| AmeriQueen 12.10.2006 13:08 |
The Darkness lead vocalist Justin Hawkins just quit the band. Thank god we won't be hearing any further songs with that horrific voice. And no more of these lame Queen comparisons. |
| kagezan1313 12.10.2006 13:13 |
HALLE-FUCKING-LUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| The Real Wizard 12.10.2006 14:16 |
Great.... That just makes more room for Nickelback in the mainstream. I'd rather have a Justin Hawkins a cappella song on the radio twice an hour than another note from these Theory Of A Nickelfault type bands. |
| deleted user 12.10.2006 14:53 |
i never really minded the darkness but i cant stand Nickleback!! |
| MercuryArts 12.10.2006 14:56 |
Nickleback sucks!!! Everything sounds the same! |
| Donna13 12.10.2006 15:01 |
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| Donna13 12.10.2006 15:03 |
kagezan1313 wrote: HALLE-FUCKING-LUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oh! Bless you. |
| kedo 12.10.2006 15:09 |
I don't understand why people ignore bands who are influenced by queen or the bands from that era...i think the darkness are not bad and i much rather listen to them than some stupid mtv band with the same boring music and the same boring 3 chord songs and besides as far as i know they are gonna carry on which is good!! |
| david (galashiels) 12.10.2006 15:50 |
i thought the darkness were good |
| Gone. 12.10.2006 15:53 |
Donna13 wrote:Amen ;D Seriously though...that voice WAS annoying...and fake...and ew. X_Xkagezan1313 wrote: HALLE-FUCKING-LUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oh! Bless you. |
| Carol! the Musical 12.10.2006 15:55 |
Awww.... that's sad. :'( |
| 7 seas of Rhye 12.10.2006 16:23 |
I don't really listen to them but I like that song "I Believe in a Thing Called Love". |
| olly1988 12.10.2006 16:30 |
I find it a shame because they sort of paved the way for bands like ours. It will be a lot harder for us now. link |
| Adam Baboolal 12.10.2006 18:24 |
After reading the interview in the Sun, I really can't see how people in this thread are 'happy' with what's happened to him. Maybe they just don't know the real reason why he's quit. If not, read on and become enlightened. link If you still insult the guy after reading through that, you're in a dark place. That's all that can really be said. Poor guy. Adam. |
| Donna13 12.10.2006 20:07 |
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| deleted user 12.10.2006 21:48 |
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| deleted user 12.10.2006 21:48 |
Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: Great.... That just makes more room for Nickelback in the mainstream. I'd rather have a Justin Hawkins a cappella song on the radio twice an hour than another note from these Theory Of A Nickelfault type bands.I Like nickelback |
| deleted user 12.10.2006 22:00 |
ARE YOU JOKING????? please tell me you're joking...:-( |
| beautifulsoup 12.10.2006 22:33 |
OKay...so if he quit the band, does that mean they just get a new "front man?" Discuss, LOL. Or not. |
| Donna13 12.10.2006 23:01 |
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| KillerQueen1429 12.10.2006 23:12 |
MercuryArts wrote: Nickleback sucks!!! Everything sounds the same! LOL i thought i was the only one who thought that. |
| Queenfred 12.10.2006 23:13 |
... they're continuing on as The Darkness +PR. Expect a tour and live album soon. Gotta say though, That first Darkness album was pure fucking gold. The wit and cheek was delivered with pin-point precision. 'Love on the rocks with no ice', 'Givin' up' and 'Get your hands off my woman'... pure class. Anyone who doesn't laugh and enjoy these tracks deserves to listen to Nickelback. |
| beautifulsoup 12.10.2006 23:23 |
Donna13 wrote: He was more than just their singer or "front man". He also played lead guitar, piano, and wrote the songs.I put "front man" in quotations to be snarky. Sorry that didn't convey correctly. But does the band go on anyway with a replacement or replacements? That's my true Q, I guess. |
| john bodega 12.10.2006 23:59 |
A Complete Retard With Little-to-No Redeeming Qualities wrote: The Darkness lead vocalist Justin Hawkins just quit the band. Thank god we won't be hearing any further songs with that horrific voice. And no more of these lame Queen comparisons.First of all, anyone who ever compared them to Queen was deaf. They were more like a prettier rip-off of AC/DC. And the rock falsetto didn't come anywhere near that done by Ian Gillan or Roger Taylor. Fuck, Ted Neeley as well. You shouldn't have been listening to anyone 'comparing' them to anything, because they didn't have a leg to stand on. Second, I'm glad you can have a laugh about someone quitting a band because of drug problems. It's actually not that funny. You are a bonehead. |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 13.10.2006 02:08 |
AmeriQueen wrote: The Darkness lead vocalist Justin Hawkins just quit the band. Thank god we won't be hearing any further songs with that horrific voice. And no more of these lame Queen comparisons.I dont swear or lose my temper much on here but all i have to say is SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID TWAT. The guy is ill, he is doing whats best for him, hes an addict and getting treatment, and from what I can gather The Darkness are carrying on. I say good for him and hope he gets well soon. Permission to Land was a superb album, and I know Brian and Roger will be saddened. They were entertaining. Youre just misguided, Wanker. Great post BTW Adam. |
| The Fairy King 13.10.2006 04:04 |
AmeriQueen wrote: The Darkness lead vocalist Justin Hawkins just quit the band. Thank god we won't be hearing any further songs with that horrific voice. And no more of these lame Queen comparisons.I would be happier if you just quit this board. Wrong section again fucktard. |
| i'm going slight mad... 13.10.2006 06:12 |
permission to land was an awesome album. made me think people might be interested in what i had to offer music. it was refreshing in a world of same same music. |
| QUEENROCKS_1991 13.10.2006 06:46 |
oh well never mind at least the darkness didnt beat QUEEN lol |
| eenaweena 13.10.2006 06:56 |
thank goodness. i thought that these hideous wannabes wouldn't end their career. one down, 500 bazillion weirdos to go. now, we shall wait for nickelback to quit. |
| kween-iloveit 13.10.2006 08:02 |
LIVE AND LET LIVE YOU FUCKING CUNTS!!!!!!! nobody held you down and made you listen to the Darkness, did they now? |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 13.10.2006 08:23 |
To me it isn't fantastic news.... It isn't sad news either. It's just news inbetween. Ding Dong! :S |
| deleted user 13.10.2006 08:55 |
AmeriQueen wrote: The Darkness lead vocalist Justin Hawkins just quit the band. Thank god we won't be hearing any further songs with that horrific voice. And |
| magicalfreddiemercury 13.10.2006 09:04 |
Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: The guy is ill, he is doing whats best for him, hes an addict and getting treatment, and from what I can gather The Darkness are carrying on.The guy is ill? HIV and cancer are illnesses. Drugs and booze are habits. Good for him that he's trying to get clean. I wish him luck. But saying he's ill or otherwise showing sympathy is not something I'd ever do for him or any other drug addict or alcoholic. I've lived with both and more than anything else, they have my contempt. Everyone has choices. Some make the right ones and others make stupid ones then have to pay the price. |
| boca 13.10.2006 10:10 |
You people don't realise there's NO good bands these days AT ALL! We'll have to wait long long time to hear some good band or maybe that'll never happen again. |
| Mr Faron Hyte 13.10.2006 10:28 |
What has this to do with Queen? |
| Legy 13.10.2006 10:38 |
My ex-wife dragged me to a Nickelback concert. Well, there's a reason she's my ex-wife. Even though Justin didn't have a good voice, he was somewhat entertaining. |
| Donna13 13.10.2006 10:45 |
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| Al TurHao 13.10.2006 11:57 |
Worry not. More room for a new band... "The Darkness + Paul Rodgers" or, even worse... "Queen + Justin Hawkins" (I seriously think this is a joke and that Brian does not even consider trying a new tour to try out Killer Queen, Lover Boy and that type of songs...) :))))))) |
| kagezan1313 13.10.2006 12:08 |
1. Nickelback sucks in a way that is truly profound. This is coming from a Vancouverite. 2. Permission To Land was a putrid album - I wondered why we only saw 2 singles released, then I downloaded it and realized that no radio station in the world would play anything else off of it. I'm a fully-certified swearist and appreciate profanity in it's right place, but the shite they put on that album was neither needed, nor convincing. It was truly awful. 3. Feeling sorry for millionaire musicians who suffer for their own self-destructive habits is like feeling sorry for any other Darwin Award winner. Is this 1970? Is rock excess a new thing that no one knows about? Did Justin not know cocaine is an illegal drug with serious side-effects? Poor fucking baby. Somehow when a celebrity puts a gun to their head and pulls the trigger, we're all shocked when the bullet does it's job. Grow up - guy's a tard. 4. Nickelback sucks. Did I say that? |
| The Real Wizard 13.10.2006 12:14 |
I'm tired of people cutting The Darkness to shreds because they are influenced by Queen. You wanna know why this happens? It's because so few bands show off an influence of Queen, since their sound is difficult to emulate, and cannot be accomplished by most. So, one band finally comes along who proudly show off their love for Queen, and then stepford fans and critics alike all blast them, as if nobody is allowed to be influenced by Queen. We should be proud that The Darkness kept some elements of Queen's sound alive in today's mainstream. I'm sad to hear the band won't be continuing with Justin. But for his personal reasons, I think he's doing the right thing. In the 70s and 80s, how many bands were influenced by Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC? Millions. In the mainstream, hundreds. Because their sound was so adaptable, anyone could take elements from these bands, and never be accused of "ripping off", because everyone else was doing it too. To add to that list of Zeppelin rip-off bands, a band called Queen is right on the top of the list. Listen to the first album. Sure, there are original things on there, but 3 or 4 songs could have found their spot on Led Zeppelin I or II. And why don't we post threads here saying Queen were Beatles rip-offs? Queen's catalogue, especially much of the earlier stuff, is dripping with Beatlesque sounds. |
| Mr.Jingles 13.10.2006 12:25 |
There's a huge difference between being highly influenced by a band and carbon copying someone else's sound. Foo Fighters and Extreme were probably more influenced by Queen than any other band, yet they sound nothing like them. |
| coxy1 13.10.2006 12:30 |
I cant beleive it, i love the dakness and justin Hawkins. Great loss :( |
| Legy 13.10.2006 12:37 |
Mr.Jingles wrote: There's a huge difference between being highly influenced by a band and carbon copying someone else's sound. Foo Fighters and Extreme were probably more influenced by Queen than any other band, yet they sound nothing like them.I beg to differ. You can tell the Foo Fighters are influenced by Queen. You don't necessarily hear it, but you can feel it. |
| Donna13 13.10.2006 13:08 |
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| kagezan1313 13.10.2006 13:10 |
I beg to differ. You can tell the Foo Fighters are influenced by Queen. You don't necessarily hear it, but you can feel it.Yes, don't trust your ears. Reach out with your feelings, Luke. Then you will feel the Foo connection. Um, no. I like Foo Fighter's sound, and I know they're big Queen fans, but I've never heard a song by them that I could say was influenced by Queen - in fact, most of their stuff is basic power chord rock. As a frontman / songwriter myself (don't bother flaming me for that, I know I'm a nobody), I can tell you that I hold Queen's music so dear that I would never write a Queen-ish song, nor perform in a Freddie-like way, other than perhaps a one-off tribute song, because that's sacred. I think the Foo's are probably the same way. While I agree with Sir GH that bands shouldn't be condemned solely for being influenced by Queen (and that Queen took a great deal from the Fab 4 and Zep) there must be a standard of judgement. It's people like Justin Hawkins and Robbie Williams who blatantly steal elements from Queen for their whole act, and cash in on the love and nostalgia their own limited talent can't generate. I mean, come on - sequined cat suits, half mike stands, excessive falsetto? They're plainly wannabes and should be flamed for that - there's a fine line between influence and imitation. |
| beautifulsoup 13.10.2006 13:14 |
Thanks for the extra info, Donna13. |
| Legy 13.10.2006 13:22 |
kagezan1313 are you a musican? |
| kagezan1313 13.10.2006 13:26 |
ihavenolegs wrote: kagezan1313 are you a musican?Em..yes. I mean no. Well, actually I'd consider myself more an actor playing a musician, since I generally have never been musician-like. I sing very well, write good lyrics, but don't live in poverty and drug-induced oblivion. Maybe I am a musician in a very down-to-earth cold-hearted business-like way. |
| Legy 13.10.2006 13:30 |
kagezan1313 wrote:Do you have any musical training?ihavenolegs wrote: kagezan1313 are you a musican?Em..yes. I mean no. Well, actually I'd consider myself more an actor playing a musician, since I generally have never been musician-like. I sing very well, write good lyrics, but don't live in poverty and drug-induced oblivion. Maybe I am a musician in a very down-to-earth cold-hearted business-like way. |
| kagezan1313 13.10.2006 13:38 |
Mmm, yes. 5 years piano, 2 years guitar, 15 years vocal. I can see where this is going though - when you listen to the Foo's, you hear Queen somewhere in there. I personally think Dave and the boys are talented enough to have carved their own path, and hear nothing of Queen in their style. Let's agree to disagree, mmmkay? Two intelligent people arguing over the meaning or content of art is like the proverbial 5 blind men arguing over what an elephant looks like. As Freddie said "If you see it, it's there." |
| Legy 13.10.2006 14:03 |
kagezan1313 wrote: Mmm, yes. 5 years piano, 2 years guitar, 15 years vocal. I can see where this is going though - when you listen to the Foo's, you hear Queen somewhere in there. I personally think Dave and the boys are talented enough to have carved their own path, and hear nothing of Queen in their style. Let's agree to disagree, mmmkay? Two intelligent people arguing over the meaning or content of art is like the proverbial 5 blind men arguing over what an elephant looks like. As Freddie said "If you see it, it's there."Actually I wasn't going there. I just have a lot of respect for musicans that's all. |
| Micrówave 13.10.2006 14:29 |
He'll never be able to pay for that 150,000/yr coke habit going solo. He'll be back. |
| Legy 13.10.2006 14:45 |
Hey ½Microwave, did you catch the Gubernatorial debates last week? |
| Micrówave 13.10.2006 15:04 |
No I missed 'em, dammit!! I wanted to see how Kinky held up. Now I hear that he's being asked to drop out. |
| Poo, again 13.10.2006 15:12 |
How could this possibly be fantastic news? |
| Hooligan's Holiday 13.10.2006 15:16 |
MercuryArts wrote: Nickleback sucks!!! Everything sounds the same!AMEN TO THAT!! |
| john bodega 13.10.2006 15:18 |
I would actually rate the Darkness a lot higher than Robbie Williams. Squaky voice aside, the Darkness were tidy musicians. Robbie Williams genuinely can't do anything very well; his sole selling point of being a 'good entertainer' means jack shit to me, because I actually sat down to watch one of his Knebworth gigs and it was boring *shite*. And just taking a quick look through the outfits of the 70's, I think it'd be pretty naive to claim The Darkness were stealing purely from Queen. We *know* they're big fans of Queen and that's probably where most of their ideas come from, but at the same time.... there was a slightly bigger picture going on back then, it wasn't just Queen. Open your eyes nimrods! |
| Legy 13.10.2006 16:17 |
½Microwave wrote: No I missed 'em, dammit!! I wanted to see how Kinky held up. Now I hear that he's being asked to drop out.He did quite well, he won my vote. Chris Bell (D Houston) wants him to drop out. All of the candidates were trying to make Kinky look like the bad guy, and he's not. He has great ideas, he an honest man, and no he's not a racist. I agree with many of his views. Border control, education, and many other issues. Kinky is the man for Texas. |
| kagezan1313 13.10.2006 17:30 |
We love Zebonka. I have just always assumed by how much emphasis was put on how the band got it's idea to come together when they heard Justin sing BoRhap "perfectly, even all the opera bits" that Queen was their main influence. The fact that they chose a rather obscure 70's music producer name Roy Thomas Baker, of all people, to produce their second album also kind of points in that direction. Maybe I'm wrong. But on the other hand, maybe I'm a duck-billed platypus. |
| Donna13 13.10.2006 18:07 |
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| Mr.Jingles 13.10.2006 19:38 |
Donna13 wrote:Some artists would rather not badmouth those constantly praise them even if they are "stealing" their sound. Brian is one of those artists.ihavenolegs wrote:Brian said that The Darkness had their own sound, which he liked.Mr.Jingles wrote: There's a huge difference between being highly influenced by a band and carbon copying someone else's sound. Foo Fighters and Extreme were probably more influenced by Queen than any other band, yet they sound nothing like them.I beg to differ. You can tell the Foo Fighters are influenced by Queen. You don't necessarily hear it, but you can feel it. Paul McCartney never said anything bad about Oasis until they started badmouthing him. |
| Mr.Jingles 13.10.2006 19:41 |
Justin Hawkins made himself famous by stealing sound, on stage moves, and outfits from 70s. What we never thought is that just like the average rock star from the 70s, he put himself into the habit of snorting mountins of coke. |
| deleted user 13.10.2006 19:41 |
½Microwave wrote: He'll never be able to pay for that 150,000/yr coke habit going solo. He'll be back.I agree. |
| Legy 13.10.2006 20:11 |
Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Rick James (2003) |
| Donna13 14.10.2006 14:11 |
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| Freddie's #1 Fan Forever 15.10.2006 01:52 |
Too bad that they are no longer a band. They were original and had a sense of humor about themselves. Now all we hear are songs with no melody from Nickelback all day long. |
| john bodega 15.10.2006 07:35 |
kagezan1313 wrote: We love Zebonka. I have just always assumed by how much emphasis was put on how the band got it's idea to come together when they heard Justin sing BoRhap "perfectly, even all the opera bits" that Queen was their main influence. The fact that they chose a rather obscure 70's music producer name Roy Thomas Baker, of all people, to produce their second album also kind of points in that direction. Maybe I'm wrong. But on the other hand, maybe I'm a duck-billed platypus.Well there's no way around it.... yeah, they're pretty Queen oriented in a lot of respects; but there are some things which aren't specific to Queen, that they've lifted. Some people ignore this. |
| sara310 15.10.2006 08:58 |
Nickelback always corrupts my favorite classic rock station and whenever they come on everybody in the car is like "turn it!" |
| Donna13 15.10.2006 10:10 |