The Darkness

I like them. One of the best hard rock bands of the last ten years. The singer has an amazing range and great personality. Their music is not very original (it's like a mix of Queen, Aerosmith and Van Halen) but they can write good songs. I prefer the first album, but the second is good as well, with more influence by Queen. As they say in their interviews, they have got to reintroduce guitar solos in radio stations.

TheProgtologist wrote: Without meaning to offend anyone I think they are a joke.Absolutely terrible.

I agree! At least from what I've heard from them yet!

It's funny, I sometimes happen to catch one of their videos on MTV, and listening to their songs really makes me appreciate 80's hard rock in a new way, even though I rarely listen to that kind of music anymore; you know, Bon Jovi, Scorpions, even the 80's version of Queen (I really fail to see how their classic 70's era could even be considered as a comparison here...!) The music of these bands was overblown in many ways and it had its weaknesses, yes, but at least they had the kind of song writing skills that the guys (the Hawkins brothers?) in The Darkness can only dream about. A guitar solo won't save things if the song in general is pure gibberish and devoid of great melodic hooks (just take a listen to that terrible chorus in One Way Ticket to Hell ) 

I personally don't understand why people get so excited about this band. It seems that the fact that they have come out in recent years is reason enough to get into the music, even though many admit that they are no match to the rock music of past decades. Why not just keep enjoying the real thing, then, even though the music is older than what The Darkness are producing? Because surely their music, although having been produced in this millennium, doesn't sound any fresher...!

So yeah, count me out

BTW: Its not like i hate them but, i think they are funny! Highly entertaining!

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Yep they are a big joke and thats the whole point i gues, and no i dont like it very much nice to hear it on the radio some time but thats enough.

I dig them.

The first time I heard "I Believe In a Thing Called Love", I literally laughed my ass off.  I'm serious.  My ass came right off of my body and I had to reattach it with superglue. 

That said, when they reconstituted Queen, they should have hired Justin Hawkins instead of Paul Rodgers.  He at least has the look down pat.

 

Rediculous band.

TheProgtologist wrote: Without meaning to offend anyone I think they are a joke.Absolutely terrible.

 

Without meaning to offend anyone, they are and that 's what I like about them. I had a friend who used to say there are only two types of music good and bad, and I like them both. Always made me laugh but he really never realized how funny it was.

TheProgtologist wrote: Without meaning to offend anyone I think they are a joke.Absolutely terrible.

I saw one video and while I didn't like their attitude, the  music really made sense - very cleverly done. But I wouldn't buy any of their albums, and of course I would prefer Queen without any hesitation.