Un chaval prometedor

The biography of Peter Doherty is the last of the great stories of rock & roll: leader of The Libertines and the Babyshambles, exceptional composer, target of the yellow press, always in trouble, having drug problems, antisocial and charming at the same time. time. To his devoted fans, Doherty is a cult hero; For his detractors, a promising kid who ended up unlucky. Once he has overcome his wildest years, and with the feeling of having survived in a miraculous way, Peter Doherty frankly, in a sober and sometimes very emotional way, exposes the most important and dark moments of his life and his musical career, showing the keys to their creativity, reviewing the history of The Libertines and the Babyshambles, bands that have defined the last twenty years of indie rock with their sound, their songs and their provocative style. With wit and ease, Doherty details his musical influences (The Smiths, The Clash, The Stooges, Sex Pistols...), his wandering childhood and youthful antics in London before achieving fame, the decadent parties with hard drugs and groupies , his relationships with Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse, the small concerts and shows in large stadiums, the scandals with gangsters, the sentences in various British prisons, the breakup of his bands due to drugs, his relationship with Carl Barât, his tendency towards self-destruction... "Peter Doherty. A promising kid" is the musician's own version of that whole story, a surprising autobiography that, with humor and lucidity, shows the person and the musician behind the fame and infamy and that will make more than one wonder: "How is it possible that he is still alive?"