Author Topic: Justin Hawkins leaves The Darkness (Read 14411 times)

_tom_ · « **Reply #30 on:** June 18, 2007, 03:06:28 PM »

Quote from: deg0ey

I do agree with you actually CJ, but I did like Justin for a laugh :P

As for your 'newer rock' bands, I'd never heard any Wolfmother until the other day when I watched the highlights of Download on channel 4, and had heard only good things about them. I can't say I was very impressed tbh, although to be fair they only had one of their songs on the show, so I can't claim to be an expert - they just seemed to be lacking something for me

I thought the only good song Wolfmother had was "Woman".. Priestess have more good songs, full of massive riffs :D

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #31 on:** June 18, 2007, 03:17:01 PM »

If you had the Wolfmother album then you would probably think differently. But yeah Priestess rule but are not that well known yet which is a shame.

_tom_ · « **Reply #32 on:** June 18, 2007, 03:23:29 PM »

I do have the album :)

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #33 on:** June 18, 2007, 04:05:25 PM »

Then listen to it again :lol:

plastercaster · « **Reply #34 on:** June 18, 2007, 07:27:28 PM »

Quote from: _tom_

I do have the album :)

Same, nothing on there really approaches woman
Love trains OK
Rest is just boring

dave_mc · « **Reply #35 on:** June 18, 2007, 08:36:23 PM »

Quote from: deg0ey

I don't understand why so many people didn't like the darkness - They were light hearted and entertaining, and they didn't take themselves too seriously...

plus they wore cool 80's clothes and had good solos.

the answer seem alright, but i'm not too impressed with the guitar player. His solos don't seem all that great. The songs, that i've heard, though seem not bad, certainly.

Not too fond of wolfmother, haven't heard too much, but what i have heard i haven't liked. Just seems like run of the mill modern rock that i don't really get on with.

TomW · « **Reply #36 on:** June 18, 2007, 08:54:39 PM »

I quite like Wolfmother but can't stand their guitar solos. If they had decent solos I would like them so much better as I really like their songs. I don't think they're all that good live though.

I also thought the Darkness were brilliant when they released their first album, but their latest one is cr@p.

Woogie · « **Reply #37 on:** June 18, 2007, 09:46:05 PM »

Quote from: _tom_

Quote from: deg0ey
I do agree with you actually CJ, but I did like Justin for a laugh :P

As for your 'newer rock' bands, I'd never heard any Wolfmother until the other day when I watched the highlights of Download on channel 4, and had heard only good things about them. I can't say I was very impressed tbh, although to be fair they only had one of their songs on the show, so I can't claim to be an expert - they just seemed to be lacking something for me

I thought the only good song Wolfmother had was "Woman".. Priestess have more good songs, full of massive riffs :D

Quote from: Crazy_Joe

If you had the Wolfmother album then you would probably think differently. But yeah Priestess rule but are not that well known yet which is a shame.

Quote from: _tom_

I do have the album :)

I believe the term for this is "pwnt".

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #38 on:** June 19, 2007, 01:50:08 PM »

Oh come on, you seriously saying Wolfmother have 1 good song on that album?!
What about Dimension, Apple Tree, Joker & The Thief etc.??!!
And the guy has an afro, that's enough on it's own!! :lol:

Afghan Dave · « **Reply #39 on:** June 19, 2007, 02:50:33 PM »

Quote from: Crazy_Joe

And the guy has an afro, that's enough on it's own!! :lol:

Enough for me not to listen to them... :roll:

sambo · « **Reply #40 on:** June 24, 2007, 03:36:43 PM »

'Hardcore' is the new 'rock'...

good old hard-hitting heavy sh*t... without being cheesey or repetitive metal (which is SOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring, and which everyone on here loves!).

exhibit 1: GALLOWS! - probably the best british band at the moment, full stop. absolutely AMAZING live as well.

www.myspace.com/gallows

exhibit 2: GHOST OF A THOUSAND!!!! - following in the same style as gallows... simply fantastic.

www.myspace.com/theghostofathousand

i've fallen in love with this genre recently... its new (not regurgitated punk), but still heavy, still aggressive, but catchy at the same time. Good guitar riffs, no cheesey power-metal or gay shredding.

simply put, its heavy music, done by people that know how to write songs... HOORAH!

PS. dont dismiss this as some "screamo emo cr@p" or whatever... give it an honest listen... i think this is the future of heavy british music. its AWESOME!

_tom_ · « **Reply #41 on:** June 24, 2007, 04:08:22 PM »

Listening to Gallows now sam, not bad, but I dont really like the vocals. Quite nice guitar tones and riffs, at least. Still prefer Priestess though - http://www.myspace.com/priestessband Lay Down is so good!

sambo · « **Reply #42 on:** June 24, 2007, 04:11:09 PM »

i shall give it a listen.

i hated gallows at first... despised them lol... but it grows on you.. (well it did on me)... and seeing them live was the last bit of evidence i needed.

anyway, here we go... priestess...

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #43 on:** June 24, 2007, 04:15:40 PM »

I saw Priestess live with Megadeth!!

Priestess are pretty awesome live, though they didn't fit well at a Megdeth concert haha

sambo · « **Reply #44 on:** June 24, 2007, 04:16:58 PM »

very cool.

also very different in general to the gallows style... good for different reasons. this is slightly more 'classic' kinda vibe... whereas the stuff i link-ed was punky.

coool!