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The Darkness — One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) November 22, 2005 4:29 pm
Within the first half-minute of One Way's first track, we've already heard everything The Darkness are infamous for: retro attitude, nut-crunching male falsetto vocals, and yes, more cowbell. But what's more surprising is the (gasp!) maturity that they exhibit. No longer content with just being taken as a catsuit-clad schlock-rock band, they've...
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I Read The News Today... For June 14, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff June 14, 2011 3:48 pm
Tom Hanks' production company is going to make a movie out of Green Day's American Idiot musical, which basically ensures it's going to be the least punk rock thing ever, even with Billie Joe Armstrong starring in it. Thurston Moore is going to be teaching writing classes at the Jack Kerouac School Of Disembodied Poetics, which is not a fake place...
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I Read The News Today... For March 15, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 15, 2011 3:53 pm
Halifax's Quiet Parade are heading out on the road this April to support their Please Come Home (We Hate It Here Without You) album. —Acadian Embassy If "I want my band to be the next Nickelback" is running through your head on a constant basis and you feel absolutely no shame whatsoever for thinking that, you should enter 99.3 The Fox FM...
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I Read The News Today... For March 9, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 9, 2011 4:02 pm
Kid Rock was born free, y'all! Canadians obviously weren't, so he's coming up here in May to preaaaaaaaaaach! —MySpace Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings are heading north of the 49th parallel for a Canadian tour in May as well. Who would CHARTattack staffers and contributors rather see in May? Hmm... —MySpace The Acorn have done plenty of overseas...
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Justin Hawkins Turns To Acting

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) January 21, 2009 1:21 pm
Seeing Justin Hawkins perform in tight Spandex catsuits with The Darkness struck fear in the hearts of a lot of bad glam metal fans, but at least they'll be prepared for his next artistic venture: appearing in a horror movie. Hawkins has landed a role in a psychological thriller titled Vivid, which was written and will be directed by Reg Traviss...
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Photographer: 
Richard Beland
Venue: 
Phoenix
City: 
Toronto
Date: 
January 12, 2004

Chad Kroeger And Justin Hawkins

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Photographer: 
Rob Dutchin
Venue: 
Much Music Video Awards
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 21, 2004

Stone Gods To Rise Out Of The Darkness With New Album Next Year

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) December 10, 2007 7:00 pm
After months of speculation and delays, the former members of British rock band The Darkness have finally settled on a new band name: Stone Gods. The new outfit, who feature three members of The Darkness and lead singer Richie Edwards, were supporting Thin Lizzy on a British tour this month but had to pull out of some dates after Edwards became...
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Justin Hawkins And Old Bandmates Separately Working On Non-Darkness Material

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) April 17, 2007 4:30 pm
The Darkness' former lead singer, Justin Hawkins, has posted three songs from his forthcoming solo debut on his MySpace page. "You Can't Hurt Me Anymore," "Whichever..." and "I've Met Jesus" are the three preview tracks from the unsigned artist, who left The Darkness last October to focus on his recovery from drug...
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Justin Hawkins Sees The Light And Leaves The Darkness

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By CHARTattack Staff October 11, 2006 5:30 pm
Justin Hawkins has quit as frontman for The Darkness to focus on his recovery from drug and alcohol addictions. The charismatic, spandex-loving singer was admitted to The Priory rehabilitation clinic in London, England in August after his dependency problems became so large that he was forced to seek treatment. The Darkness cancelled all of...
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What's Really Going On With Rock Star Rehab At The Priory?

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By CHARTattack Staff August 28, 2006 5:00 pm
Media reports have been circulating about Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty, The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins and Keane vocalist Tom Chaplin teaming up to write songs together at The Priory rehabilitation clinic in London, England, but we'll have to wait and see if anything actually materializes as it hasn't been confirmed if the story is true...
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There's Light Ahead For The Darkness, Despite Singer's Stint In Rehab

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By CHARTattack Staff August 22, 2006 5:00 pm
Keane aren't the only British band that have a singer with a dependency problem. The Darkness were forced to cancel their appearance at Denmark's Skanderborg Festival earlier this month, and frontman Justin Hawkins has now been admitted into a rehabilitation clinic. A doctor had ordered Hawkins to "cancel all professional commitments or...
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Justin Hawkins Buys New, Unreleased Darkness Record Online To Snag Seller

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By Angela Kozak (CHARTattack) November 9, 2005 5:30 pm
It seems that The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins is just as desperate as we are to withhold the release of his band's newest CD. But while we at ChartAttack discourage people from listening to wannabe-metal Brits by writing scathingly honest reviews of their music, Hawkins preferred to pay a "character" who was illegally selling a...
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Dido, The Darkness Put U.K. Album Sales Over The Top

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By CHARTattack Staff November 26, 2004 3:30 pm
While record companies continue to complain that music just isn't selling as well as it did in, say, 1992 (though, according to a recent report, music revenues are actually up this year), such complaints have been all but silenced in the U.K. According to the BBC, the British music industry is booming. In the 12 months from September 2003 to...
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The Darkness Singer Tells Crowd He Got A Prince Albert In Toronto

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) January 13, 2004 5:00 pm
Sold-out crowds (one scalper was selling $20 tickets for $100) are scary — especially for The Darkness. The crowd is half diehard rocker, half curious suburbanite looking for a few drunken laughs. Most people think the whole Darkness trip is some crazy gag, so you can imagine how weird the Phoenix felt on this lukewarm Monday night. That feeling...
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