Pete Doherty has admitted he tried to recruit the daughter of a warlord whilst in rehab for the new The Libertines record.
The band's frontman has now been working on new music during his time in Thailand recovering from an addiction to heroin, and is hoping that influences from the nation are to translate into the group's third studio LP.
Speaking about his time in the centre he explained: "I've come up with some good riffs too. Like simple bass lines and I'm trying to get this warlord's daughter to play drums for me but she's off the radar at the moment. So hopefully we'll have some new ideas when Carl next bounds into view in his bandana and leathers. A man who swore he'd never wear flip-flops! Although he doesn't call them flip flops he calls them 'sliders'."
As well as working on that record he's been revisiting some of his favourite tracks from his younger days while recovering.
"The thing is it's quite a tranquil place, so I don't like to make too much noise. But I'll say that I have rediscovered a few facets that have come back to life since I've been here and one of them is just enjoying playing guitar and learning songs I used to know backwards and inside out. Like old Lindisfarne and Stone Roses songs and just taking them and just shifting the chords about."
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