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With a sound which lay somewhere between Punk, New Wave, Pop and a few other genres, and a musical virtuosity that distinguished them from most of their peers, The Only Ones , led by the then, elegantly wasted Peter Perrett, made four accomplished albums, over as many years and then spectacularly crashed and burned in 1981.

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Poetic genius Pete Doherty is to hit Bath on Sunday for a sold at show at the city's Pavilion with his band Babyshambles.

Pete Doherty looks like he is back to his old ways , the zombie lead singer of The Libertines and Babyshambles was booed off stage in Munich, Germany after he sang the first verse of the German National Anthem , a verse that has Nazi connotations and has been ignored since the fall of the Third Reich.

BRITISH rocker Peter Doherty was hauled off stage at a weekend music festival in Germany after he began singing the Nazi anthem, Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles , during his set, reports say.

Beyonce Knowles' song Crazy In Love has been voted the best song of the decade. The 2003 single - which features her now husband Jay-Z - was released as the lead single from her album Dangerously in Love and went on to massive success, reaching the top spot in the UK and US charts, as well as landing Beyonce two Grammy awards.

TROUBLED Pete Doherty has revealed that his heart "stopped" and he was on a life support machine after being rushed to Swindon's Great Western Hospital .

This much we can musically agree on: Given the thin promise of Britney, In the Zone completely overachieved.

1.) Multiple Choice Question Album of the decade is The Strokes' Is This It, says music magazine NME.

The Venerable English Music Weekly ... ... The New Musical Express has released its list of the top 50 records of the decade .

NME's top 50 albums of the decade: how high did they get in the charts? The NME has announced its choice of best albums of the noughties, with Is this it at the top.

The Strokes ' Julian Casablancas has said he is "psyched" that his band's 2001 debut album 'It This It' was voted top of NME's albums of the decade poll .

The Strokes ' " Is This It " has been named album of the decade. The American rockers' 2001 debut LP topped a list compiled by British music magazine Nme made up of votes from record producers, label bosses and musicians, including members of Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys who both rank highly.

There is no such thing a perfect list. There are lists, however, that love the Streets more than other lists.

The Strokes revealed plans to release a fourth studio album in a message on myspace in March, 2009.

The Strokes' debut album Is This It has been named the best album of the decade by music magazine NME.

They provided one of rock and roll's greatest soap operas over the past decade and now The Libertines have been acknowledged as creators of one of the greatest albums of the decade.

In the fourth of Radio 1's Story of the Noughties, Huw Stephens takes us back to the year 2003 - the music, the people, the events.

Russell Brand has said that he is attracted to the romance of The Libertines. The comedian told XFM that the group's 2004 single 'Can't Stand Me Now', which chronicles the falling out between frontmen Pete Doherty and Carl Barat, was the best track of the past decade.

Jon Bon Jovi has claimed that he has never heard anything by Babyshambles singer and ex-Libertines frontman Pete Doherty.