Darkness split up

Maynooth

Is this for good now? Shame. Sad to see them go.

sparkthatbled

justin has a new band... they had a give away of their debut single in a club i was in in london. we danced on them!

arbeitsscheuer

A feather in the cap for the many 'naysayers' I guess.
They had talent, and made a change from the dirge that was (and is) filling the charts, so they'll certainly be missed.

But the fact that they've split so early means that they'll be labelled a "fad" or something, which is a shame IMO.

Shard

YAY!!! God I hated the darkness. The essence of glam *shudders*

Crucifix

I heard the bassist Franky had left, and Justin wanted to work on some zany celebrity darts tv-show, but I hadn't heard they broke up.

arbeitsscheuer

Shard wrote:

YAY!!! God I hated the darkness. The essence of glam *shudders*

*sigh*
You have much to learn, young padwan

kittenkiller

Crucifix wrote:

I heard the bassist Franky had left, and Justin wanted to work on some zany celebrity darts tv-show, but I hadn't heard they broke up.

Ditto.
He's working on some of his own stuff away from the band & the brummer got kicked out for some or other reason.
But afaik, they haven't actually split up!

Mutant_Fruit

They had talent, and made a change from the dirge that was (and is) filling the charts, so they'll certainly be missed.

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Can we put this in the humor board for the funniest post of the month, nay, the funniest post of the year? I'd certainly vote on it!

All i can say is i was shocked and appalled when the ****eness were given the headline slot on the main stage at oxegen last year. That was by far the worst headlining band choice they could have made... unless they made goldie coloured chain the headlining bad. They're ****eness nearly matches the darkness's.

They were a fad. They had no talent. They'll be forgotten about like Six (was it Six or Seven... whatever that band was called ) and all those other winners (whose names i can't remember at the moment) from those pop-idol type shows. I'm just glad they didn't release a second album. At least Ronan Keating has some talent, no matter how ****e i think he is, i have to give him that.

Karl Hungus

Mutant_Fruit wrote:

At least Ronan Keating has some talent

Hahahahahahahahahaahaha!!!

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

arbeitsscheuer

Karl Hungus wrote:

Hahahahahahahahahaahaha!!!

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Wow, took the word(s?) right outta my mouth!!!
Keating?
Talent?
B*llsh*t?

I think so...

DublinWriter

Maynooth wrote:

Is this for good now? Shame. Sad to see them go.

Nope, one hit wonders who never delivered on their early promise. To be put in the bin along with Kula Shaker and Mac and Katie Kisson (Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap, 1971).

Creamy Goodness

well at least he knows how to stay around.

the darkness was terrible, they hit it big like in june and they annouced as headliner for oxegen a month later.

grimloch

They were cack. I had the unpleasant experience of sitting through 45 minutes of them at Metallica and luckily never had to listen to them again.

Mutant_Fruit

SebtheBum wrote:

Wow, took the word(s?) right outta my mouth!!!
Keating?
Talent?
B*llsh*t?

I think so...

How many albums has he released? Quite a bit more than the darkness, and they all sold enough to make it worth his while to make another. I do think he's ****e, but he has staying power. And you only have staying power if you have some kind of talent.

Karl Hungus

Wow, selling records = talent. You heard it here first kids!

phantom_lord

grimloch wrote:

They were cack. I had the unpleasant experience of sitting through 45 minutes of them at Metallica and luckily never had to listen to them again.

Hey tey were better than linkin park. God they were hated....


Oh yeah.....ronan keating....the man whos talent is singing off key through his nose....i wish he was breaking up.....

phantom_lord

grimloch wrote:

They were cack. I had the unpleasant experience of sitting through 45 minutes of them at Metallica and luckily never had to listen to them again.

Hey they were better than linkin park. God they were hated....


Oh yeah.....ronan keating....the man whos talent is singing off key through his nose....i wish he was breaking up.....

Nidge

I don't know, I mean, Ronan Keating was getting his songs written for him or co-written, he might be writing them now, but I think the Darkness were fairly well able to play their guitars, in the moderately fast soloing type way...I would have thought they were putting more effort into becoming musicians than he did.

grimloch

phantom_lord wrote:

Hey they were better than linkin park. God they were hated....


Oh yeah.....ronan keating....the man whos talent is singing off key through his nose....i wish he was breaking up.....

Well, I left the arena when they were on, no point booing and ruining other people's experience just because I don't like them.

phantom_lord

grimloch wrote:

Well, I left the arena when they were on, no point booing and ruining other people's experience just because I don't like them.

I think i counted aout five fans from where i was...

Mutant_Fruit

I was in the new band tent listening to "the shins" at the time, and they were a damn sight better. I'm really glad i saw them. Was well worth it!

Out of interest, did the darkness come up with their own name? Or did they use someone elses? Linky I don't think they were around back in '91.

phantom_lord

Mutant_Fruit wrote:

Out of interest, did the darkness come up with their own name? Or did they use someone elses? Linky I don't think they were around back in '91.

Hey if they didn't it doesn't matter.....Metallica didn't come up with theirs either...

Royale with Cheese

People who don't like the darkness can go really over the top sometimes. I mean saying they have less talent than Ronan Keating is ridiculous. The Darkness wrote their own songs, that's talent enough. If you don't like them fine, but some people do... and the people who don't seem to find that very hard to accept.

I personally think they're a very good band which can be letdown abit by the absurdness of justin hawkins, i mean he's just a little over the top in every way. I personally find that amusing and I also love his voice. Alot of people can't look past him or the media coverage the band got when they first came out... and actually listen to the music. I'm guilty of doing it with other bands, if I see something I don't like about them (e.g. the lead singer being a cock) I'll decide I don't like them without really giving them a chance. But in the end I'll more than likely give their album a listen and make an unbiased decision on it. I hated QOTSA when they first started getting massive airplay because I didn't really like Noone knows. I'm still not too fond of that song but they're now my favourite band.

There's plenty of other bands out there I hate that get lots of airplay (e.g. Green Day, to name one of hundreds) but I put up with it. So if you don't like the darkness just get over it, turn the tv off whenever they come on. Regardless of how much airplay they get, you don't HAVE to listen to them.

Mutant_Fruit

I never judge a band on how much airplay they get. In fact, i rarely (if ever) listen to the radio. I couldn't tell you how much airplay they got. All i can say is i saw their video in TMF (not even sure if i still have TMF anymore :P) and i thought it was bolax. Friend of mine lent me their album, gave up listening halfway through (as i did with the new album from The White Stripes, it was dire!).

I make my likes/dislikes based on the album i hear. And i didn't like it.

Mr. CooL ICE

IMO, the darkness were the best thing to have an impact on the charts in a very long time. They were overexposed and people got sick of them very fast, but can you come across a more talented band in the charts at the moment? I don't know much of whats in the charts at the moment, but nothing springs to mind.

Spicy Lauren

At first I thought they were taking the p*ss out of glam rock, only to realise that they were actually serious about it.

I knew they would never go far from the first time I heard them.

They got their fame, it's all they wanted.
Now they can go away. Not a big loss.

Basq

As a matter of interest... where'd you get the information that they broke up? NME.com, TheDarknessRock.com or DigitalSpy.co.uk have nothing about it!

cornbb

LordChessington wrote:

IMO, the darkness were the best thing to have an impact on the charts in a very long time. They were overexposed and people got sick of them very fast, but can you come across a more talented band in the charts at the moment? I don't know much of whats in the charts at the moment, but nothing springs to mind.

The charts have got nothing to do with anything where judging the quality of music is concerned

arbeitsscheuer

basquille wrote:

As a matter of interest... where'd you get the information that they broke up? NME.com, TheDarknessRock.com or DigitalSpy.co.uk have nothing about it!

Fair play basquille, you sowed the seeds of doubt in my mind.
I also hadn't heard this from another source, so I searched and...

Darkness still going. But Poullain sacked...

his dudeness

Mutant_Fruit wrote:

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Can we put this in the humor board for the funniest post of the month, nay, the funniest post of the year? I'd certainly vote on it!

All i can say is i was shocked and appalled when the ****eness were given the headline slot on the main stage at oxegen last year. That was by far the worst headlining band choice they could have made... unless they made goldie coloured chain the headlining bad. They're ****eness nearly matches the darkness's.

They were a fad. They had no talent. They'll be forgotten about like Six (was it Six or Seven... whatever that band was called ) and all those other winners (whose names i can't remember at the moment) from those pop-idol type shows. I'm just glad they didn't release a second album. At least Ronan Keating has some talent, no matter how ****e i think he is, i have to give him that.

Jesus, have a sense of humor for **** sake and calm down.

1. Darkness headlined Oxygen because Bowie got sick. If you didn't know that then I wonder what you were doing there in the first place!

2. The Darkness are a ****ing joke, and they'll admit it! That's the whole idea.

And stop talking about 'talent'. There's no more hollow a point discussion. Believe me, from teaching I can see that 'talent' means pretty much **** all.

The Darkness had some great solid rock recordings. They also got the image thing down really well and I liked the way they really had balls (on of their first performances was on J. Holland, where the guitarist jumped onto of the piano during the solo!)

But saying that, they were doing nothing new, nothing special. It was just a bit of fun! And their success derived from the state of music at the time (which is still unfortunately the case) since the charts are full of idiot pop, pussy punk or stand-still-on-stage-like-a-bunch-of-loosers indie. It was nice to see the guitar solo get respect for a while, and it was nice to see performers with a bit of flair and energy (even if it was a bit kitch).

If you dont like The Darkness then don't go jumping on a ****ing band wagon by taking them seriously. I gaurentee you, they split themselves laughing at people like you.

Mutant_Fruit

SebtheBum wrote:

Darkness still going. But Poullain sacked...

Damn! And it was all going so well. TBH, i was a bit surprised they broke up when they did. Its not as if they even released a second album. Generally these bands release 2, and at most 3. After that they're gone. Usually the second flops big-time, and a third never happens.

Still, i live in hope. May the darkness die a horrible horrible death (the band, not the people in it :P) after their second album. Their rendition of "Street Spirit" made me want to throw rocks at the stage.

Tackle

Hey Mutant what's your problem with the darkness. No-one cany deny that Justin Hawkins is a great guitar player by today's rock standards. He actually soloes! And he's technically one of the best singers around too, so calling them talentless is a joke. Could it be that you're just not able to handle proper rock n' roll? Is that why you keep mouthing on about how great Ronan Keating is? Go back to your Chris de Burgh albums, you should be safe there.

Doctor J

Tackle wrote:

Go back to your Chris de Burgh albums, you should be safe there.

Ooooooh smackdown

The Darkness are ok, they're not as great as the media made them out to be, nor are they as bad as some folks would have you believe. The boys can play their instruments, they don't take themselves too seriously and they've borrowed a few riffs from AC/DC and that's not such a bad thing

joejoem

Glad to see the back of them, to be honest I had forgotten about them.

arbeitsscheuer

Doctor J wrote:

The Darkness are ok, they're not as great as the media made them out to be, nor are they as bad as some folks would have you believe. The boys can play their instruments, they don't take themselves too seriously and they've borrowed a few riffs from AC/DC and that's not such a bad thing

Agreed.
Let's face it, if there were more old rock n roll acts around then The Darkness wouldn't seem to be such great shakes, nor would they be as hated (a paradox, I know), but they are unique in the context of what's around these days.
The music scene would be a blander thing without them (and, sorry, but to me it's pretty f**kin bland right now).

madfistbt

Lets Hate Mainstream, Lets Hate Mainstream To Show Hoe Cool And Hip We Are With The Underground Scene!.

Most Of You ****s Just Want To Be Individual If Your Unheard Bands Went Mainstream Like Green Day Did Youd Start Hating Them Cos You Want To To Be Revin It With The Cool Unscene Scene. By The Way I Fuking Hate The Way Darkness Acted But That Song I Beleive In A Thing Called Love Was Catchy Enough Id Give It 5.5 Outta 10. .............and If You ***** Want To Take The Piss Outta Mainstream Which By The Way I Think All Music Is **** Compared To The 90s, Why Dont You Name Your Crusty Bands And A Few Of There Songs And I Will Download It And Play It At Work Tommorow And Let Them Decide, But I Suppose Were Not Cool Enough To Pop It With The Undergound Scene.

Its Easy To Take The Piss Of Things Its Harder To Actually Say What You Like So Go Ahead You *****. By The Way I Like Bewitcheds Song Jessie Hold On Go Ahead Take The Piss. He He

Tackle

Why Are You Typing Like This?

madfistbt

Tackle wrote:

Why Are You Typing Like This?

Rah, i typed it in caps lock, who changed it some mad clever person that was well quick

Mutant_Fruit

Darkness headlined Oxygen because Bowie got sick. If you didn't know that then I wonder what you were doing there in the first place!

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Aye, but why were the darkness given the main slot ahead of a far superior band, Muse. I can only assume it was done because Muse were a bit dodgy, what with the drummers father dying not to long before the Oxegen gig and the organisers weren't sure if Muse would go ahead. But still, bad move. They could have left the headlining slot as an unknown until Muse could be verified, but obviously they didn't do that.

If Your Unheard Bands Went Mainstream Like Green Day Did Youd Start Hating Them Cos You Want To To Be Revin It With The Cool Unscene Scene

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I like green day. I've been listening to them for at least the last 4 years, probably more. I think its great they way they're getting more and more coverage with their new album. Why would i hate them because they're bigger now than they were 4 years ago? They're still Green Day. More coverage doesn't change how good a band is. Once again, hating a "popular" band is what people in secondary school do to be cool. I'd like to think i only hate bands because i hate their music.

Hey Mutant what's your problem with the darkness. No-one cany deny that Justin Hawkins is a great guitar player by today's rock standards. He actually soloes! And he's technically one of the best singers around too, so calling them talentless is a joke.

Fine, you're right, talentless was a step too far. But they definately were not the "savior of rock" or whatever twist you want to put on it. (How many saviors of rock have we had in the last few years? I think that shows what a dire state the charts are in). Personally, his singing irritates me. Combine that with the cheesy lyrics and I don't like it at all. As for guitar soloing, not my style either. Wouldn't listen to much of that kind of music.

Of course, cheesy lyrics done right are grand, i.e. The Killers. I like the killers, and i think they were probably one of the "big" bands of the summer. Really mainstream :P

Doctor J

Nobody except some chimps in the media ever suggested they were the saviours of rock.

madfistbt

madfistbt wrote:

Lets Hate Mainstream, Lets Hate Mainstream To Show Hoe Cool And Hip We Are With The Underground Scene!.

Most Of You ****s Just Want To Be Individual If Your Unheard Bands Went Mainstream Like Green Day Did Youd Start Hating Them Cos You Want To To Be Revin It With The Cool Unscene Scene. By The Way I Fuking Hate The Way Darkness Acted But That Song I Beleive In A Thing Called Love Was Catchy Enough Id Give It 5.5 Outta 10. .............and If You ***** Want To Take The Piss Outta Mainstream Which By The Way I Think All Music Is **** Compared To The 90s, Why Dont You Name Your Crusty Bands And A Few Of There Songs And I Will Download It And Play It At Work Tommorow And Let Them Decide, But I Suppose Were Not Cool Enough To Pop It With The Undergound Scene.

Its Easy To Take The Piss Of Things Its Harder To Actually Say What You Like So Go Ahead You *****. By The Way I Like Bewitcheds Song Jessie Hold On Go Ahead Take The Piss. He He

Do you ***** ever read whats the pissed off people say. No your too busy being alternative! *****

Tackle

Mutant_Fruit wrote:

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Fine, you're right, talentless was a step too far. But they definately were not the "savior of rock" or whatever twist you want to put on it.

Who said anything about saviours of rock. They're just the first half decent rock band in a good while, they're no AC/DC.

Mutant_Fruit

Tackle wrote:

Who said anything about saviours of rock.

Well, a google for: || "the darkness" saviors of rock || will bring up nearly 9000 results, and a search for || "the darkness" savior of rock || will bring up nearly 90,000 results. I think google speaks for itself.

And i quote:

I think the Darkness are the saviour of todays music scene. Without them all the performances, lyrics and every thing really would be sad, now their here everything is fun and exiting. They have put the zest into a pretty dull music scene.

:rolleyes:

I think this guy hit the nail on the head though:

i appreciate some people like the darkness, but they are pretty much a novelty act, and i think people who proclaim them as saviors of rock should take a step back, and maybe listen to 'appetite for destruction' whilst doing so.

Do you ***** ever read whats the pissed off people say. No your too busy being alternative! *****

Care to explain that?

Karl Hungus

madfistbt wrote:

Do you ***** ever read whats the pissed off people say. No your too busy being alternative! *****

No, I just don't read what ignorant gob****es have to say.

Admiral Scoop

madfistbt wrote:

Which By The Way I Think All Music Is **** Compared To The 90s

Seriously???? You are takin the pi$$, right? Like, really? So you think any band from the 90's campares to the Zeppelins, Lizzys, Gallaghers, Hendrix', etc?
You've gotta be kidding!!!! And you expect us to listen to your opinion without a smirk on our faces?

madfistbt

Karl Hungus wrote:

No, I just don't read what ignorant gob****es have to say.

Im not been ignorant. I honestly want to hear some of this underground music that you lot (OK SORRY THAT SOUNDS NAUGHTY) and I will judge it without any prejduice and the likes. Im asking you to give me a few of the bands your into and the names so I can listen to them and judge for myself and compare them to the mainstream versions that are on offer. Its easy to take the piss of mainstream stuff which I agree nowadays is ****e, so I wanna hear the stuff you like. THATS NOT BEING IGNORANT.

madfistbt

Admiral Scoop wrote:

Seriously???? You are takin the pi$$, right? Like, really? So you think any band from the 90's campares to the Zeppelins, Lizzys, Gallaghers, Hendrix', etc?
You've gotta be kidding!!!! And you expect us to listen to your opinion without a smirk on our faces?

OH ****, sorry I did not mean that I meant the stuff from recently. Youve got to admit music is in a bit of a state. At least mainstream music is, come on you give me some underground band names. Ill tell ya what I think!

sanfran

the darkness have not actually split up, the singer/guitarist has a side project called british whale but the darkness have not split(though the bassist did leave a while back)

Methinks madfist is a troll!

Karl Hungus

madfistbt wrote:

Im not been ignorant.

WRONG!
You said ignorant horse**** like this:

Lets Hate Mainstream, Lets Hate Mainstream To Show Hoe Cool And Hip We Are With The Underground Scene!.

Most Of You ****s Just Want To Be Individual

So unless you have some super amazing power to know exactly what reasons people have for listening to music, AND that so many people are genuinely that shallow... Then that my good chap, is a 18oz steak of pure ignorance with a side order of stupidity.

There's no way in hell I'd dignify an absolute ingoramus like yourself by listing any music I enjoy.

Tackle

Mutant_Fruit wrote:

Well, a google for: || "the darkness" saviors of rock || will bring up nearly 9000 results, and a search for || "the darkness" savior of rock || will bring up nearly 90,000 results. I think google speaks for itself.

Interesting, because - "the darkness" cheese sandwich - brings up over 50,000 results. Well done on pulling up some random quote from some internet nobody, but I don't think most people, even their fans, think they're the saviours of rock. They're just better than alot of the crap around today, imo.