Anthony Rossomando
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Anthony Rossomando is a guitarist with the garage rock band Dirty Pretty Things, fronted by Carl Barât. He previously stood in for Pete Doherty in The Libertines, after Doherty was first suspended from the band and then sacked due to his drug habits.
He is from Hamden, Connecticut, where he was trumpet player in the 1990s ska band J.C. Superska, which also featured The Damn Personals' Ken Cook. He then relocated to Boston where he joined ska group Johnny Too Bad and the Strikeouts (and their later incarnation TV200) on guitar while also playing guitar in The Damn Personals which also featured Johnny Too Bad's Mike Gill on drums.
At the start of the Dirty Pretty Things song "Bang Bang, You're Dead", he plays the cornet.
Anthony also played on:
- Chisel Set Me Free [trumpet]
- Piebald We are the only friends we have
- The Cribs The New Fellas [trumpet]
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| Carl Barât | Peter Doherty | John Hassall | Gary Powell |
| Anthony Rossomando | Johnny Borrell | Paul Dufour | Steve Bedlow (Scarborough Steve) |
| Discography |
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| Albums and EPs: Up the Bracket | I Get Along EP | The Libertines |
| Singles: "What a Waster" | "Up the Bracket" | "Time for Heroes" | "Don't Look Back into the Sun" | "Can't Stand Me Now" | "What Became of the Likely Lads" |
| DVDs: Boys in the Band | Who the Hell Is Pete Doherty? | The Libertines |
| Books: The Libertines Bound Together |
| Related articles |
| Babyshambles | Dirty Pretty Things | Yeti | Bootlegs |
