Chapter ONE
BOUND TOGETHER
‘The Libertines: Bound Together’ is the definitive story
of The Libertines, from the writer and the photographer
who know them best.
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Anthony Thornton is the only journalist to have interviewed the band at every critical stage, and witnessed every major gig. Roger Sargent was their photographer of choice; responsible for the iconic second album photograph and artwork.
Anthony Thornton is a better writer than Lester Bangs
Peter Doherty
Dedicated and visionary, Roger Sargent was the perfect mirror, truthful
without doubt, perceptive without ego . . . bedside manner of a minotaur!
Carl Barât
[Thornton's] love of the Libertines shines through each breathless passage.
Bound Together reads like a great thriller, yet has moments - like an
exceptional passage on an impromptu Doherty gig in Chelsea that helped
split the band - that evoke the poetry, courage and optimism that surrounded
Doherty at his best
Q
The story of the band and the fallout from their
split is recorded in intimate detail. Thornton and Sargent,
with full access to the battling frontmen, had a unique
insight into their complex relationship.
Uncut
Writer Thornton and photographer Sargent really
were on the spot (be it the van, the pub, the East End
squat or the dressing room) while most of the squalid
Libertines saga went down, capturing the queasy zigzags
of the band's career.
Sunday Times
[Sargent's] shots reclaim the band from the tabloids'
caricature portrayal and stand as a fine testament to their
rebellious, joyous, yet ultimately destructive Arcadian
dream. Anthony Thornton's accompanying text is equally
enrapturing
Mojo
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