Welcome to the Darkness review – neo glam rockers light up the comeback trail – The Guardian
This documentary offers us an entertaining “comeback” narrative arc for the Darkness, the British neo glam-rock band with outrageous campy stylings, sparkly catsuits and actual songwriting expertise. For a few years within the early 00s they have been completely gigantic, after which crashed and burned, apparently because of lead singer Justin Hawkins’ abuse of drink and medicines. These have been the times when everybody didn’t mechanically make solemnly supportive noises about restoration and taking care of your psychological well being: there was extra ironic dismissal of habit burnout as a symptom of rock’n’roll selfishness and absurdity.
However just lately, Justin reconciled along with his brother, lead guitarist Dan, and the band obtained again along with bassist Frankie Poullain and a brand new drummer, Rufus Taylor (son of Queen’s Roger Taylor); they began slogging round exactly the identical sort of tiny venues that they began out in, this time in a extra wintry temper, however nonetheless beguiling everybody by all the time performing as if they’re in Wembley Enviornment. It’s humorous to see them play in entrance of a tiny viewers in a modest lodge within the Irish countryside, though maybe the band members wouldn’t discover all the things so hilarious if the cameras weren’t there.
Each Dan and Justin have had well being scares: Dan with testicular most cancers and Justin with a polyp on his vocal chords, the sort of factor that would completely destroy his musical profession. However he has a medical professional see to it in Switzerland, the nation during which, as Justin casually reveals, he now lives … so audiences can maybe assume he isn’t on his uppers. A feelgood story during which issues aren’t fairly so darkish as all that.
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