The Darkness
There are at least six artists with this name:
1. A popular hard rock ba… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least six artists with this name:
1. A popular hard rock band from the United Kingdom
2. A death metal band from Germany
3. An alternative rock band from Poland
4. A Eurodance group
5. A thrash metal band from the Czech Republic
1. The Darkness are a hard rock band which formed in Lowestoft, England in 2000. The band consists of Justin Hawkins (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Dan Hawkins (guitar, vocals), Frankie Poullain (bass) and Ed Graham (drums). According to the Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Songfacts, Ed Graham inspired the band’s name as his youthful bleak moods were known as The Darkness.
They are widely regarded as a glam rock band, but the members disputed this and saw themselves as a classic hard-rock band. Their highly retro style of music was influenced by rock bands like Queen, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Sparks, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, T. Rex, Def Leppard, Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy. They are best known for the soaring falsetto of their lead singer Justin Hawkins, whose departure in 2006 resulted in the dissolution of the band. In 2011, the band announced their return, with a third album, "Hot Cakes," to be released on Wind-up Records.
Dan had initially seen his brother's potential of being a frontman after Justin did an impressive recreation of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at a New Year's Eve party in 1999, thrown by Justin and Dan's aunt in her pub The Swan at Gillingham just over the River Waveney in Norfolk, despite the fact that Justin was only miming to the original song. Playing at first only in pubs and bars, their pyrotechnic guitar solos and over the top performances soon brought them to public knowledge.
Achieving major success in the UK in 2003, The Darkness received considerable radio airplay of their singles, including I Believe in a Thing Called Love and the Christmas hit Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End). Their debut album, Permission to Land, reached number one in the UK charts and went on to sell one and a half million copies in the UK alone. The success of this album led to heavy touring for the band, which included headlining the Carling Festivals in 2004. The band won three Brit Awards in the same year, including Best Group, Best Rock Group and Best Album. They also won two Kerrang! awards for Best Live Act and Best British Band.
By late 2004 the band's huge success had led to a public backlash, and people claiming that the band were more a joke than a 'real' band became more common. The band responded to this criticism by touring the UK's top arenas on the "Winter-National Tour" tour with the Irish group Ash supporting them. One part of the show included Justin climbing upon a life-sized white tiger during "Love on the Rocks with No Ice" and being elevated around the audience whilst still playing guitar. The majority of the shows on the tour sold out.
On May 23, 2005 original bass player Frankie Poullain left the band during the recording of their second album, apparently due to "musical differences" with Justin Hawkins. Frankie has disputed this version of events, claiming he was "frozen out" and forced to leave the band by Justin and his longterm girlfriend (and the band's manager) Sue Whitehouse. On June 13 2005, The Darkness announced that Richie Edwards, formerly Dan's guitar technician, had replaced Frankie as bass player.
One Way Ticket, the first single from their second album, was released on 14 November 2005, debuting and peaking at number 8 on the UK Singles chart. The Darkness followed this with their second album One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back on November 28, 2005 to mixed reviews despite it having been produced by the well known Roy Thomas Baker whom has worked with bands such as Queen. Although it has been made platinum its sales do not come close to their debut's five-times-platinum rating and its chart peak at number eleven is a weak showing compared to Permission To Land's number one. The second single release from this album was Is It Just Me?, released on 20th February 2006 and charted at number eight. Soon afterwards Justin announced while performing live that the third single to be released from the album would be Girlfriend; and gained a mixed response. Released on 22nd May 2006, it charted at a disappointing number thirty-nine.
After having disappeared for quite some time the band announced that singer Justin Hawkins had left the band on 11th October 2006, after a battle against drugs.
On December 24, 2006, it was reported by Yahoo! News that bass player Richie Edwards would become the group's new frontman, with Toby MacFarlaine to join The Darkness and take over on bass. In blog entries on MySpace, Richie Edwards, Dan Hawkins and Ed Graham said that they had started recording a new album with Toby McFarlaine, and that they had formed a new band together.
On March 2, 2007, The Darkness' official website was changed, showing a photograph of the new, and as yet unnamed band. Links to the members individual Myspace pages were included, confirming the line-up of Richie Edwards, Dan Hawkins, Toby MacFarlaine and Ed Graham. Richie later added a message to the site, categorically confirming that the band would not continue under the name "The Darkness", saying "we are literally days away from announcing our new name".
It was announced on August 25, 2007 that the band had finished recording an album but no release dates or names, of either the band or album, had been decided. Record label and support has yet to be decided.
On November 9, 2007, it was announced on The University of East Anglia's student union website that the new band would be called Stone Gods. This name was confirmed on the official website on November 21, 2007. The line-up has been confirmed as Dan Hawkins (lead guitar), Toby MacFarlaine (bass), Ed Graham (drums) and Richie Edwards (vocals/guitar).
In March 2011, The Darkness announced on their newly updated website that they would be reforming the original line-up to play the Download Festival in Donington, Derbyshire. Songfacts reports that Nothin's Gonna Stop Us, the first new material from the band since they reconvened, was made available several months later as a free download from The Darkness’s official website.
The Darkness will be releasing "Hotcakes," their first album since reuniting, in 2012 on Wind-up Records. This album includes the singles "Every Inch of You" and Everybody Have a Good Time."
1. A popular hard rock ba… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least six artists with this name:
1. A popular hard rock band from the United Kingdom
2. A death metal band from Germany
3. An alternative rock band from Poland
4. A Eurodance group
5. A thrash metal band from the Czech Republic
1. The Darkness are a hard rock band which formed in Lowestoft, England in 2000. The band consists of Justin Hawkins (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Dan Hawkins (guitar, vocals), Frankie Poullain (bass) and Ed Graham (drums). According to the Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Songfacts, Ed Graham inspired the band’s name as his youthful bleak moods were known as The Darkness.
They are widely regarded as a glam rock band, but the members disputed this and saw themselves as a classic hard-rock band. Their highly retro style of music was influenced by rock bands like Queen, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Sparks, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, T. Rex, Def Leppard, Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy. They are best known for the soaring falsetto of their lead singer Justin Hawkins, whose departure in 2006 resulted in the dissolution of the band. In 2011, the band announced their return, with a third album, "Hot Cakes," to be released on Wind-up Records.
Dan had initially seen his brother's potential of being a frontman after Justin did an impressive recreation of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at a New Year's Eve party in 1999, thrown by Justin and Dan's aunt in her pub The Swan at Gillingham just over the River Waveney in Norfolk, despite the fact that Justin was only miming to the original song. Playing at first only in pubs and bars, their pyrotechnic guitar solos and over the top performances soon brought them to public knowledge.
Achieving major success in the UK in 2003, The Darkness received considerable radio airplay of their singles, including I Believe in a Thing Called Love and the Christmas hit Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End). Their debut album, Permission to Land, reached number one in the UK charts and went on to sell one and a half million copies in the UK alone. The success of this album led to heavy touring for the band, which included headlining the Carling Festivals in 2004. The band won three Brit Awards in the same year, including Best Group, Best Rock Group and Best Album. They also won two Kerrang! awards for Best Live Act and Best British Band.
By late 2004 the band's huge success had led to a public backlash, and people claiming that the band were more a joke than a 'real' band became more common. The band responded to this criticism by touring the UK's top arenas on the "Winter-National Tour" tour with the Irish group Ash supporting them. One part of the show included Justin climbing upon a life-sized white tiger during "Love on the Rocks with No Ice" and being elevated around the audience whilst still playing guitar. The majority of the shows on the tour sold out.
On May 23, 2005 original bass player Frankie Poullain left the band during the recording of their second album, apparently due to "musical differences" with Justin Hawkins. Frankie has disputed this version of events, claiming he was "frozen out" and forced to leave the band by Justin and his longterm girlfriend (and the band's manager) Sue Whitehouse. On June 13 2005, The Darkness announced that Richie Edwards, formerly Dan's guitar technician, had replaced Frankie as bass player.
One Way Ticket, the first single from their second album, was released on 14 November 2005, debuting and peaking at number 8 on the UK Singles chart. The Darkness followed this with their second album One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back on November 28, 2005 to mixed reviews despite it having been produced by the well known Roy Thomas Baker whom has worked with bands such as Queen. Although it has been made platinum its sales do not come close to their debut's five-times-platinum rating and its chart peak at number eleven is a weak showing compared to Permission To Land's number one. The second single release from this album was Is It Just Me?, released on 20th February 2006 and charted at number eight. Soon afterwards Justin announced while performing live that the third single to be released from the album would be Girlfriend; and gained a mixed response. Released on 22nd May 2006, it charted at a disappointing number thirty-nine.
After having disappeared for quite some time the band announced that singer Justin Hawkins had left the band on 11th October 2006, after a battle against drugs.
On December 24, 2006, it was reported by Yahoo! News that bass player Richie Edwards would become the group's new frontman, with Toby MacFarlaine to join The Darkness and take over on bass. In blog entries on MySpace, Richie Edwards, Dan Hawkins and Ed Graham said that they had started recording a new album with Toby McFarlaine, and that they had formed a new band together.
On March 2, 2007, The Darkness' official website was changed, showing a photograph of the new, and as yet unnamed band. Links to the members individual Myspace pages were included, confirming the line-up of Richie Edwards, Dan Hawkins, Toby MacFarlaine and Ed Graham. Richie later added a message to the site, categorically confirming that the band would not continue under the name "The Darkness", saying "we are literally days away from announcing our new name".
It was announced on August 25, 2007 that the band had finished recording an album but no release dates or names, of either the band or album, had been decided. Record label and support has yet to be decided.
On November 9, 2007, it was announced on The University of East Anglia's student union website that the new band would be called Stone Gods. This name was confirmed on the official website on November 21, 2007. The line-up has been confirmed as Dan Hawkins (lead guitar), Toby MacFarlaine (bass), Ed Graham (drums) and Richie Edwards (vocals/guitar).
In March 2011, The Darkness announced on their newly updated website that they would be reforming the original line-up to play the Download Festival in Donington, Derbyshire. Songfacts reports that Nothin's Gonna Stop Us, the first new material from the band since they reconvened, was made available several months later as a free download from The Darkness’s official website.
The Darkness will be releasing "Hotcakes," their first album since reuniting, in 2012 on Wind-up Records. This album includes the singles "Every Inch of You" and Everybody Have a Good Time."
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The Darkness Lyrics
- Christmas Time Feinging joy and surprise at the gifts we despise over…
- One Way Ticket It was a dusty old night And I'm the first to…
7.Stuck in a rut Kiss my arse, kiss my arse goodbye Propelled by a carriage…
All the Pretty Girls Shocked and startled by some peculiar twist of fate Don't kn…
Always Had The Blues I don't care if you're young and pretty That's just youth…
Bald It would appear that male pattern Baldness has set in His ha…
Barbarian Remorseless Norsemen swim ashore The Eastern coast belongs t…
Bareback No Lyrics in this song…
Best of Me (not completely right i dont think, not sure.....i gussed on…
Black Shuck In a town in the east The parishioners were visited upon By…
Blind Man Tell me why the blind man cries Oh, he sheds a…
Buccaneers of Hispaniola ??? Spaniards must be seasick ??? Plunder treasure galliant …
Cannonball I see the girl that I've always adored A body like…
Christmas Time Feigning joy and surprise At the gifts we despise over mulle…
Concrete I walk alone like a concrete lion In the concrete wilderness…
Conquerors I don't even want to know your name after what happened…
Curse of the Tollund Man His actions were slated His guts were hated His day, night, …
Dinner Lady Arms We had a good thing, it was a blast. That was…
English Country Garden Well we sat on the bank and I was pissed When…
Every Inch of You Baby I was a loser Several years on the dole An Englishman…
Everybody Have a Good Time Anticipation, too much to bear Maybe I'm crazy, but there's …
Forbidden Love Our love is forbidden That just makes me want you more I…
Friday Night Hey you! Do you remember me I used to sit next to…
Get Your Hands Off My Woman You are drunk and you are surly In Latino lover mode We…
Girlfriend Girl I know I've got a funny way of showing…
Givin My mamma wants to know where I'm spending all my…
Givin' Up My mamma wants to know Where I'm spending all my dough Hon…
Grief Hammer (Grief!) Yes, it's grief hammer time (hammer) (Grief!) Yeah…
Growing on Me I can't get rid of you I don't know what to…
Hammer There's a fire In the city it's burning It's out of control …
Hazel Eyes I hail from the flatland's of East Anglia A town that…
Holding My Own Baby, everything has fallen into place My life is so excitin…
How Dare You All I want to do Is spend a little time…
How Dare You Call This Love All I want to do Is spend a little time…
I Believe In A Thing Called Lo Can't explain all the feelings that you're making me feel My…
I Can't Believe It's Not Love Angel, it’s been fun, but I am disgusted What I have…
I Love You 5 Times Once a day I wink at you And you grin Like a puma…
Is It Just Me I know that absence might Make the heart grow fonder Or is…
Keep Me Hangin' On It's all over between me and you I wanna tell you…
Knockers Oh lord I'm so bored Living on my own The demolition derby…
Last of Our Kind We have sat like this just waiting for their arrows…
Living Each Day Blind In a dead end town Tied to apron strings All our friends…
Love Is Not the Answer Love Love is not the answer Love Love is not your friend …
Love Is Only a Feeling The first flush of youth was upon you when our…
Love on the rocks You can't abide my showing fatigue When you come home just…
Love On The Rocks With No Eyes You can't abide my showing fatigue When you come home just…
Love on the Rocks With No Ice You can't abide my showing fatigue When you come home just…
makin out Yow! Going steady, in a secluded spot I'm leaving nothing to…
Makin' Out Yow! Going steady, in a secluded spot I'm leaving nothing …
Mighty Wings Down goes the sun The end has begun A season with Eros And…
Mudslide This ain't no double entendre This ain't no euphemism This i…
Nobody Can See Me Cry You don't fit in, but this is right where you…
Nothin I am no messenger But I will give you message A message...…
Nothin's Gonna Stop Us I am no messenger But I will give you message A message...of…
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us I am no messenger But I will give you message A message…
One Way Ticket It was a dusty old night And I'm the first to…
Open Fire Don't waste my time with changes I'm living my life left Eve…
Out of My Hands Girl, gonna take a little time To assess my frame…
Out Of This World Asking questions. Would like to understand. Nowhereland. The…
Pat Pong Ladies We ventured out of the resort one night Looking for somethi…
Physical Sex Many miles between you and me And love is guaranteed to…
Planning Permission I'm a man with two good hands, two good hands…
Rack of Glam I used to whimper like an infant Suckling at an arid…
Roaring Waters An unrelenting siege in a howling gale Silhouettes with half…
Rock in Space Rock in space (rock in space) Gonna rock in space (rock…
Sarah O'Sarah I love you but you don't believe in that Some of…
Seagulls Illusion never die It's time for us to fly I wanna take…
Seemed Like A Good Idea At The May not get back what we have, What I threw…
She Just a Girl Eddie That girl has gone and broken your heart Like pulling the…
Shit Ghost Take a sheet from the bed Cut two eyeholes and put…
Solid Gold We're gonna blow people's fucking heads off Ooh, they're gon…
Southern Trains Air-con set to sub-Arctic If it moves, it isn't quick Major…
Stampede of Love You walked in and the ground shook I can't believe how…
Street Spirit Rows of houses all bearing down on me I can feel…
Stuck i na Rut Kiss my arse, kiss my arse goodbye Propelled by a carriage…
Stuck in a Rut Kiss my arse, kiss my arse goodbye Propelled by a carriage…
The Best of Me I get up (he gets up) To see you wallow in…
The Darkness Ah I'm not even recording Could give a fuck bout your…
Wanker It was a hot day WOOAH! And there were boobies…
Welcome Tae Glasgae I hit that M74 I'm heading for The city that I truly…
Wheels of the Machine One cog connected to another We are depending on each other …
Why Don't the Beautiful Cry? Pretty woman Blubbing away Your features all contorted in de…
With a Woman It's all over between me and you I wanna tell you…