Libertines guitarist Carl Barât has just released his memoirs, in which he describes the crazy lifestyle of being an indie rock icon, but admits he has grown up now.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, he showed a more mature side, but has still put a few “tell all” moments in his book.
"I do wake up and think, 'Have I really put that in the public domain?'" he tells the paper. “The chapter about groupies is the most demystifying thing. I just had to do it. I hope it didn't come across as misogynistic or gratuitous.
“I do think it's counterweighted by the fact that I'm in love now. With the drugs, I'm not going to lie and say I didn't have a fucking blast, but stupidity with drugs messed up two bands. Even now with hangovers, sometimes I wake up and everything's rosy. I skip down the street barking like a dog and find it really funny. Then I realise I'm still pissed and the real hang-over is coming. I always feel so negative and depressed then that it's hard to remember it's just a hangover. The positive channel in my brain gets cobwebbed from disuse.”
He also spoke of his relationship with former bandmate Pete Doherty:
“His reputation precedes him, and I wanted to write without slinging mud,” Barât says. "Obviously things he did really hurt me and if I felt bitter about something it was hard to write objectively. I'm very scared that he's going to misread it.”
Alas, despite a recent reformation for the Reading and Leeds festivals, The Libertines will not be getting back together any time soon.
Carl Barât’s book ‘Threepenny Memoir: The Lives Of A Libertine’ is in stores in October. He also has a self titled solo album released on October 4.
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