Last year all the bands emerging from the Libertines scene were lumped together. Now most have established their identities and marked out their own territory. Rising to the top of the pile, The Paddingtons have turned heads with their vicious hi-energy rock´n´roll sound, pure pop songs, good looks, andincendiary punk live shows. They are also staunchly anti-crack´n´smack, though not strangers to a good party. Another thing that sets them apart is that they hail from Hull, East Yorks, rather than East London. Stuck out on a limb geographically, bombed to bits in the war and crippled by the decline of its fishing industry, Hull has been saddled with a bad reputation ? it was named #1 in The Idlers Book of Crap Towns. Its always been hard for bands to break out but now Hull´s on the rise with their football team Hull City being promoted and The Padds in the charts.