The "Gayest Straight Band In Rock"?

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Exhibit A- The Libertines
A now defunct British rock group who were the darlings of the NME, famous for drug addiction, supermodel girlfriends and being really, really gay.



Oh, and the music.

You may have seen some of these pictures posted here before, but a reminder this good-looking should not be unwelcome.

WARNING: There are quite a few images lurking under the cut.


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This is the band (clockwise from bottom left): Carlos Barat, John Hassall, Gary Powell, Peter Doherty. Note hand holding between the two frontmen. Patriotic handholding, at that.

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Manwich!

Carl and others
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Carl and Gary.

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Carl and John.

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Carl and Tim Burgess (Of The Charlatans) performing at Christmas, 2004.

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Through a happy accident, Carl falls into the crotch of a fan during a concert.

Peter and Others
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Peter and Gary.

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Peter kissing 'Scarborough' Steve, the former lead singer of The Libertines during the band's formative years.

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Peter and Steve again.

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Peter performing with Wolfman, a rather scary/shady looking acquaintance, at a Babyshambles show.

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When fanboys attack...

Peter and Carlos
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There has been much speculation as to whether that's Carl in the bed, however I'd like to think it is. According to the book Kids In The Riot (by Pete Welsh) the two used to share a bed in the early days of squats and hovels, so this picture isn't so unlikely.

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This is the 'blow job' photo. Note Peter's unbuttoned fly, his hand in Carlos's hair, and their 'caught in the act' expressions.

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That Carlos has no shame.

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There may be a John in there somewhere.

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Somebody's checking out The Arse here.

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A screencap from the 'Up The Bracket' video clip.

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A screencap from the 'Time For Heroes' video clip.

From the DVD 'Boys In The Band'
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That's Peter on the floor, with Carlos leaning over to hug him. Or something more? The camera only sees their backs. Note Peter's shirt, it shall appear later on in a different guise.

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Here, have an animated version of the above moment. Just as Carl's leaning over, Peter says "I need my Biggles". Aaaw.

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This moment was not half as naughty as this screencap implies. Although it is nice to speculate.

The Reunion Gig
The following pictures and interview are from the day Peter was released from prison, mid 2003. The article is a must-read!
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Please note what is happening in Carl's jeans, helpfully circled. ;)

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At The NME Awards, 2004
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Other Pete and Carl moments
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Imagine the photo that could have been!

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Microphone sex part one!

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Microphone sex part two!

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Would you just look at that eye contact.

Peter Doherty In Drag
And why not, eh?

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A rather convincing effort, if I do say so myself.

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And I leave you now with some subtle, yet definite chest fondling. Ah, young androgynous love.

This took longer than I thought! I hope you've all thoroughly enjoyed the boy touching.