The Darkness

MetalGuy71 wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

Here's a full length version of a stone gods song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-I420-cqzw

So lemme get this straight. The Stone Gods are the same guys as The Darkness but without Justin Hawkins, right? That song sounded pretty good. I could listen to a whole cd of that.

That is correct, the bass player from the darkness now plays guitar and sings. they pciked up a new bass player

Rock!

thejokeriv wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

Here's a full length version of a stone gods song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-I420-cqzw

So lemme get this straight. The Stone Gods are the same guys as The Darkness but without Justin Hawkins, right? That song sounded pretty good. I could listen to a whole cd of that.

That is correct, the bass player from the darkness now plays guitar and sings. they pciked up a new bass player

an interesting fact is that the bassist from the darkness dad is a mercenary

http://www.amazon.com/Burn-Witch-Stone-Gods...

An EP is being released by Stone Gods in a few weeks. I'm looking forward to it.

That song was surprisingly good. I especially like the vocalist, he reminds me of Sebastien Bach.

When they came out they were lampooned by so many (including myself) as being hopelessly behind the times. But with the acceptance of retro hard rock in the years since, might it be (dare I say it?) that they were actually ahead of their time in a way?

The Darkness " Permission to Land " was a great album, it took me awhile to get used Justin's vocals, but at least he wasn't a growler or screamer, and the Darkness brought something back to rock that had been missing for a long time, an element of fun.

BTW - the Stone Gods CD is AWESOME. Strong 80s/Def Leppard/AC/DC influence. I love it.

Justin's Hot Leg project is pretty good too and continues on with the sound of The Darkness.

Metal Misfit thanks for the heads up on Stone Gods, and for the update on Jusin's new project.

It's really sad neither Hawkins band gets much press (in the US, at least, for all I know England still loves 'em).

Stone Gods are a great band and I never knew they even existed (last I heard they were planning on continuing as The Darkness w/o Justin) until about 3 months ago. I think it's only available as an import as well. Shame.

Not sure what became of Justin Hawkins other post-Darkness band British Whale, but here's his new one. Gentlemen, I give you...Hot Leg

http://www.myspace.com/hotleg

Permission to Land was real good. Really liked it. I remember when they broke out and I first heard them on the radio - it was actually the first time in like a decade I heard something on the radio that made me want to buy an album.

I saw the band live, too.

Anyone check out Hot Leg yet? I like it. I don't think the U.S. release date has happened yet though. Either way, I'll get my hands on it eventually probably.

Metal Misfit wrote:

Anyone check out Hot Leg yet? I like it. I don't think the U.S. release date has happened yet though. Either way, I'll get my hands on it eventually probably.

From the clips I heard on the myspace page, it didn't sound too bad. Sounds like he toned down the falsetto singing a little bit since The Darkness days.

I like the what little heard of Justin's band Hot Leg, but man is that a stupid name for a band.