The Darkness- Growing on me live at Reading 2004

[keef71]

c'est fantastisch!

[JizzedInYouPants]

JUSTIN'S SOLO ISN'T LOUD ENOUGH

[DawsonGunner]

this was amazing at download festival on friday :') they are back and better than ever..... if thats possible :)

[justinhawkinsrocks]

Thank Fuck they're back! I didn't think it would ever happen

[MIKEHAWKISPINK]

@justinhawkinsrocks YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!!!!! THEY'RE BACK!!!!???:DDDDD MUSIC ISN'T DEAD!!!

[jariari]

the drummer is just shite. a great band still!!

[TheCrontrol]

is this song about pubic lice?

[telfertbh]

Loved and went to see the darkness before they got big, love the songs as much as when i first heard them anyone who doesn't like this music only do because they are in denial and think they should hate it lol

[MrJordanowen]

thhheeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy arrrrrreeeeee baaaacccccckkkkkkk budddies ::::))))))

[cyborgsatan]

they are gonna play Download festival underneath Def Leppard on the Friday

[SuperShazbott]

Their best song is Growing On Me

[tomoblivion]

I Wish they came back.

[mattrehmhext]

@Gyphia

Live the mix was very different, lead guitar was very loud

[mattrehmhext]

I was at Reading '04 and it was a great performance, and every 4 letter swear word that was shown on the lights at the back of the stage between songs was so funny!

[frasierdf]

they broke up becaue this dude was a heroin junkie, they went on with the bassist singing as "the stone gods" they aren't as good, especially not the singing.

[Glumlock]

They crashed before they hit the top. What a shame eh? :/

[Cyaneyed77]

Ahhh I was there...right near the front too (when this was ITV I spotted myself, impossible on yt though lol). Great 2 hour set, the pyro was way over the top, which was amazing! Nearly passed out thanks to still being at the front from Offspring beforehand...the music got me through!

[keeperofthecheese]

LOL i was at the front throughout... i didnt mean to be! i was trying to find people after the gig before!

[ele16jbj]

I thought it was about a woman that is "growing on" him. i.e. she wants him and he wants her but he doesn't want to admit it?

[ele16jbj]

God, i miss these guys!

[MsHelloworld101]

fabulous

[angelluvsvanessa]

There r no words to explain how they r so awesome

[Glumlock]

This band got me into rock music when i was about 11. I guess that was sorta what they set out to do - modernize classic rock. They opened my mind to bands that nobody else my age had even heard of like Led Zeppelin, ACDC and Guns n Roses. From then on, i think i really grew in maturity and open mindedness.

[nevetsffen]

They were great! I thought this band was gonna be the next Slade.

[hispoisongirl36]

i like alotta their songs and its too bad they broke up, but i think the fact they most def coulda been a 'big' band, makes it even more rock n roll that drugs ruined them, lol, you know? we can enjoy the good times and always say 'What If' while doing so. they rock forever in my opinion.

[justinhawkinsrocks]

Well Said!

[seanjosephhayes]

what a class way to put it - hispoisongirl36 you're brilliant ha! I know it won't happen but I so wish they'd get back together!

[shankz2k]

yh the drugs lol live when i see him is was sniffing coke backstage i was lucky to get back there and in the song one way ticket 2 hell is about coke lol sniffing at the start

[razerdave]

@hispoisongirl36

I'm hoping the rumours of them rejoining are true, The Darkness are awesome! It was said the drummer (Ed?) has helped seal the rift between the Hawkins brothers so they may be back in all their spandex glory!

[zinnyzxx]

@razerdave nope. the lead guy was pretty angry that the rumors were started and denied them july 7th

[VicRattlehead79]

@razerdave

The rumors were false

[badwaiser]

they could have the world, they could be as metallica, maiden, pink floyd, queen, acdc, guns n roses, nirvana.....fucking drugs...

[bellottim]

I think Fame and Fortune are more likely the killers of this band. Not that I ever saw them (was overseas when they were on the rise and giging) but they were by all accounts the biggest band never to have made it big before the Permission album launched. Permission basically put all of the early live gig works out in one go. Supper polished, tongue in cheek mega rock songs (with rocks on the rocks). Loved them to bits... wish they were still here but pleased they didn't keep heading downhill.

[lfgubrs]

@badwaiser word. They sure could be that big with ease. I mean like all the songs they made hited the top lists. They were also planing on a third album. Fucking drugs indead... Its really sad that they broke up and now play in other bands. as Beatles would say, Come Together! We need you Darkness! :(

[hybridz10]

1990's guys sorry

[douglas18741892]

All about drugs.

[hybridz10]

fuck u

[sarcasio]

hahah no its about genital warts...bless his heart.. givin up and one way ticket were about drugs tho

[justinhawkinsrocks]

It's not about genital warts/. Justin Hawkins said so himself in an interview. I don't have a link but I'll get one up soon as I can!

[Pavelzamora]

Dang!

How can a fuken fruitcake play like that?

Go Justin

[cjscanlon0205]

hey every one check out my darkness covers!!!!!! there my favorite band ever so every one should go check out my tributes to them!!!!!!!!!!

[weazle1uk]

they never been to reading, i was there every year from 82 to present day!

[Joewy100]

best band of this decade!

[valepepe93]

Woooooow great performance!!

It's perfect!!

love the Darkness..they're all great musicians..and Justin has such a beautiful voice!!

[symbolic89]

With the video quality like this, it seems like this concert was during the 80s. Love the Darkness. :D

[THEKINGBRADALLMIGHTY]

Why are they so AWESOME?

[neilpt19]

they need to come back!!!!!!

doubt it ever will tho :(

[nandes12]

THE DARKNESS BRASIL !

[baylonaguiar]

the very last REAL rock'n'roll band this world has seen. and the only one on this decade.

[Dragon456345]

Probably reunion in 2009/2010 allert all !!! Darkness Back!!!!

[justinhawkinsrocks]

Don't listen to this twat! Alll the ex-darkness members (Stone Gods/Hotleg) have said they can't se a reunion! It doesnt mean its not a possibility but theres very little chance! Both bands are happier doing what they do!

[Dragon456345]

Dont listen him ^^!!!!!

[zakan95]

@justinhawkinsrocks ahaha :P definatly a comeback this year. dan hawkins annonced it in an interview

[MrJordanowen]

@justinhawkinsrocks unlucky mate, their back, and have grown back on me

[chazwwe]

@justinhawkinsrocks There back :)

[dogbrain63PS3]

@justinhawkinsrocks They are back now :)

[iantsang1030]

@justinhawkinsrocks JUST REUNITED. March 15th 2011! WOO HOO!!

[Fitzybabe65]

@justinhawkinsrocks How embarrassing....

[gbman123]

@justinhawkinsrocks looks like you were wrong sucka!!

[steviemcinnnes]

@justinhawkinsrocks Hope your happy eating your words now....

[steviemcinnnes]

@steviemcinnnes In a nice way :)

[steviemcinnnes]

If theres such thing...

[RichardMcSundy]

@steviemcinnnes lol

[RichardMcSundy]

@justinhawkinsrocks lol I guess that now You get a fail.

[TheLonelySquirrels]

@justinhawkinsrocks Aren't you happy that they are now reunited? x]

[justinhawkinsrocks]

@TheLonelySquirrels The happiest guy alive! ! Going to see them in December. They definitely proved me wrong

[Mannyx9191]

@Dragon456345 good call.

[motocarnage615]

@Dragon456345 Nice, good call ya twat :D

[Dragon456345]

@motocarnage615 sir it's official, they will be probably back at 70% cuz justin's new band hot leg isn't working so they are thinking to make the reunion... Except for the drummer, i've heard that he's sick and cant' not play anymore the drums...

[rachopenshaw]

I'd have cut my right arm off to have been there for that! Nice one!

[Squinge123456789]

I was there! Was one ofthe first bands I saw

[smithdsmit]

I like this band. are they still around?

[jeezy294]

No justin (lead singer) left and the rest formed stone gods. Justin went to a band called hotleg. The rest of the darkness formed stone gods. Recently ed grahm left stone gods for personal problems.

[sanhbsb]

Ed apparently drunk so much he developed osteonecrosis and needs double hip replacement. Now thats rock'n'roll :)

[ele16jbj]

no. They're not around anymore

[lucasshakur]

genial

[sk8borntodie]

i love the darkness

[velveetaslingshot]

this band had so much freakin talent. THAT is what a live band is supposed to sound like.

[TR689]

Yeah but ya know, Dan is still essentailly a lead Guitarist, its not like he plays rhythm in the stone gods is it?! But yeah I know Justin did play alot of solo's in The Darkness.

[hatchyZR]

this song is perfect they couldve been so much more

[musicrocks36]

great song

[furyblackheaven]

all the songs in the first album was great and can stand alone individually.

[Quilbo]

@furyblackheaven true, im so happy i saw them live when they had only one album out

it has been a PERFECT concert.

one of best in my life

[thinsulite]

justin does too many solos in this band but still kicks ass

[FatCatz01]

which one is justin..the singer??

[thinsulite]

ye he is and the rhythm guitarist and singer

[gustavowylde]

Justin is the Lead Guitarrist.

Dan is the rhythm.

[TR689]

Nah man, they r both lead guitarists really.

[redskullz124]

Dan plays a few of the leads, but Justin plays most of them, so technically he was the lead singer and lead guitarist.

[phatchocostarfish]

Lol, like Spinal Tap, they are both lead.

[dreagus001]

i think this band would have been good to do a queen cover song.

[thinsulite]

i've always thought that

[Joe22c]

I think the Darkness would have made a great job covering a lot of songs.

There's a Darkness cover of Radiohead's Street Spirit floating around on youtube, but all the elitist radiohead fans are whining about the Darkness "ruining it" - which is sheer absurdity, because the Darkness' version fucking rocks haha. Go czech it out :)

[dannyeverton5]

the way i see it (reformation wise) not gonna happen.... if you have seen hot leg and the stone gods they are different.. why does either dan or justin need to compromise what music they play? although saying that if they did reform it would have to be with frankie.. richie is a good front man in his own right.but frankie just fitted in the band nicely..its like acdc cliff is much more effective than if he had the stage presence... too many front men ruin a band.. if any of that made any sense!

[rocknroll43211234]

your logic is all opinionated no way to prove what you just said :'( sorry . think what you want shut up. nothing personal :) no one cares but you. there something special there.

[musicrocks36]

dude ok...

see what i don't get about you people that write paragraphs analyzing songs/bands is this: why don't you just listen to the damn music?????

[ScarReborn]

Darkness 4 life!

And Hot Leg rock!

I saw them at the waterfrount!

Nice to see justin back :)

[muserock69]

I cant believe they headlined

[therocker86]

perfect :)

[gleave9]

you know this song's about herpes, listen to it again.

still an incredible song

[Swesuburan]

That's however a rumour, Justin himself said that wasn't the case,

[lexagon77]

goddammit, that boy can sing

[Metalms1975]

saw them live in philly and they were INCREDIBLE live ....

[Lenny0844]

Really too bad they didn't make it through the typical second album slump:(

[SoloDallasII]

No, they just didn't make it through Justin's rehab, LOL.

[randyrhoads1956]

the darkness are going on tour this year

[justinhawkinsrocks]

No... No they arent

[cjscanlon0205]

the darkness does not exist anymore justin hawkins is in a band called hot leg and the rest of the band is now called stone gods

[badwaiser]

one of the biggest bands in last 5 years, it so sad their break...

[marcus5611]

Whatever happende to the Darkness. First i heard they got rid of the drumer and then Justin(?) left... They were like the last good rock n roll band since ACDC

[growinonme18]

Frankie (the bassist) left during the recording of the second album. About a year after the albums release, Justin went into rehab and decided that continuing with the darkness would be detrimental to his recovery. The rest of the Darkness (Dan the guitarist, Ed the drummer and Richie the new bassist formed a new band 'the Stone Gods', Ed has since left the Stone Gods, and Justin has a new band 'Hot Leg' whose album came out last month {search on youtube, theres loads of their material}].

[kylewd89]

these guys are an awsome band, check out my growing on me solo

[11xxlisaxx11]

Even better live. I love these guys (:

[waterhot80]

Maaaan, I'm trying to learn this on the guitar, but I just can't get the fast bit on the second solo. I just can't get it to sound right. Anyone know what gear Justin uses?

[dannyeverton5]

gibson les paul custom. through a mesa boogie duel rectifier. higher gain than dan and a more 'american' sound. try anything with a humbucker in it an a moderate high gain amp setting. good luck aswell ;)

[audiofunkdialect]

well he uses marshall amps with gibson guitars, just try to get more and more clean, practice makes perfect

[Maxlordhammond]

I miss The Darkness ! I really love Justin voice at the beginning of the band before he felt into cocaine !

I hope one day they reform in the same state of mind that the first album: rock and fun !

[westernstar84]

put this song on repeat once..... i challenge anyone to sit through 10 minutes of that shit.....sends you fuckin loopy.

[rockprophet123]

i could so it easily, could listento darkness alll day

[audiofunkdialect]

well actually it sends you loopy but for the rest of us its heaven, his guitar tone makes me want to weep

[dannyeverton5]

Darkness in their prime! dan was like a psyched rock monster at this concert!

[Curtisnot]

Agreed!

[gregkuhl]

wow.. I really miss the darkness.. never got to see them live.. but the ghost lives on in my mind. they really knew how to rock, and always wished they would have toured the USA more. But like all amazing things in life.. they have to come to an end.. Great concert footage. and nice to hear Justin hitting all the highs..

[rryking]

Biggest band in the world for like 12 minutes. Still love em

[shazmeister2005]

im still mourning them, the only good proper rock and roll band to emerge in the last 10 years, but i suppose like all great rock bands...... they break up

[BreakingGlass17]

Luckily for you theres now an even better band called Hot Leg. Go see them live in march.

[Squinge123456789]

This was my First Reading Festival!

[dizzinicol]

true i cud barley hear that solo!! shocker! was the main reason i watched this vid to see how he tackled it live done an ace job with it i need a les paul!!

[tylerkershaw]

just as good live. awesome.

[stusixtyone]

i agree , when frankie left that thundering bass was lost. best british band for years.

[tarzanetex]

amazing! impresive live performance!

[FuneralMist]

I WANT THE THIN LIZZY SHIRT

[hardtoesxplain]

saw them in feb 06,truly awesome gig.i miss them...

[cousintom19]

FUCK I MISS THEM SO MUCH AGG

[Hunt73]

I was there, they were awesome

[shoffadoffa]

i forgot how much i fuckin love this album

[andyg3]

frankie rules

[barramann]

I really love the darkness!

[duckmanrocker]

i was there and it was awesome

[nextgenpes]

fergal hunter is a cunt innit lolz

[DinCahill]

I was there for this and they put on a good show.

[Olliec27]

it was a good show if you dont count the half hour of solo justin wanked out before the rest of the band came on...

[mlechman]

Is it just me or does it seem like every soundman in the universe turns the lead guitarist's volume down right before his big solo? Am I imagining things?

[flammingcarrot]

nope... soundman sux balls... turn it up during the fucking solos man!!! do you job!

[samuelshepard]

justin hawkins was great in the darkness. he was the lead singer AND the better guitarist of the two. dan is really sloppy and justin has an all around better sense of the neck than dan does.

[maskedcrusader]

dont diss dan dude

[samuelshepard]

jimmy page is sloppy too, and he's my biggest hero. not a diss but justin is alot better :-/ i like the darkness alot, though

[Didi140276]

But EVH is much better than Mr. Page

[samuelshepard]

hes so annoying though. hes great at what he does but 1. his guitar sound gets SO annoying, and hes not an innovator like jimmy page. eddy van halen coud never write something like since i've been loving you, and could never touch the solo in the song remains the same version of no quarter. van halen can't touch page

[waterhot80]

And that's why Dan is ranked higher than Justin in the solo guitar rankings. -.-

But everyone has their own opinion, but dan is technically the better guitarist.

[samuelshepard]

thats weird since justin wrote most of their songs and did most of the soloing on the albums...

[waterhot80]

Well the stats don't lie. Search it in Google.

[dewi20]

link plz? :D

[HairyMuffinMan]

Actually the majority of the time, Dan wrote the music for the songs and Justin wrote the lyrics, although there was exceptions, like for example, I believe in a thing called love, where Justin wrote most if not all the riffs.

Dan did a fair bit of solos, about 8 on the first record and then only one OWTTHAB (Seemed like a good idea at the time)

Personally I think Dan is more of a rounded guitarist, he can play great lead and rhythym as demonstrated in the two bands he is famous for.

[HairyMuffinMan]

I much prefer Dan's solos, their obviously not as technical as Justin's but they seem to fit the song more.

[MJFLT]

Just perfect. The golden times of the darkness

[Zeroalejandro666]

without a doubt my favorites, amazing performance, amazing song... simply perfect

[justinhawkinsrocks]

Thanks