The Darkness

Totally agree....I've loved them since "Permission" came out....lots of folks just didn't get the tongue-in-cheekness.

Shiney wrote:

Totally agree....I've loved them since "Permission" came out....lots of folks just didn't get the tongue-in-cheekness.

Yeah, and I'm sure Justin Hawkins' falsetto stylings put many people off at first blush too. I can't seem to get enough of it right now though!

Did you get their follow up? It's pretty good too....a lot bolder in the 70's influences..almost proggy in spots.

Man, I tried and tried to dig this band, but the Muppet vocals just killed it for me. The music was great, and even the mid-range singing was great, but the high-pitched crap was terrible. I've thought about trying them again, because I see their CDs and singles with the non-LP stuff for cheap all the time, but I haven't tried yet. I actually may still own one of their albums.

I actually have wondered if I wrote them off because sooooo many idiots jumped on the bandwagon. That could have made it seem too much like parody to me.

I like the Darkness alot - too bad Justin Hawkins did too much herione and killed the band.

Permission To Land seemed very AC/DC, Early 80's Metal influenced. I used to listen to it all the time. My ring tone on my cell phone for home/wife's cell is I Believe In A thing Called Love

One way ticket seemed very 70's influenced, they wanted to be Queen on some of the songs (they even used the producer of Bohemian Raposody and recorded parts of the album in the same studio. I thought it was a solid, second effort.

Too bad they are done. The rest of the band did form a new band call the stone gods - website with sample of a song:

http://www.stonegods.co.uk/stonegods.php

The first thing I thought when I first heard/saw The Darkness was "Did Spinal Tap make a new record?"
I remember seeing the "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" video on VH1 for the first time and thinking "if these guys are supposed to be a spoof, then it's a very well done spoof. If they're supposed to be a serious band, then they gotta get the hell outta here..."

Now see, that Stone Gods stuff sounds excellent! Hell yeah. Have they put anything out yet?

Eyesore wrote:

Now see, that Stone Gods stuff sounds excellent! Hell yeah. Have they put anything out yet?

Nothing other than the song sample - I'll probably pick it up whne it comes out, sounds pretty good

I love The Darkness, fantastic band. They were pretty big here in Blighty for a bit around the time of their debut.

I have their first album, was their second as good?

I like them.Permission to Land is a great disc.I dig the throwback to the 70's and 80's.Whether its tongue in cheek or not I like it

i used to be a huge fan they just play good ole cock rock on the debut but then their second album bombed (with good reason) and they split up. i saw them live though in their heyday

Eyesore wrote:

Man, I tried and tried to dig this band, but the Muppet vocals just killed it for me. The music was great, and even the mid-range singing was great, but the high-pitched crap was terrible. I've thought about trying them again, because I see their CDs and singles with the non-LP stuff for cheap all the time, but I haven't tried yet. I actually may still own one of their albums.

I actually have wondered if I wrote them off because sooooo many idiots jumped on the bandwagon. That could have made it seem too much like parody to me.

That pretty much sums up my feelings as well. I had a copy of their debut and I wanted to like it, but the vocals just sounded too over the top and it made them seem like a joke. Maybe now that time has passed and they've become yesterday's news I should give 'em another shot.

hey when i was at school this was the heavist thing we had ever heard. we used to listen to it on the way to school everyday for a year

TrogDawn wrote:

Have you heard their Christmas song, ult? That's the first one I heard and it hooked me immediately.

No. Haven't heard that one. I only have their first album.

ult

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Can you post some links to information that substiantiates this statement or is this just rumor/speculation?

Doesn't mention heroin, just coke & booze...

http://www.hecklerspray.com/justin-hawkins-ditches-the-darkness-blames-all-the-drugs/20065284.php

TrogDawn wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

No. Haven't heard that one. I only have their first album.

I'll hook you up, brah.

i could send you their second album becuase i dont want it anymore because i dont like it

If I find used CDs from them real cheap I might give them a good try. I heard one song from them and didn't like it at all (mostly for the vocals).

i dont mind the vocals actually only becuase we spent so much time listening to them

TrogDawn wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

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Can you post some links to information that substiantiates this statement or is this just rumor/speculation?

Doesn't mention heroin, just coke & booze...

http://www.hecklerspray.com/justin-hawkins-ditches-the-darkness-blames-all-the-drugs/20065284.php

Thanks for that. The article is a bit biased and hostile, but if their quotes of Justin are accurate, that's a damn shame.

Woops - wrong drug. I guess I forgot to take some ginko yesterday

ultmetal wrote:

I have their first album, was their second as good?

It's not as good as the first, but I do think it is a good album (I like it alot!). You should pick it up and check it out - expect a different sound than the first one, expect a more 70's influenced sound, heavily Queen (roy thomas baker era) influenced - he did produce one way ticket also