I've seen them on EMA that was the most cheering moment...due to the other performers.I know only one song "I believe in a thing called love" and I have to say it's realy good,realy,realy good.I love the voice of the singer and that melody is so freaky :P What do You think???

I think everyone I work with (plus me) laughed our collective asses off the moment the single crossed my desk. I think it's truly godawful. And that catsuit needs to be burned.

Now.

Yeah, I have to agree with Syd... it's really, really bad stuff. Just watch the video for "I believe in a thing called love"... really, really bad.

I haven't seen the video yet but hmm the song isn't so bad at all it's more funny than bad :D

I think it's intentionally cheesy. I just saw the performance and I thought it was pretty good. Sure as hell better than Beyonce's performance. The tape skipped :D

It's like Milli Vanilli 1991 all over again.

really cool, so funny :D

I dont want more of these songs tough....

The Darkness is awful. Their songs, costumes, hair, singing. Everything. I'm glad they havent gotten popular here yet, so i odnt have to hear them more than I already do on mTV

I truly hate them, awful garbage, ridiculous..

They are ridicolous... so I like them :P
ahah they are too much gay ahahaha
I'll never be a fan of theirs and I'd never go to a gig of theirs or buy their cd, but I don't dislike them, they kinda have their own style, they play rock in a GAY WAY eheheh
(I've listened to their album, and really it's not bad)
However.. I've never seen how they look like (I can't watch MTV here)... but in the end look is not really important in music... or at least shouldn't :P

They are ridicolous... so I like them :P
ahah they are too much gay ahahaha
I'll never be a fan of theirs and I'd never go to a gig of theirs or buy their cd, but I don't dislike them, they kinda have their own style, they play rock in a GAY WAY eheheh
(I've listened to their album, and really it's not bad)
However.. I've never seen how they look like (I can't watch MTV here)... but in the end look is not really important in music... or at least shouldn't :P
grrrr.... what is that supposed to mean?

Hehe....I like the song.....the video is very hilarious!!!! hehe...they're alright...

At first, I didn't like them, but then I realised that it was all a big joke. The catsuit, the voice, it's all one big middle finger to the music industry and it's damn hilarious.

You couldn't listen to it for hours on end, but in small doses, the album is one of the greatest I have heard in recent times. And it's nice that the music industry gets a little bit of humour and light heartedness that is good for a change instead of things like Busted.

ok I've just seen the video hmmm it's freaky,weird and strange...the life performence was better ;)

They are ridicolous... so I like them :P
ahah they are too much gay ahahaha
I'll never be a fan of theirs and I'd never go to a gig of theirs or buy their cd, but I don't dislike them, they kinda have their own style, they play rock in a GAY WAY eheheh
(I've listened to their album, and really it's not bad)
However.. I've never seen how they look like (I can't watch MTV here)... but in the end look is not really important in music... or at least shouldn't :P
grrrr.... what is that supposed to mean?

Gay is kinda like happy... to be "happy" being "girlish" :?
And if u think that I can't use that word u're just a racist... (I'm not saying that u're racist, just look at the "if"..)
also 'cause I'm not using it in a negative way, indeed in a positive way...
AND STOP WITH THIS STRICT SEXUAL DISTINCTIONS, we are just humans and we love who we love without being guilty....

You Americans have NO sense of humour. The Darkness are brilliant! i guarentee some of you who hate them that they will grow on you! it happened here! they are massive here. people are aware of there style and attitude and take it with a pinch of salt.its what the industry needs to break it up a little. there songs are pretty good and they are damn hot live. Juat because its not YOUR style doesnt mean its not good. I listen to ALMOST everything, except Bon Jovi. as i believe it helps my playing. anyway need to change my kilt, finish ma haggis and comb ma (red)hair...

I've heard of the Darkness, but I can't say I've heard any of their songs. :?

i think The Darkness is a great, great band!
the vocalist's voice is awesome.

The single is kinda weird, but I dig it. That's the only song I've heard from them though.

i actually like the song, it's so freakin' wierd it's funny :D like wierd al yankovic :D

terrible.

and they 're not even funny.

not even remotely.

And I like British humour.

I was talking to Marcos from The Accident Experiment about new trends in music a couple weeks ago and he was telling me that The Darkness are pegged as the next big thing once they catch on here. I've not yet heard them but he likened tham to Queen...said they're bringing hair rock back. now, i liked hair rock, but if they're as cheesy as you guys make them out to be i probably won't be down...i'll have to wait and see. i guess they're pretty huge in Europe right now.

i can't imagine how anything could be worst than the White Stripes though....

I would compare them to the White Stripes yes, and how do they have the guts to even compare the Darkness to the legend that is Queen.. sickening

Well they act camp in videos n shit but live they are very sereious(apart from the costumes) they are nothing like the white stripes! they are good and they will grow on you! they are massive hear.i am a huge queen fan of course they dont match up-who could However, some aspects of their music is very reminiscent of queen and other bands such as thin lizzy. the guitatr solos combine techniques favoured by brian may and the legion of thin lizzy guitarists-harmony guitar. Check them listyen to a few of their songs and then post your opinions.

LMAO!!!!
the darkness fucking rule!!!!
their video is absolutely hysterical!!!!
how can you NOT just love them!!!!

They suck.........Simply put! That song has got to be one of the worst I have ever ever ever heard in my entire life

Unheard of...

the darkness should rename the song i belive in a thing called love to i belive in a thing called copying legendary bands. they are just a VERY VERY VERY VERY bad rip off of Queen (legends!)

Queen are the first band i listened to and i love them. but as soon as i heard the darknes for the first time i felt sick. they copied everything from Brian May's guitar riffs to Freddie Mercury (R.I.P)'s camp behavior while doing a shit job of trying to make it sound good twisted .

Actually, the singers camp behavious doesn't come from freddy as much as it does David lee Roth in early van halen. But there is apsects of queens music that is imitated but it is more a combination of all the greatest rock acts such as led zep thin lizzy van halen queen and others.

but still.. they just copy from different bands and don't do anything remotely original.

they copy techniques but who doesnt? no matter what you do someone somewhere will have done it before! and to boot-no one is doin it just now except for them! so its kinda a nostalgic thing for some people. you know? i mean sure everyone is entitled to an opinion. at first i didnt like them-couldnt stick em but they grew on me. i listen to most styles as it can improve my personal playing ability and provides a break eg. if im playin in a goth rock band then by listenin to classic rock or someone like the eagles or the RHCP then its different and provides a break-keeps you interested. chow for now. any ev fans from Scotland btw??

They are ridicolous... so I like them :P
ahah they are too much gay ahahaha
I'll never be a fan of theirs and I'd never go to a gig of theirs or buy their cd, but I don't dislike them, they kinda have their own style, they play rock in a GAY WAY eheheh
(I've listened to their album, and really it's not bad)
However.. I've never seen how they look like (I can't watch MTV here)... but in the end look is not really important in music... or at least shouldn't :P
grrrr.... what is that supposed to mean?

Gay is kinda like happy... to be "happy" being "girlish" :?
And if u think that I can't use that word u're just a racist... (I'm not saying that u're racist, just look at the "if"..)
also 'cause I'm not using it in a negative way, indeed in a positive way...
AND STOP WITH THIS STRICT SEXUAL DISTINCTIONS, we are just humans and we love who we love without being guilty....
You really expect me to believe that you were using gay with the meaning happy? No... I wasn't born yesterday.

How am I being racist? Homosexuals aren't another race... hate to tell you. I think you meant I was being a bigot... which I wasn't.

What the hell? You were using gay in a negative way... NOT POSTIVITE. I was correcting you, saying it is wrong to use the word gay in a negative way. It gives the impression that being gay is something bad, and it isn't. You are turning stuff around on me when you were the one being a bigot in the first place.

i'm with ImaginaryDemise on this one. stop being a bigot and learn to respect homosexuality.

how the hell does a debate about the darkness turn into a bigotry/anti-homo thing? over here in Scotland you call something gay it doesnt always approach the meanin linked with homosexuality. it can be used to mean silly,childish,etc as well as camp! and while i dont condemn gays or homosexuality- i dont exactly condone it either, i see it as unnatural but everyone has a right to an opinion right? :D

Now that I've listened to their single a few times, I've grown to like although it sounds like Tiny Tim is playing for a hard rock band now. The riffs are awesome and I do hope that hair metal comes back like Poison/Bon Jovi/ Def Leppard etc.

Them 3 bands are my fav of all! Sure as hell fucken better then this rap and pop that's going on now. LEAVE 50 CENT!

I'd say it's more Robert Smith fronting a hair metal band, but it's all relative :)

anyone heard their new song?
it's a christmasy song. i like it!!
just saw part of the video the other day...twas quite good! :)

I have the insatiable desire to torture the singer, I can' t stand this malarky.

Bon jovi? hair METAL? more like pish pop! cock rock! cheese galore! shit. hmm guess who's not a fan!

i can't stand the darkness, when i heard
A thing called love for the first time, i thought it was funny, original, but then the radios started to play that song over and over again, and so did MTV...

so that's who the band, mainly the singer, started to annoy me, and he never stopped annoying me again

OK, so I've heard the entire record for the first time and I have to say....I fucking LOVED it! I felt like it was 1986 all over again or something. I grew up on Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Skid Row and Poison so I have no problem admitting I love this kind of music. Some of the stuff does bear a little resemblance to Queen in places, but not as much so as I was expecting.

I am going out to buy the CD tomorrow!!!

It's a rebirth of Queen. Even one of my professor's heard the song and was talking about it to me and he also said Queen.
Almost picked up the cd at Walmart but it was one of those edited versions. Walmart sucks hardcore.
I've got a bunch of songs on my computer but I'll pick up the cd next time I'm at Best Buy. Listening to those songs always put me in a good mood.

OMFG i luv the darkness, the video for i believe in a thing called love is hilarious

OFMG! THat band just makes me laugh so hard my stomach begins to hurt. Seriously the bad video and costumes go well with the annoying vocals too. That is what I seriously find funny in the video.

At first when I saw it I was all "WTF! :shock: what the hell is that?" then after seeing it for awhile it started to become annoying. Meh...I go crazy when I hear that song. It is hilarious though.

the darkness........... SUCK!!!!
although, the kids in the vid 4 xmas time, go 2 my brothers school in yr8, kinda cool hey? lol!!

What do You think???

i think you need to watch the video



..that's the scaries/worste video i've ever seen outta all the 13 years i've been alive..

What do You think???

i think you need to watch the video



..that's the scaries/worste video i've ever seen outta all the 13 years i've been alive..

I guess you had to live thorugh hair rock the first time to appreciate it?

What do You think???

i think you need to watch the video



..that's the scaries/worste video i've ever seen outta all the 13 years i've been alive..

I guess you had to live thorugh hair rock the first time to appreciate it?

maybe...i don't like to hate bands..and they're doing their thing...that's cool..but i just think the video for "i believe in a thing called love" is waayy scary and i don't care for the music..

The Darkness is a hair band not ment to be taken seriously. Peh. If it's not a joke from the Simpsons, no one gets it.

They're the most hilarious, catchy band ever.

Dudes, dudes, calm.

There's nothing wrong with the Darkness. Nothing at all. They're funny. They live as if life's one big joke, and with their music they let us all in on said joke. And I saw some performance somewhere and it reminded me of performances I've seen from the 70s and stuff and that Woodstock video ive got, whassisface's outfit looked to me like the stuff the fella from the Who wore at Woodstock. (I honestly can't remember his name and I DONT KNOW WHY!! I LOVE THE WHO!!) but yea, they said in an interview on MuchMusic...

'Over the past year or so, the people's perception of rock has changed. We see rock now as some guy with his hat on backwards rapping into a mic. Thats not rock. What we do is rock, and we want to bring back this ideal of rock'

or something to that extent.

I just don't see what the lot of you have against them.

Yeah! It's just that they don't understand them, or took them too seriously.

The Darkness just picked up 4 Brit nominations leading the pack.

And this (http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=216358) story is funny as hell :D

They sound like Queen rip offs to me.

And someone needs to tell that guy to put on a shirt.

Yuck!

They sound like Queen rip offs to me.

And someone needs to tell that guy to put on a shirt.

Yuck!

yes, they are queen rip offs. oh, and instead of telling him to put on a shirt, perhaps someone should kill him? just a thought.

I have to disagree here. While I think some of their material sounds a little Queen-esque, I'd hardly call them a ripoff act. Queen was obviously an influence on them but I hear lots of bands when I listen to The Darkness: Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, among others. The whole "Theyre a Queen ripoff" seems to be a generic statement for those who don't really have a lot of knowledge when it comes to hair bands. "Growing On Me" which is my personal fave track on the album, and "Love Is Only a Feeling" are very Def leppard-esque, and the album's first track, "Black Shuck" sounds a LOT like AC/DC. While Justin Hawkins, their lead vocalist is slightly reminiscent of Freddie Mercury at times, I think The Darkness' sound owes a lot more to the legacy of late 70's/80's hair rock bands than just Queen.

My .02

The Darkness are great, I've seen them live and theyr eally know how to put on a show!

My dad and I were talking the other day and he asked me if I'd ever heard of them, and I didn't, and he told me they were really terrible and their video was gay. So I was watching videos the other day, and their video came on and I couldn't hold back my laughter! are these guys for real?? I thought they were a joke band making fun of other bands... If I were them, I'd shoot myself before the entire world starts to hate them as much as some of us apparently do.

Yeah yeah I know I'm very late to this thread but I've had the album a few months and I absolutley love it.It's about time somebody just put out a fun record.I've read all the hype across the pond and yes they might be over doing it a bit.But the songs are catchy and because I'm old it reminds me of music of 25 yrs ago.The voice is actually incredible and will be even better once he gets a handle on it.The album blasted from 92 to 39 this week so someone must like it and it ain't people my age buying it.They're a fuckin breath of fresh air. :D

They sound like Queen rip offs to me.

And someone needs to tell that guy to put on a shirt.

Yuck!

yes, they are queen rip offs. oh, and instead of telling him to put on a shirt, perhaps someone should kill him? just a thought.
They're supposed to sound like queen rip-offs thats the point from the begining no one was supposed to take them seriously. they're like a spoof hair rock band, I guess the humor is just a Brit thing

nightwish_fan wrote:
mbmanus wrote:
They sound like Queen rip offs to me.

And someone needs to tell that guy to put on a shirt.

Yuck!


yes, they are queen rip offs. oh, and instead of telling him to put on a shirt, perhaps someone should kill him? just a thought.

They're supposed to sound like queen rip-offs thats the point from the begining no one was supposed to take them seriously. they're like a spoof hair rock band, I guess the humor is just a Brit thing


wrong again! there are serious and only a small part of them is a queen rip off! the main thing is that they're different for our time of down tuned metal or ballads n shit! to get noticed you have to be differernt. hardest coolest dumbest campest but u have to be something

Since I would assume most of you on here have never SEEN Queen like I have.Justin's voice may have a little upper register vibrato that Freddie had their music overall bears little resembalance.Alot closer to AC/DC and early Leppard.I'm not saying theyr'e reinventing the wheel,they're just a "fun" band something that this generation doesn't have while all the tuned down bands wallow in misery and anger playing "daddy hates me metal"while at the same time cashing million dollar royalty checks(ie:Staind,Disturbed,Godsmack etc.....)All of which I love btw it's just it get's old.

Alot closer to AC/DC and early Leppard.

Yeah, but those bands were good!

they're just a "fun" band

dude, you left the "ny" off funny.

something that this generation doesn't have

Yeah, no one writes about girls anymore. We need a hair metal revival, and not one led by the Darkness.

i think you need help man, you should just lock yoursel in a room somewhere n like listen to 70's n 80's music while hallucinajenic drugs or summit mate! slate somethin just cause its not your style or because it incorporates elements of other successful bands? fuck that, if you were to not like every band that copied somethin then you would not like any bands from 70's forth! so shut the fuck up before i come lookin for ya!

Teh Gabe saidYeah, but those bands were good!

I don't remember either of those bands FIRST albums being incredible but that they showed potential.Like I see here.

Yeah, no one writes about girls anymore. We need a hair metal revival, and not one led by the Darkness

What's wrong with writing about girls ?......oh yeah it's not death,destruction,and doom sorry I forgot. I'll have to go back and study my METAL 101 textbook or was it Metal for dummies ? I'm too fuckin old to remember.:rolleyes:

I NEVER called them a "metal" band,hair or otherwise.
Not that I know what "real" metal is why don't you educate me oh mighty administrator. :P

I don't remember either of those bands FIRST albums being incredible but that they showed potential.Like I see here.

True. I just don't hear the potential for anything (well, beyond humor) from the Darkness.

What's wrong with writing about girls ?

Nothing! That was my point. I was agreeing that we need more fun bands. I get sick of hearing songs where I can't figure out what the hell the singer is talking about because he's trying to be "deep." To bring a little "Talk Dirty To Me" back into rock n roll would be much appreciated at this point.

I NEVER called them a "metal" band,hair or otherwise.

Never said you did. I was just adding my comments on the idea of needing fun music again. Geez, JB.

Not that I know what "real" metal is why don't you educate me oh mighty administrator. :P

Dude, I do detect a bit of lip there. Yep, JB is giving me lip! ;-)

Well, there was this somewhat obscure band in the 80's called Thrust. Now that was some metal right there!

i think you need help man, you should just lock yoursel in a room somewhere n like listen to 70's n 80's music while hallucinajenic drugs or summit mate! slate somethin just cause its not your style or because it incorporates elements of other successful bands? fuck that, if you were to not like every band that copied somethin then you would not like any bands from 70's forth!

Oh fuck off. I never said I didn't like bands who learned from other bands. I listen to a lot who learned from the Ramones, Black Sabbath and countless others. I appreciate that. I just happen to not like the Darkness. It's a fucking thread to share our opinions on music, so that's what I did. Yeah, I'm quite clear about what I do and don't like and I'm not afraid of hurting someone's feelings. If someone's feelings is hurt by me disagreeing with their taste in music then they need help. I'm a music snob. This is a site about music, so I'm gonna get pretty fucking opinionated.

so shut the fuck up before i come lookin for ya!

Bring it on, fucktard. I'm waiting.

I just saw the Darkness 2nite in Australia in a specila show b4 the BDO they fucking rokced!

LMAO!!! that song, "i believe in a thing called love" sounds like it should've been in the rocky horror picture show....very transvestite-ish.....

Yep I was givin Gabe a little lip and he handled it well.
We all have our own opinions on everything.After going through years of people saying "if you listen to that you're NOT cool" or "you can't listen to THAT and listen to THAT" I never fuckin cared what anyone said.I like what I like and so does everyone else.I know I'm not going to make Gabe a Darkness fan and he knows he can't make me a ___________(fill in teh blank with some goth slatanic obscure thrash metal band) fan.It's all good.

Gabe saidWell, there was this somewhat obscure band in the 80's called Thrust. Now that was some metal right there!


Now they really sucked !!I think your'e getting them confused with Spinal Tap.

Don't compare The Darkness to Def Leppard PUHLEEZE!!!! Def Leppard is the fucking best

OMFG, I'm so damn tired of this band by now. Why? Well, I've been discussing this insignificant and completely pointless band on several message boards by now. On one board I was completely covered in flames by 13 year old girls raving about how brilliant they are. Girls that never even KNOW of the 70's/80's bands that this band is just replicating. So you wanna know why I think they are replicating instead of just being 'influenced'? Well, it's pretty obvious that they've been trying to incorporate all the elements of, I'd say, 80's rock. Not just the music but the outfits and the attitude. The funny thing is that would it be a couple of years ago no record company would even want to LISTEN to this, let alone sign them. Why do they sign them today then? LOL. Because the 80's is HIP again. Everything that people a couple of years ago just HATED is all of a sudden COOL. I don't buy that. I hated it then and I still do.

This is nothing but musical recycling, this is capitalism in it's ugliest form. You know, when many of my favorite 70's bands (i e Sabbath and Purple etc) had their reunions I hated it just as much. I can understand that they might enjoy getting together but it was damn obvious that record companies had some to do with it, because then the 70's was pretty hyped. I'm sick of all this trying to copy old concepts that are 'efficient'. I want something new. Evanescence proved to be quite special, they aren't replicating anything AFAIK.

Another thing I just HATE about The Darkness is this guy's voice. People claim to love it... but seriously! If he tried singing the falsetto at some point it would be quite alright but this moron does it all the time. Not very well either because he just sounds like a drunken hen. Nyah.

I'm tired of having this poop music shoved into my ears every time I turn on the radio or TV. I'm tired in having to hear everybody go on about how good they are. I just want them to leave me alone. But then again I'd be surprised if they'd last to make another album... but the record company will probably force them, because what matters with this band is the PROFIT.

Now feel free to flame me. I can't promise I'll reply because I'm so tired of discussing this topic all over the internet.

The Darkness is honestly in my opinion, the WORST bad I've ever seen or heard, I was laughing cause they sucked, but that was it, lol. Sorry if I offended some of you that like these guys but they are so bad, I don't care if I get ragged on for it, haha, ttyl - James

I personally would much rather see and hear a band like The Darkness doing 80's style rock than bands like Jet and The White Stripes trying to to bad soundalikes of Iggy Pop songs that weren't very good to begin with. Not saying theiy're the greatest band on Earth, but having grown up in the 80's and enjoyed hair rock the first time around, they're a breath of fresh air compared to the majority of what's on the radio now. They're no Motley Crue, but who is? ;)

I think everyone I work with (plus me) laughed our collective asses off the moment the single crossed my desk. I think it's truly godawful. And that catsuit needs to be burned.

Now.

Infact his whole collection of catsuits need to be shredded. Eugh. His voice his awful, the songs are cheesey...and for a "novelty" kinda band they take themselves way to seriously...

I think everyone I work with (plus me) laughed our collective asses off the moment the single crossed my desk. I think it's truly godawful. And that catsuit needs to be burned.

Now.


Thats whats so great about it....

Yeah, I''m not much of a fan of that song or the video, the 80's died. I'm interested to see their next single, though, and see if they still have that similar 80's style.

One thing I don't like about music today, is that some bands are more concerned with making some kind of "statement" than with making their music. Bands that are more about their "image" than their music. People think it's so cool when a band goes out of their way just to say "fuck you" to the industry.

"Hey listen to us, coz we're punk and we're so anti-establishment (even though were on one of the "Big Five" labels)"

"Hey listen to us, because we defy all mainstram musical standards by singing badly and dressing tacky and doing corny sexual stuff in our videos."



But back on topic, I hate that song.

I'm tired of having this poop music shoved into my ears every time I turn on the radio or TV. I'm tired in having to hear everybody go on about how good they are. I just want them to leave me alone. But then again I'd be surprised if they'd last to make another album... but the record company will probably force them, because what matters with this band is the PROFIT.

Now feel free to flame me. I can't promise I'll reply because I'm so tired of discussing this topic all over the internet.

Why are you discussing it then? Move on...if it annoys you then stop clicking on Darkness threads. Sheesh.

My opinion: not bad. not great. it's ok but i find it hard to believe that this band will endure. especially his voice. you gotta wonder where a lot of these bands will be 10 years from now. like the used. great for now but you cant do that to your voice forever. correct me if i'm wrong but didnt the lead singer of the darkness get a throat infection on their last tour from singing freakin falsetto all the time?

omg. the darkness. that video is like the best video ever :p i find random/stupidass things extremely amusing...but the song is completely kickass, with the guitar and all.

Why are you discussing it then? Move on...if it annoys you then stop clicking on Darkness threads. Sheesh.

My opinion: not bad. not great. it's ok but i find it hard to believe that this band will endure. especially his voice. you gotta wonder where a lot of these bands will be 10 years from now. like the used. great for now but you cant do that to your voice forever. correct me if i'm wrong but didnt the lead singer of the darkness get a throat infection on their last tour from singing freakin falsetto all the time?

First of all. People talk about this band everywhere. They are played everywhere too. There's really no escape. So I hope they DIE soon. Or at least break up their band.

...and if you're correct about him getting an infection it's probably because he knows shit about how to sing falsetto. Not that I'm the falsetto guru - I usually avoid doing it if possible - but it's extremely important to use your voice the right way when you do it or you might ruin your voice completely. But, on the other hand, if it might make him stfu then it's just as good :P

OMG...my cousin just keeps RAVING about this band. And I finally saw the vid the other night....I laughed my ass OFF! Wow...just wow.

did you see the "i believe in a thing called love" vid, or the xmas vid?

they are both hilarious, but the xmas vid tops the other one (imagine too small tight glam rock pants xD )

yeah ive heard of them and that song rox so does the video haha i like everything about that song

i'm digging their music. :D

im not a huge fan of the darkness but they are ok! i love I believe in a thing video!but i have 2 admit if i hear that song or see that vid again i will scream! higher than Justin sings!! anyway most of u have only heard i believe in a thing wot about their other songs?? but theyre not my cup of tea im afraid :rolleyes:

First of all. People talk about this band everywhere. They are played everywhere too. There's really no escape. So I hope they DIE soon. Or at least break up their band.

...and if you're correct about him getting an infection it's probably because he knows shit about how to sing falsetto. Not that I'm the falsetto guru - I usually avoid doing it if possible - but it's extremely important to use your voice the right way when you do it or you might ruin your voice completely. But, on the other hand, if it might make him stfu then it's just as good :P

This band is simply bullshit,,, I've just heard the radio about this "awesome" band (ew,,, *buuuurp*,,, sorry!),,, I am sick of this "rock" bands, 'cause they are single "poppers" hungry to earn easy money, nothing else.

I gonna see them live on Valentine's Day. I guess they're gonna be veeery cheesy. :D

I just saw the Glasgow video of the whole show and yep they rock.Both brothers are good players and Justin hit the notes.Finally a "Rock Star". :D

They look... gross...

As far as their music, I've only heard one song and I can't stand it.

I have to say, The only thing good about this whole band is probably the guitar. Guitars are pretty damn good! Justin sounds like he's at an opera concert. YOUR SINGING ROCK MUSIC MAN!!!!!

This is not funny :(

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000444802

The darkness are fantastic. great on record, great live. all fantastically talented musicians. rock music doesnt just mean hairy men shouting all the time. i thought youd have realised that already by being a fan of ev. they're puttin the fun back into rock and challenging those muppets who only have a three chord range on their guitar. they deserve all their current popularity because they've worked so hard for it. im glad they're gettin all they wanted and i say good luck to them

May i say i love Justin Hawkins? And his brother?

Yes the darkness are 2nd below muse as Britains Finest (in my list anyway)

Go u!

xxbye byexx

(p.s- justin marry me!!!)

YES! Im going to go see them on april 17 at the henry fonda! i get in free cause my brother in law is doing the lighting... lol they rock!

I've seen them on EMA that was the most cheering moment...due to the other performers.I know only one song "I believe in a thing called love" and I have to say it's realy good,realy,realy good.I love the voice of the singer and that melody is so freaky :P What do You think???


That video makes me laugh everytime I see it...It puts me in a really good mood in the mornings...even if I don't "believe in a thing called love" at the moment.

*sings in a high staccato voice*: "justlistentotherhythmofmyheart"

YES! Im going to go see them on april 17 at the henry fonda!


My birthday's on april 17! where is this show at? i wanna go!!!

their best song is "Love is only A feeling"

it great :D *looks at signature* yup, definatly great ;)

My brother wants to go to their concert in Montreal, but he's leaving for Spain that day.. so I might go in his place hehehe

May i say i love Justin Hawkins? And his brother?
Yes the darkness are 2nd below muse as Britains Finest (in my list anyway)
Go u!
xxbye byexx
(p.s- justin marry me!!!)

I like Muse. As far as the Darkness, their first song annoyed, so does their new one "Growing on Me". That one is not"growing on me". :D

I like The Darkness! I saw their video and I was like O.O..whoa..funniness! I'm a funny person, I like funny stuff..and thats what got me. It's awesome randomness, especially the squid thing that attacks the ship! OMG I was cracking up! Yay for the people who like them too, because they are unique and fun woot!

http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=25572

It was gonna catch up to him one day.

I think everyone I work with (plus me) laughed our collective asses off the moment the single crossed my desk. I think it's truly godawful. And that catsuit needs to be burned.

Now.

I have to agree with everything Syd said.

I CANNOT STAND THE DARKNESS

Well I only know "I Believe In a Thing Called Love" and I think that song is great, I love it!

I'm surprised so many of you hate it, lol.

I'd actually like to buy the CD.

I understand why many of you dislike the darkness, it does seem quite campy and cheesey, as many have stated. However, it could be worse, much worse. Bands such as Seven Mary Three, who seemed depressed for no reason at all, brought down alot of the early '90's bands (I try to stay away from using monikers like "Grunge", which can be used to try to minimize a band. Pearl Jam is a Great band, one that shouldn't have to deal with being associated with a trend). Now, this is just my opinion, and just because some of you might like this band or that band and I may not, doesnt't mean that we can't get along as people. It's just a band, not world peace. Again, this isn't the gospel, just my thoughts. And remember, everything has a place under the sun, no matter what "genre" or "trend" it might be linked with.


Later

I love them. I sing along with that "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" song everytime it comes on tv or the radio. Looooove

I understand why many of you dislike the darkness, it does seem quite campy and cheesey, as many have stated. However, it could be worse, much worse. Bands such as Seven Mary Three, who seemed depressed for no reason at all, brought down alot of the early '90's bands (I try to stay away from using monikers like "Grunge", which can be used to try to minimize a band.

Well, I'd argue that the sudden spotlighting of grunge (really just a proto-alternative blend of punk, hardcore, metal, and blues -- and not necessarily in that order) by major labels is what did in the "trend." One of the great ironies is that Sub Pop owners Bruce Pavitt and Jon Poneman sold an image. Seattle wasn't even a blip on the indie scene radar outside of Mudhoney, but Pavitt and Poneman created this whole msytique. If only twenty people showed up for a show they made it seem like two hundred did. They made a homogenous scene out of something that wasn't very big or homogenous. The Seattle scene was never as big as DC of LA, or even Chicago. Not during Sub Pop's reign, anyway. Pavitt and Poneman sold their product so well that they dug themselves into a hole when they bands jumped ship for the majors because of their sale tactics. Sub Pop nearly died in the months after Nirvana's release of Nevermind.

What followed obliterated the indie scene. Everone looking to make it "big" moved to Seattle (swelling the scene beyond recognition) or shifted into a "grunge" sound. Ian MacKate put ti best when he said (and this is a paraphrase) that before Nevermind people were talking about music and ideas, and that afterwards people were talknig about mnoey and deals. It changed the nature of the game, and it took a bit for everything to return. Hardcore reasserted itself through the old stalwarts in DC, but also in the proto-metalcore of the East Coast and the Gravity Records scene in San Diego. Indie rock split off from hardcore for good and settled into the more ironic music of Pavement and Liz Phair.

The sad thnig is that it's happening again. Independent music is again commercially viable, and it's starting to rip both hardcore and indie rock apart again.

Blabbermouth.net

NewKerala.com is reporting that THE DARKNESS singer Justin Hawkins verbally abused a fan after he mistook her for a music critic.

According to the Sun, 17-year old Sarah Hartnett flew all the way to Los Angeles after she won a contest to watch her heroes at a small gig.

But she was left stunned when Justin stopped the gig and blasted: "Seriously, fuck off, I don't want you in here."

Hawkins kicked off when another fan pointed to Sarah and shouted: "She's from the NME."

But he soon realized his mistake after the woman said, "She's not from the NME, she won it through the NME." He then apologized and offered to sign her T-shirt.

"Oh crap, I'm sorry, I just didn't know, we've had some trouble with the NME and stuff," Justin said.

"Justin was very sorry for his outburst. When he realized she was a fan he searched for her and apologized and offered her some free merchandise. It wasn't as bad as first thought," THE DARKNESS spokesman was quoted as saying.

Oopsie :-X

Blabbermouth.net



Oopsie :-X

i kinda like the darkness

i kinda like the darkness
they are okay,i was kind of... surprised when i first heard justins voice... ;)

I liked The Darkness as soon as I first heard them. Campy, hell yes they are. I need a good laugh every now and then.
Still, Justin reminds me of Freddy Mercury with his flamboyant attitude and amazing falsetto. I totally adore Queen. Although Justin is no where near the talent Freddy Mercury was he is a charismatic frontman. I like all the cheesy 80's bad video humor present in their videos too. They are funny and that rocks in its own right :cool: .

http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=26288

For songs such as "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" and "Love On the Rocks With No Ice," The Darkness were honored this week as as the Ivor Novello Songwriters of the Year. The Novello Awards are annually given to British composers.

and...

In other Darkness news, the band claim to be finished recording their sophomore effort. Speaking to XFM in England, singer Justin Hawkins said, "The difficult second album? We’re sailing through it, it’s done, its ready to go. The whole thing's done. All the packaging and stuff - the artwork and what have you - is all we’ve got to look at now." Super-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange has been working with the band on the new material. The Darkness are currently deciding on a tile for the disc. Bassist Frankie Poullain quipped, "There’s an old title that keeps on asserting itself, and that’s three words: 'Short Fat Cock.' As we don’t know the length of the album yet we may have to just sit on that one. Not sit on it literally, of course… that could be quite painful."

i think the problem with the darkness is they seem really arrogant. but i just find it funny! they became "fashionable" which sucks because that means as soon as they go out of fashion people start hating them! so fickle! they're my local band so i'm sticking by them! they're from lowestoft which is very near my home town!

also, lots of people hate ev (strange people!) but that doesn't stop me liking them so i dont feel like i should hate them because all their other home town fans have disowned them! justin's sound is very strange but not unique! if you mock him then mock all the other's who went before him!!!!!!

I just never realized that people took them seriously...

Like it or not, The Darkness have got everybody talking, which is surely the idea, any band that is big has people who love them and people who hate them (Ev being a prime example).

I personally think they are brilliant, they take their music seriously but they do it in a way that people think they aren't serious.

And any band who can write songs about pubic lice (Growing on me) and masturbation (Holding my own) seriously, go and listen to them if you have the album, is ok in my book!!

I 100% agree, Alexvance!

I'm going to repeat myself here, but evanescence doesn't understand The Darkness.

As much as I love Amy, she contradicted herself. She said she liked Tenacious D, but she hates The Darkness because they are a joke band and artists get "pissed" because their music isn't "from the heart" and they don't care about their music blahblablabla.

Uh.

Tenacious D is a band with silly lyrics that "spoof" old rock n' roll bands.

Um.

JUST LIKE THE DARKNESS.

See, I don't understand that. If The Darkness is a band that makes money for "not caring" and being goofy, wouldn't Tenacious D be doing the same sort of thing? Buh?

I guess she can't tell the difference because The Darkness is more subtly witty with their humor, while Tenacious D is more of a typical goofy bum-bum joke band even your five year-old sister can laugh at.

And The Darkness's music isn't "from the heart" just because they aren't tormented and angsty?

Sheesh. I hope Justin reads that comment and stands up for himself and his band.

I think the Darkness is Stupid and funny. I think I Believe in a thing called Love is funny, but no, I wouldn't go out and buy anything from them.

I guess she can't tell the difference because The Darkness is more subtly witty with their humor, while Tenacious D is more of a typical goofy bum-bum joke band even your five year-old sister can laugh at.

Exactly, when you consider what Growing On Me has been rumored to be about. Subtlety, thy name is Hawkins.

Oh yeah, by the way, that new album shit they were talking about, they proudly made up.

i love the Darkness, we had this benefit concert at my school and this guy sang I believe in a thing called love.. he sucked but it still rocked just cuz it was their music! lol

The Darkness are pretty well known now...Completely Off Topic.

Personally, The Darkness will never find their way into my cd collection I'm afraid....I mean can that guy's voice get any higher? *shudders*

Anyone heard Christmas Time? I'm practicing that shit SOOO much and I'm getting good :) They're so awesome :D

I think everyone I work with (plus me) laughed our collective asses off the moment the single crossed my desk. I think it's truly godawful. And that catsuit needs to be burned.

Now.


Syd's absolutely right. I laughed my ass off too. I mean it looked like it lurked its way up from the late 70's early 80's (and I don't mean the good part of the 80's). That music video gave me the chills. Let's just say I'd never buy the album.

oh damn, I forgot about that catsuit (well i think it was more that i mentally blocked that image after seeing the video....), which is wrong, just plain wrong.


Someone before compared them to Tenacious D, and i was wondering, i know that Tenacious D takes the piss and they're funny in what they do, but is it the Darkness's intension to make people laugh?

Well...I'll have to disagree with some of you, cause I like The Darkness! Their songs are really catchy. The lead singer does need to brush his teeth more often.. that's for sure. But back to the music... The music is good. I've gotten both their albums. Are their videos are very funny, which I like. I love the video to Is It Just Me?. I thought that video was one of the best of the whole lot they've put out.

BTW...Shouldn't this topic be put in the ¨Other Bands¨ fourm? (Just wondering)

<3
- Nina