Justin Hawkins Leaves The Darkness

riddlermarc · 13 Oct 2006 at 13:16

dmpoole said:
Forgot, there is an intro to a song on the 2nd album that is Queen-esque.
Most people think they sound like Queen because Justin had a cat suit on once.

I am a huge Queen fan and a serious Brian May disciple (my dad was a big time Queen/Sabbath fan when I was growing up, it's in my blood and May is top three fave guitarist of all time) and listening to some Darkness tracks there are some major May-esque harmonies going on.

Chronos-X · 13 Oct 2006 at 13:43

riddlermarc said:
I am a huge Queen fan and a serious Brian May disciple (my dad was a big time Queen/Sabbath fan when I was growing up, it's in my blood and May is top three fave guitarist of all time) and listening to some Darkness tracks there are some major May-esque harmonies going on.

I'd say Christmas Time was pretty much a full-on tribute.

SexyGreyFox · 13 Oct 2006 at 14:49

riddlermarc said:
I am a huge Queen fan and a serious Brian May disciple (my dad was a big time Queen/Sabbath fan when I was growing up, it's in my blood and May is top three fave guitarist of all time) and listening to some Darkness tracks there are some major May-esque harmonies going on.

Well if you're willy waving I saw Queen supporting Mott The Hoople in 73, saw them on their very first two tours and a few times after that.
The harmonies are dedicated to Thin Lizzy because Dan Hawkins is an absolutely massive fan and collects Lizzy t-shirts and he also writes most of the songs.
Too many people think it was Justins band but he is on record as saying that Dan does everything and he just geos into the studio and does the glory bits.

riddlermarc · 13 Oct 2006 at 15:14

dmpoole said:
Well if you're willy waving I saw Queen supporting Mott The Hoople in 73, saw them on their very first two tours and a few times after that.

Nope, not willy-waving at all. Just saying I have spent years following May's style of playing and the way he approaches song writing and composition. The recently released "The Making Of A Night At The Opera" dvd is an excellent insight into how the "proper" Queen stuff was tackled.

I defer to your more experienced "in the flesh" exposure to them though, I just wish I had been old enough to get to see them

Neoni · 14 Oct 2006 at 02:59

Get in there.

Poor Bloke? his own fault.

Maniac618 · 14 Oct 2006 at 11:44

djbenjo said:
I can honestly say I've not seen anyone else put on a more entertaining set.

Go and see Iron Maiden this Christmas at Earls Court then. They've got a Tank, sand bags, barbed wire, search lights and a massive creature called Eddie patrolling the stage with a machine gun.

tom_nieto · 14 Oct 2006 at 12:21

Their second album was total rubbish to be fair. Perhaps they'll bounce back with something else. I bet they slide away into obscurity though.

pzblues · 19 Oct 2006 at 21:12

djbenjo said:
http://today.reuters.com/news/artic...9835_RTRUKOC_0_US-DARKNESS.xml&archived=False
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006470303,00.html

Now I know most here will probably cheer at this, but I for one am a fan of The Darkness. Have been to see them 4 times now and I can honestly say I've not seen anyone else put on a more entertaining set.

Got to agree with ya there, i go to lots of rock gigs and was unsure before i went to see the darkness, but hey! they were amazing and everything they did was bang on, sadly they were never really taken seriously and the second album(which i liked a lot) bombed...

THMRK · 20 Oct 2006 at 17:24

Apprently Richie Edwards is expected to replace Justin as the new frontman...

[ Ry ] · 20 Oct 2006 at 20:24

Woody__ said:
Apprently Richie Edwards is expected to replace Justin as the new frontman...

Shouldn't they find him first...

phil_2405 · 20 Oct 2006 at 22:01

Sad to hear this, Permission to Land is a classic

B12 · 20 Oct 2006 at 23:51

dmpoole said:
I saw Queen supporting Mott The Hoople in 73, saw them on their very first two tours and a few times after that.

Yadda yadda yadda, yid yid yid.

neil3k · 21 Oct 2006 at 11:49

Woody__ said:
Apprently Richie Edwards is expected to replace Justin as the new frontman...

sick ****

Edit His name was Richey James Edward before you try and make a poor joke at someone else's expense next time you might want to do a little research first.

SexyGreyFox · 21 Oct 2006 at 12:07

B12 said:
Yadda yadda yadda, yid yid yid.

And your point is?

If you can be bothered to read threads after four whole posts you'll see I was taking the mick.

Oh wait, you're not Mr Bulbous are you trolling again?

THMRK · 21 Oct 2006 at 12:50

neil3k said:
sick ****

Edit His name was Richey James Edward before you try and make a poor joke at someone else's expense next time you might want to do a little research first.

Jokes on you, friend. The bassist in the Darkness is named Richie Edwards. If anyone needs to do research, you do.

For the record, the Manics are one of my all time favourite bands.

chrisd · 21 Oct 2006 at 14:00

neil3k said:
sick ****

Edit His name was Richey James Edward before you try and make a poor joke at someone else's expense next time you might want to do a little research first.

Grow up.

And learn to google.

Cosmic182 · 21 Oct 2006 at 14:12

hes a **** knocker anyway

Chronos-X · 23 Oct 2006 at 11:14

neil3k said:
sick ****

Edit His name was Richey James Edward before you try and make a poor joke at someone else's expense next time you might want to do a little research first.

And its "Edwards"