The Darkness adalah band rock asal Inggris yang pernah memenangkan sejumlah penghargaan-BRIT Award-winning British dalam kategori band hard rock. Gaya musik retro yang mereka usung dipengaruhi oleh band rock seperti Queen, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Mötley Crüe, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Sparks, Van Halen, T. Rex, 38 Special, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Boston dan Thin Lizzy. Mereka terkenal dengan gaya bernyanyi sang vokalis Justin Hawkins yang memiliki karakter suara falsetto, sang vokalis telah keluar dari band pada tahun 2006, yang menyebabkan band ini bubar.
The Darkness | |
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| Informasi latar belakang | |
| Asal | Lowestoft, Suffolk, England |
| Genre | Hard rock Glam metal Glam rock |
| Tahun aktif | 2000 – 2006 |
| Label | Atlantic Records Must Destroy |
| Artis terkait | Onion Trump Stone Gods British Whale Hot Leg |
| Situs web | TheDarknessRock.com |
| Mantan anggota | Justin Hawkins Richie Edwards Ed Graham Dan Hawkins Frankie Poullain |
Diskografi sunting
Albums sunting
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||||
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| UK | AUS | FRA | CAN | US | US Heat | |||
| 2003 | Permission to Land
| 1 | 17 | 62 | 10 | 36 | 3 | |
| 2005 | One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back
| 11 | 25 | 132 | — | 58 | — |
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| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or not released |
EPs sunting
| Year | Album details | UK |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | I Believe in a Thing Called Love
| 126 |
Singles sunting
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US Main | US Mod | AUS | |||
| 2002 | "Get Your Hands off My Woman" | 43 | — | — | — | Permission to Land |
| 2003 | "Growing on Me" | 11 | 40 | 31 | 46 | |
| "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" | 2 | 23 | 9 | 40 | ||
| 2004 | "Love Is Only a Feeling" | 5 | — | — | 35 | |
| 2005 | "One Way Ticket" | 8 | — | — | 36 | One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back |
| 2006 | "Is It Just Me?" | 8 | — | — | 39 | |
| "Girlfriend" | 39 | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or not released |
Referensi sunting
Pranala luar sunting
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai The Darkness (band).
- thedarknessrock.com 2005-09-21 di Wayback Machine., the band's official website
- www.justinhawkins.org 2009-01-15 di Wayback Machine., Justin Hawkins fan forum
- onewaytickettotheweb 2008-03-11 di Wayback Machine., A Spanish site of The Darkness
- FlamingWhopper.com 2019-09-08 di Wayback Machine., UK-Based Fan Site for The Darkness, Stone Gods, Hot Leg & British Whale (Est. 2005)
- JustinHawkinsRocks.co.uk, UK-Based Fan Site for Justin Hawkins and his new band Hot Leg (Est. 2008)