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you couldn\\\'t call Pete Doherty a hero or role model, and he doesn\\\'t expect to. he is a rock star not a role model and has never claimed otherwise. Born in Hexam on the 12th of march 1979, Doherty had shown a talent for writing at a young age. despite his more recent behaviour Peter has always been a bright young man, winning a poetry competition at 16, achieving 11 top grades in his GCSEs and being offered an english literature scholarship to oxford university. as well as his academic achievements doherty is a well travelled man as his father was member of the british army and as result has lived in liverpool, london,belfast,coventry, dorset and cyprus. pete dropped out of university after one year and went on to live with Carl barat, whom he met through his sister and had become extremely close with. barat and doherty formed the band, the libertines. the band released their debut single, \\\'what a waster\\\' in 2002 and their debut album up the bracket swiftly followed....