[funniecow]

Does anyone here listen to The Darkness?

I think that they're hilarious, and that they're great in general.
The first two are music videos and the last link is a interview to show how silly they are. The first two videos link up with each other.

YouTube - The Darkness - I believe in a thing called love
YouTube - The Darkness - Friday Night

YouTube - The Darkness is it just me

 

[steviebee]

Wait til you see the Towers of London...

and to answer the question: no. I'd rather pull my own teeth....

 

[TheRobbStory]

I saw the Darkness in Atlanta in 04 or 05. Definitely one of the top 25 best shows of my life.

I know they were kind of a 15 minutes-of-fame gimmick band, but they were all insanely talented musicians who put on one hell of a show.

 

[indysmith]

they were a real flavour of the week band here a few years back...
Can't say i was ever a big fan

 

[Zarathustra19]

sort of a revival of glam rock.

. I didn't know they were still around...kind of like hanson...

 

[funniecow]

I thought of them as the modern day KISS, but the thing is that the lead singer left due to drug issues so they couldn't be marketed in the US. Something about them being too erratic.

 

[DylanNo]

My buddy loves the Darkness, I thought that they were amusing. I don't really know if I was laughing at them or with them though. Too bad they got ruined by drugs though. Cocaine is a helluva drug!

 

[darckhart]

i enjoyed their music especially how silly some of the songs were. i think the remaining guys formed a band called stones god or something like that. never followed up on it tho.

 

[dura]

Not my band, but like the bombastic way combined with the tongue-in-cheek. reminds me of Queen.

 

[EnOYiN]

Well, it's below The Crucified in my playlist and I am starting to hate it more and more because of the extreme difference between the genres when The Crucified stops and The Darkness starts. Such an anti-climax. Depressing.

 

[skellington]

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Originally Posted by indysmith /img/forum/go_quote.gif they were a real flavour of the week band here a few years back... Can't say i was ever a big fan

Yeah, they were really hyped up at the time, then there was a big backlash.
Whatever you think about joke bands, it cannot be denied that they had some great songs, great riffs.
"Get Your Hands off my Woman" all that stuff.

 

[stewtheking]

I saw them (not live, through my television) on Jools Holland, back before they really hit the public consciousness. They absolutely stormed the gig, played the place off it's foundations, jumping around on the piano, falling all over the floor during his solo. Absolutely brilliant, and a great light-hearted change to some of the po-faced takes-itself-too-seriously stuff that was around. Then, predicably, it became a little tired, then downright annoying.

A band "of the moment" if ever there was one.

 

[shomie911]

I'm bringing a dead thread back to life.

Ya, The Darkness is great, I heard "I believe in a thing called love" from my friend and I loved it.

 

[Kilane]

I was one of those who HATED the Darkness when I heard I believe in a thing called love. I had a chance to snag the album and really enjoyed it, kind of a shame to hear they broke up.

 

[steviebee]

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Originally Posted by stewtheking /img/forum/go_quote.gif I saw them (not live, through my television) on Jools Holland, back before they really hit the public consciousness. They absolutely stormed the gig, played the place off it's foundations, jumping around on the piano, falling all over the floor during his solo. Absolutely brilliant, and a great light-hearted change to some of the po-faced takes-itself-too-seriously stuff that was around. Then, predicably, it became a little tired, then downright annoying. A band "of the moment" if ever there was one.

I remember that Jools appearance -yes, they were really good in the show. It should have stopped there - would have been a small legend to UK muso's. Unfortunately....