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My Take
Pete Doherty is one of those artists I can't file neatly. Co-founding the Libertines with Carl Barat, then pushing on through Babyshambles and the Puta Madres, he kept writing even as the chaos around him made headlines. The detail I keep returning to is the range: guitarist, poet, painter, writer, a Queen Mary University man who chose the rough road anyway. To me that signals someone who genuinely needs to make things, not someone chasing fame. I find his work more poignant than reckless, and I'd rather weigh the songs and the verse than the tabloid noise that so often crowds them out.
Overview
Peter Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is an English musician. He is best known for being co-frontman of the Libertines, which he formed with Carl Barât in 1997. His other musical projects are indie bands Babyshambles and Peter Doherty and the Puta Madres.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pete Doherty
- Name (Japanese)
- ピート・ドハーティ
- Reading
- ぴーと・どはーてぃ
- Born
- March 12, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Hexham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- guitarist / poet / singer / writer / painter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Queen Mary University of London
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.