Biography

Doherty and Barât traded verses like feuding brothers who still finished each other's couplets.

Up the Bracket caught live-room fray before major-label polish debate.

Their reunion years proved songs outlast tabloid weather.

High-bitrate streams keep room buzz, guitar clang, and vocal strain palpable.

New Clear Radio streams curated rock-focused programming with quality up to 320kbps—ideal for hearing guitar-driven records with depth and punch.

At a glance

  • English rock band formed in London in 1997.
  • Up the Bracket (2002) became a defining document of early-2000s UK guitar rock.
  • Influence on later indie acts who favour romantic fatalism over precision grooming.