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The Darkness
12+ albums
hard rockglam rockrockbritishclassic rock
about
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 is 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 mi
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albums
Permission to Land
Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)
The Platinum Collection
One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Hot Cakes
Last of Our Kind
One Way Ticket To Hell And Back
One way ticket to hell... and back
Christmas Time
Permission To Land... Again (20th Anniversary Edition)
One Way Ticket to Hell ...and Back