The Libertines Biography

However for the rest of the tour they prove their worth with songs that will become anthems: 'What A Waster', 'I Get Along', 'Up The Bracket', 'Boys In The Band' and 'Time For Heroes'. People begin to fall under the spell of these high velocity urchins who are busy explaining their own philosophy of the hallowed dream of Albion and Arcadia. They sing and play and live this life that sits in the previously unexplored point halfway between the urban assault of The Clash and the arch romanticism of The Smiths.

May/June 2002

Former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler comes on board to produce their debut single. 'What A Waster'/'I Get Along' is promptly banned by Radio 1 due to the inclusion of several 'fucks' and at least one 'cunt'. On its release on the day of the Queen's Golden Jubilee they celebrate by playing a gig across the road from Buckingham Palace as an alternative to the massive televised gig in the grounds of the Palace full of tedious backslapping establishment rock stars. For good measure they nick copies of their own single from Virgin Megastore - a feat that's recorded for posterity cropping up on the 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun' video. The single hits the UK Top Forty without any airplay. They're hailed as anti-establishment heroes after just one single. Good work lads.
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