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April 29, 2004

Darkness Land in U.S. Again

British rockers continue to tour behind debut
April 21, 2004

Justin Time

The Darkness singer gives advice for groupies
April 16, 2004

In Brief: Darkness, Nirvana

Darkness come alive, Cobain to be televised
February 17, 2004

The Darkness Rule the Brits

Rockers land three awards in London

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One Way Ticket To Hell...and Back

"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever," singer-guitarist David St. Hubbins points out in This Is Spinal Tap. Justin Hawkins -- singer-guitarist-songwriter of British throwback-metal band the Darkness -- dances all over that line with outrageous aplomb in "Bald," a hilarious...

2005 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Permission To Land

2003

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The Darkness burst out of Norfolk, En gland, in 2003 with a party-hearty anthem called "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," a slightly retro barn burner full of huge-ass guitars and Justin Hawkins' Tiny Tim-worthy falsetto shrieks. Like many turn-of-the-century hard-rock revivalists, this British quartet is immersed in the one-two punch of AC/DC and early Queen, but Permission to Land is no irony-d...

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