In a way the way the NME talked about The Libertines and all the other bands who they said were part of this "scene" that didnt exist (seems like the Yanks were into this idea around the same time but with the strokes) is why i dont blame Americans for not taking English hype seriously, overblown swagger for weedy guitar rock that even at its most aggressive comes off as soft and ineffective.
These brehs who once upon a time used to say grime was music only chavs with no taste listened to yet meanwhile Pete Dohtery bunnin up crack rocks in the back of a van is meant to be meaningful and as rock and roll as Jim Morrison dying in a bath tub, fuck out of here.
It baffled me to believe when i was hanging out with punks down South London to realise that there were some sad people up north and in dead provincial towns who took them seriously probably because they wanted a way out from whatever dead suburban wasteland they were living in.