Pete Doherty: Man Out of Time
Is Pete Doherty a uniquely gifted musician with an underappreciated body of work or just a reckless junkie tabloid magnet looking for his next fix? Or both?
By Nick Duerden 01.22.08 4:21 PM
Screwing a cigarette into his mouth, which he clamps between his teeth like a cowboy Clint Eastwood, Pete Doherty prowls around his suite at London's K West hotel as if scouting for potential escape routes.
"The Hottest Band on Earth Should Get Everything They Want, No?"
Of course they should -- but three years after their last album stiff, the Hives are working to regain that title with a little help from unlikely friends.
By Nick Duerden 11.02.07 3:00 AM
All told, 2002 was a vintage year for the Hives. Nearly a decade after their inception in Fagersta, a pinprick-size Swedish town (population: 12,000), the quintet found themselves hailed as part of rock's young new ruling class.
