Any fans out there? Have you seen them live?


[This message was edited Sun Oct 5 5:03:37 PDT 2003 by REDFEATHERS]

what the hell is this darkness crap ?

everytime i turn on the tv i see that damn video

and then i hear people saying they are gonna win all these awards

what the hell ?

for the sole reason of market saturation by their record company makes me change the channel everytime i see it

not very good marekting is it ..

just makes me wanna change the channel every time i see that stupid thing.

FunkyStrange said:

and now you see threads about them

I didnt know much about them - saw them at an airport, didnt have a clue who they were so I am just asking..

Got the album last week

I don't watch music TV channels or listen to the radio, so I'm not really affected by the exposure ter. Only the TRULY overexposed get the honour of getting on my nerves so much that I have to change the channel.

Ellie said:

Whats the album like?

I hope this gives U an idea Red; the NME is usually quite reliable when it comes 2 album reviews I find..

The Darkness : The Darkness

From the second the ‘stack of Marshalls’ riff on ‘Black Shuck’ rips the album into life, the message is clear – The Darkness are completely, ridiculously R-O-C-K.

GN’R, AC/DC, Queen, Whitesnake - every leopard-skin pantomime shrieker that ever put their foot on a monitor can take some credit for this album. Essentially, it’s a tribute to all the dodgy managers, sated groupies and coke-toting dwarves that ever helped to prop up the myth. You can hear how much The Darkness love it too – from the swaggering metal glee of ‘Get Your Hands Off My Woman’ to the lachrymose stadium ballad that is ‘Love Is Only A Feeling’, their nonsensical enthusiasm is completely infectious.

Many people are regarding the whole thing as a colossal joke, but the debate about whether The Darkness are some sort of freak accident or a cynical attempt to steal every worthy riff from metal’s thunderous vaults is pretty immaterial. If so many of metal’s pioneers hadn’t died unseemly deaths, then The Darkness wouldn’t exist, but they did - so someone had to resurrect the spirit of the 12-year-old Def Leppard fan and pump him back into hormonal life. The irony being that the same people who are slagging them off for their unashamed plundering would be paying through the nose for customised T-shirts with their logo on if they’d made this record 20 years ago.

And, anyway, even if it is a calculated exercise, it doesn’t sound like one – the old-timey Alabama twanging on ‘Givin’ Up’ is just as much fun as anything ZZ Top ever did. If you’ve ever played air guitar in front of a mirror with a tennis racket, sang Kiss’ ‘Crazy Crazy Nights’ at the top of your lungs - and enjoyed it - or secretly admired the dress sense of Steven Tyler, then this will definitely push your buttons. It’s bovine, utterly backward-looking and will probably be nothing more than an amusing footnote in musical history, but so what? Just because it’s essentially heavy-metal karaoke, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy it. Play The Darkness on 11.

Thanx JD

They are refreshing. did you know they are putting out a Christmas song and are gonna try and push Cliff Richard off the number one spot?

REDFEATHERS said:

Push off Cliff?!

ehehe. Cool. Yeah, push off Cliff! ehehe, push off Cliff! I just got that! eheheh!


[This message was edited Sun Oct 5 6:22:34 PDT 2003 by JDINTERACTIVE]

I'm off to see this AMAZING band on Dec 6th at the Brixton Academy, London

My £16 tiks are now worth £100 on ebay, dayum!

I was reading an interview in the Metro newspaper and they said Prince was the only guitarist that impresses them.
[This message was edited Sun Oct 5 9:13:39 PDT 2003 by Number23]

And their Christmas song is called "Merry Christmas Everone (Don't Let The Bells End).
They raise a smile and that is justification of their existance.

TheLodger said:

Oh Lemme know what it was like please..

i liked them the first time...when they were Aerosmith.

I like em and their album is cool. Its just feel good rockin stuff, simple.

ladymisskat said:

Amen!

There is something very sexy about them

I saw a piece of their video last night. Is that guy trying to resurrect Freddie Mercury or something, or is it all just some silly joke?

REDFEATHERS said:

Should I say spam or do you work for a certain record label?

Just Joking! I'm surprised to hear about the post because it's an album that I'm currently working with for promotion. I just got done talking to my roomate and he mentioned they were in the VH1 Top 20 countdown. We were both shocked.

We both think they are kinda cheezzzy hair metal bands so we're surprised to hear the positive response. (Don't take this in a bad way) We were never into this style of music so neither have a leg to stand on when it comes down to knowing how good they are. I would prefer to really enjoy this band because I'm promoting them but it doesn't really make a difference with my work because all of it gets the same energy.

FunkyStrange said:

I guess I should have read your reply before my first post??? Guess I blew it for the label.

bananacologne said:

Thanks

one of the best bands in the UK right now! i hope they break america.

well,
i like it...

These guys represent all that's wrong in the music industry. There are thousands of bands with real talent, and these clowns get all the attention.

EvilWhiteMale said:

Rubbish. They're good fun.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Yeah, I guess they're good for the kids out there who don't reallize they're just trying to be "vintage" sounding.

Everytime I hear these guys, I laugh because it sounds like some spoof on music, a parody of sorts. I just don't understand how their music can be played on the same stations that play Korn, System Of A Down, Slipknot, etc.