The Darkness, an English hard rock band that formed in Lowestoft, Suffolk as late as in 2000. Originally comprising lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist Justin Hawkins, his guitarist and backing vocalist brother Dan Hawkins, bassist Frankie Poullain and drummer Ed Graham.
Here we have them with the classic, "Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)":
"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" is a single released by The Darkness in the UK during December 2003, to fall in with the famous UK Christmas Number One Race. And everything just went splendidly, as the say there.
Then came along fame and glory and then there was too much of drugs, booze and rock'n'roll. Justin went to rehab, admitting he fancied cocaine and alcohol in a way to big proportion. In 2007 came this note up on their homepage:
"We're sorry that you had to find this out through the newspapers, but we were hoping until the last minute that this - Justin's exit - wasn't going to happen. We - Dan, Ed and Richie - are still in total shock and can't say at this stage what the future holds. We would like to thank all our fans, partners and family for their continuous support. You will hear from us, once we know what we want to do.. "
The "Richie" here is Richie Edwards, who replaced Frankie Poullain in 2003.
Justin have done a couple of solos, using the pseudonyms "British Whale", but this is what I still remember him from:
Wasted!
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