Thursday, January 28, 2010 3:01PM - By Laura Aguirre
The Darkness is reuniting — or so they say. According to The Sun, Justin and Dan Hawkins are currently demoing new material for a possible followup to One Way Ticket to Hell… and Back, the band’s last album before Justin said so long.
The Sun reports that if the new material is to the label staff’s liking then there will be an attempt to reunite The Darkness. However, for the last three hours or so, Justin has been sending messages via twitter denying all of these “reform” rumors:
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:00AM - By Adrian G.
Justin Hawkins, former lead singer/spandex jumpsuit-wearer of The Darkness, played with his new band, the oddly-named Hot Leg Tuesday night at the Viper Room. Remember The Darkness? (click that link if you don’t). They were a magnificently silly British glam pop rock band from six years ago that fizzled out due to drugs and alcohol abuse (how shocking). Well, Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins is back.
There were three bands before Hot Leg, including The Hypo Twins, a group out of Arizona that plays a catchy dance/punk fusion with melodic vocals. They were pretty good, and most of their songs were about partying or dancing (or both). Despite having the word ‘twins’ in their name, the band was made up of four guys, but that did not prevent them from turning in a solid performance.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009 2:45PM - By davidhall
While the wind picked up to make it an exceptionally cool day four (March 21) of SXSW in Austin, the excitement seemed to be dying down. It could’ve been because of a hangover epidemic that seemed to have a grip on everyone’s brain, or it could’ve been because most of the big-name acts (Metallica, Jane’s Addiction, Ben Harper, etc…) had already come and gone. Or maybe we can thank Kanye West, who played adjacent to downtown at the Fader Fort party, for distracting everyone long enough to bring down the lines.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:07PM - By davidhall
Amid rampant rumors that Brit-rockers The Darkness will reform in 2009 with their original line up, lead singer/guitarist Justin Hawkins has announced the rise of a new Spinal Tap – inspired group, Hot Leg.
Hot Leg will unleash its brand of new-age classic rock on the world with its debut album, “Red Light Fever,” in January.
With his flawless falsetto, which he refers to as the “Truth Larynx,” Hawkins will lead the new band with help from guitarist Pete Rinaldi, bassist Samuel SJ Stokes and drummer Darby Todd.
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