised with Mark but not yet a very close friend, we only knew eachother a few months so it is so much worse for those who knew him better. I didn't get the opportunity sadly to know him better, but he seemed keen on dating me. Not in a pervy way, we were around the same age etc. He was sweet and kind but also a bit naive, I wish I could have stopped him going there that night... I just don't see why they can't prosecute "headlock" when all evidence points to him throwing him over. I don't know what Doherty gains by not grassing him. He lives in another country, does he think he's still in 'danger'? Maybe Headlock and Ro have a lot of awful things they could tell the old bill about Pete, hence his wall of silence. Gawd...
 
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I worked with Pete years ago and spent a good few days at his house , it was the strangest experience of my life !
he adores cats and has hundreds around the house also loads of Jaguar cars .
his house was like a museum filled with the weird and wonderful , many paintings on the wall painted in blood - all in between music records .
He also had a couple of girls at the house that were known as his “ muse “ I still remember being shocked how tall and well together he was except he was filthy and looked slightly spaced .
Some of the weirdest days of my life .
 
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maytoseptember

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People have romanticised his addictions as if he's some tragic, bohemian, literary figure - enabling him really.

Appalling to see the band knocking back tequilas with him before a show. Not helping him.

He clearly has no intention of sorting himself out, ever.

Carl came across as a little odd in the doc.
He has also romanticised his own addictions, like some third rate Byron figure. So many rock stars pulled that off when they were young and pretty. But there inevitably comes a tipping point where you’re too old, you’ve torpedoed your career and it’s just kind of tragic. Pete passed that point a long time ago.

I think Carl was off his face, talking nineteen to the dozen.
 
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Mel Donte

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Wolfman...ewww. @Mel Donte He seemed awful. I've not met him directly but people that have seem to think he's a sleazy old wrong un. Have you had the misfortune of meeting him?
Yeah I did. He always gave me a bad vibe - I think I was blind to a lot of shit back then and certainly saw glamourous hedonism where I should have seen danger, but even to me Wolfman always had a certain darkness around him. He tried it on and telling him that I was underaged and gay only seemed to make him more keen. In a weird way I almost feel grateful - feeling so scared of him and like I couldn't rely on any of the other adults to step in if anything happened is what made me step back from the whole scene.
 
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OldTT

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He lived next door to me for a while. Must’ve been in a clean phase as he was pleasant enough and no trouble. He did have lots of cats (weak tea)
 
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Are you joking?! They make numerous lists of top indie bands ever, on a regular basis. Still doing the festival rounds and still have a huge fanbase, mainly because their albums and music are well written and performed. Have you ever seen them live?
I think you’ll find when either Pete or Carl pass away, there’ll be plenty of people who do more than shrug.
Whether people like Pete or not, The Lib’s success as a band speaks for itself!
You’re making me laugh. You make it sound like there will be 24 hour news coverage when they die. Like Whitney Houston or Michael Jackson or George Michael, the country will be mourning and their singles will leap to #1 in the charts. It’s not going to happen. No one will care. Honestly. It’ll be uploaded to BBC News website as the fifth lowest article of the day and only make the BBC News ticker tape.

When Carl dies, literally no one will care. 99.9% of the public wouldn’t even know who he was. Pete’s will make more of a splash, purely cause he dated Kate Moss (and you can bet every article will acknowledge his link to her - because that is how he is remembered, not for any of his musical contributions).

I understand you might like them and think they’re the best thing since The Beatles but please understand very few people share this sentiment. They’re practically nobodies nowadays. Ghosts of a past era.
 
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MunHun

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I find it fascinating how Lisa had kids with Liam and Pete. Keep the gossip coming :love:
Liams excuse for not being a part of Mollys life was pitiful. He didn’t get on with Lisa. Selfish prick. Imagine having three kids with three different women and them all so close in age. If it were the other way around the woman would get slut shamed so bad.
 
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Sunraged

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Well, he's still alive. That's quite possibly more surprising than him being overweight.
 
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maytoseptember

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There is a scene in the Loiuis Theroux Doc where Louis ttryd to pacify Pete’s baby daughter. As Pete picks her up and hands her over to Louis, he looked like he had never picked a baby up before. I would like to think that isn’t actually the case.
I’m sure he does basically fuck all. It was telling when Louis asked how he was finding it, and Pete just said that his wife was doing an amazing job. Not to mention the comment about technically having two other kids, which came across as really cold.

Reminded me of when Russell Brand said he left the nappy changing/drudge work of baby care to his wife, because she was just better at it 🙄
 
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Foxvint

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Amy had gigs at Glasto and on Jools Holland off the back of Frank and profiles everywhere. I picked Frank up at tesco with my weekly shop cos I'd read a Cosmo (I think) mini interview with her and she seemed totally original. She had massive success for a 1st album and there was a buzz to see what she'd do next. She wasn't a mess then, she was just a binge drinker, like millions of 20-30s. The mess part came with the massive advance for BTB, all that free time and money and people like Blake.

Altered states of consciousness and music have gone together since Robert Johnson. Some ppl sound like they were in bed with a horkicks at 9.30 every night in their 20s listening to Muzack for accountants dinner parties. Whether or not addicts deserve empathy isn't dependent on whether or not we personally like their music either.
 
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HowVery

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People have romanticised his addictions as if he's some tragic, bohemian, literary figure - enabling him really.

Appalling to see the band knocking back tequilas with him before a show. Not helping him.

He clearly has no intention of sorting himself out, ever.

Carl came across as a little odd in the doc.
 
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Persephonehasreturned

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I was in my late teens when Moss and Doherty were an item. Thought Moss was the coolest person to ever grace the planet and couldn’t understand why she would want to be with someone who looked like they stank of piss and stale alcohol.

I look back and am even more non-plussed, especially given the stories that have come out about him since. Vile creature.
 
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