Justin Hawkins Ditches The Darkness & Blames All The Drugs
A few years ago The Darkness were one of the biggest bands in the country, which is strange because ironic hair metal fronted by a spandex-clad rat-faced idiot was never something we thought anyone particularly wanted to see.
However, all good things must come to an end. And some crap things like The Darkness, too. Almost exactly a year since The Darkness released their second album – and almost exactly 11 months, three weeks and six days since they realised that most people would rather take a potato peeler to their eyes than actually buy it – The Darkness lead singer Justin Hawkins has quit the band, blaming it on the fact that he's spent £150,000 on drugs over the last three years. Good job that Justin Hawkins only ever wrote one semi-decent song, then, if that's where all the royalties were going.
If there's one thing we thought we'd never see ourselves doing ever, it's siding with Jon Bon Jovi about anything. However – grudging – we'll admit that Jon Bon Jovi had a point when he said he didn't like The Darkness. No, we've gone too far. We'll come back and finish this article off once we've rolled around a room littered with broken glass, dogshit and mousetraps as punishment for thinking such terrible thoughts…
…OK, that's us taught. So anyway, Justin Hawkins from awful 1980s throwback joke band The Darkness has left the group, because apparently writing tedious knob jokes and setting them to bad ironic heavy metal tunes that won't sell any copies is bad for his drug rehabilitation. Here's what Justin Hawkins says on the matter:
"I hit absolute rock bottom. I spent over £150,000 on cocaine in three years – a frightening amount. I was consuming up to five grams a day which cost me £1,000 a week, sometimes more. I regularly used to stay up for four days at a time on coke and alcohol binges. I feel like I've lost three years of my life. I'm only just coming to terms with what has happened because I was always off my face. I feel bad for the others. It will be an upheaval. But it's time to move on. It would be damaging to stay on. I'm not blaming the band for my problem. I'm an addict."
Wow – Justin Hawkins from The Darkness was on drugs? Who'd have thought that calling every other British band crap despite being in a joke band yourself and then buggering your body up by falling off a big doughnut was the work of a drug-ravaged lunatic, eh? But look at the headline again; just because Justin Hawkins is leaving the band, it doesn't mean that The Darkness are splitting up. In fact, the members of The Darkness that aren't Justin Hawkins – Justin Hawkins' brother, the bald bassist that isn't as good as the old one with the funny moustache and whoever plays the drums – have released this statement about Justin Hawkins leaving the band:
"We're sorry that you had to find this out through the newspapers, but we were hoping until the last minute that this – Justin's exit – wasn't going to happen. We – Dan, Ed and Richie – are still in total shock and can't say at this stage what the future holds. You will hear from us, once we know what we want to do."
Well, either when they know what they want to do or when you decide you next want a Big Mac. So now that's both The Darkness and Keane that have been ravaged by drugs in recent months. Anyone else hoping that Razorlight will be next?
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[story by Stuart Heritage]
you are a verbose clown. music is entertainment. these guys are entertainers. i don’t even have to ask to know that you are tone deaf and can’t play an instrument. in life there are two types of people: those who create, and those who talk about it…and talk is cheap.
–your friendly neighborhood musician.
The author of this acticle is a idiot.
yes, I couldn’t agree more. The Darkness brought back whats been missing from rock for a long time.
What a friggin’ ass! Obviously someone who is completely ignorant about drug addiction! In my opinion there is only one thing worse than an ignorant ass hole….and that’s an ignorant ass hole that gives somebody a hard time because they’ve got a drug problem and they’re trying to get clean even if it means sacrificing what you love to do because it causes to much temptation….case in point, Justin leaving his band so he could stay away from coke.
Whoever wrote this article…in my opinion, is the lowest form of shit!
Listen, Your probably Just some 30-50 Year old Hack who knows nothing of The Darkness and what They’ve accomplished, It’s not Justin’s Fault the band Is over, It’s his addiction’s Fault. He is not a “Lunatic” He is pure genious, Same with Dan, Ed, And Frankie. They’ve made British Rock Music Much more entertaining Since The Clash, The Ramones, Etc… I agree with him ^ Once you learn to play an Instrument, Such as Guitar or Bass or Drums, As Good As this band has, Don’t Critisize Them…
shut up, idiot. you don’t know anything. “the bald bassist that isn’t as good as the old one with the funny moustache and whoever plays the drums.”. Jesus aren’t you clever? proves how much you know about the darkness. Until you can come up with better tunes than Justin, become hugely famous and be one of the greatest damn singers and entertainers ever, SHUT UP.
i agree with everyone else who has commented on this pathetic piece of writing.
I’m deeply saddened by Justin leaving the Darkness!! I’m a huge fan and people are still hitting them up and watching their videos on youtube.com! For those of us who like to rock still, The darkness was a refreshing taste of past and present. So Justin get sober get back with the band, make another smash hit don’t forget to be absolutely naked in your video and come on tour in The United States, make sure to come to Minneapolis MN where I’ll be waiting to see you guys perform!!! Love always Nikki
the guy who wrote this is an ass!
[...] The first was watching them open for The Darkness a few years back. Justin and the boys are no more, but The Wildhearts (old timers by then already) still live on and are doing their best to burn out [...]
FUCK YOU YOU PIECE OF SHIT THE DARKNESS ROCK
FUCK YOU ALL YOU FUCKING CUNTS
OMFG ASSHOLES
What the!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Darkness are not “a spandex-clad rat-faced idiot” you bias retards!
Ths guy is clearly expressing this/her opinion which is not worth listening to.
This idiot needs some spanking himself. How dare this Trash mock The Darkness!
You worthless piece of cow dung!
Who ever wrote this article is a dumb shit… Justin made more money in three years in the Darkness then this guy will make in his entire life writing crappy articles that slam good bands.
Not exactly A.A Gill are you?
Back to school with you little boy.
I LOVE The Darkness and Justin Hawkins. So sorry they broke up! I haven’t loved a band this much in years! So don’t say anything bad about them! And to side with bon jovi? Hmmm, when was the last time jon had Anything good going on? I think bon jovi’s just envious of Justin! I think you are too! Justin Hawkins ROXX and his band did too! Justin is Beyond reproach! Whenever anything says anything bad about someone I love, I just consider the source! DUMBASS!
dear god could u be any more wrong u jackass…. seriously, not only are darkness amazin so is bonjovi!
who ever wrote this is a piece of shit, i saw the darkness twice and both shows were the most entertaining ones ive been to. justin is a les paul weilding rock god that can sing like an eagle. i would love to fight you, your a fuckin cunt. i bet you got picked on in high school and never got any pussy so now you take it out on other poeple, fuckin wanka
Seems to me Mr Heritage (If that’s your real name)you are an ‘expert’ on insults. Maybe you get a high on insulting others. Sure we will laugh and joke about the ‘Britains Got Talent’ failures who will get nowhere in the business
But at least ‘The Darkness’ got somewhere and are perhaps more known than you are. (Sorry ’bout the error…
The Darkness fucking rocked, okay? Maybe whoever wrote this is an rat(ass)face and had nothing better to do than insult other people for being more talented.
Yeah, it’s kinda late for this comment, but I just found this crap and its a piss off to anyone who actually enjoys music.
Hi,
I wrote this article and realise that I’m a total Knob, I see it ever morning in the mirror! I’m the biggest tool going and man I’m a loser, I’m still a virgin and get rejected by ugly girl when I try to pick up, I still live with my mum, I’m 47 years old. The truth is I love barry manilow and have never heard any other band. Apologies to all, I have since realised that the Darkness were the greatest and that I’m the worlds stupidest guy, I’ve asked to be fired from my job so I can go sell the big issue.
Peace
Stuart Heritage
Well, I’m convinced that that was the real Stuart Heritage.
switch out The Darkness for The Dimness
and it all fits…
Well, actually it is just your opinion expressed in this piece of writing, but while I was reading it I was wondering what YOU exactly achieved in the music industry, how many of your sigles were on the top of charts and how many fans you’ve got – cause sounds like you did nothing. Actually after I read that I started to wonder if you had any friends at all, but it’s none of my bussiness. However I can’t imagine hanging out with anyone who’s such a jerk.
And no doubt, while you wrote “spandex-clad rat-faced idiot” piece you were staring at the mirror, weren’t you?
anyway, my advice is to be more objective while writing anything published later on on the internet and more considerate of what other people think and feel, as everything you wrote was way unfair and very, very not nice to read. In case you didn’t know there are ways to express own opinions without insulting other people, and if I were you, I’ll try that.
You’ll better get busy with own life, which is probably way miserable, if you have to write crap like this.
I feel really, really sorry for you. Hope you’ll get better one day.
Stuart Heritage – You’re a cock
enough said
what the fuck you cocksucker?! the darkness fucking rocks and you need to get that through your mind you arrogant bitch…what the fuck would possess you to write that? fuck you mister. >:(
“Wow – Justin Hawkins from The Darkness was on drugs?”
Yes… he just said he was….
Who the hell is Stuart Heritage? 3 years after he wrote this article… still has no one agreed with him. Shows how much he is
“with it” as he talks about not being “with it”. And I guess he has not taken to be very popular in writing articles based on a music community that he does not understand.
Yeah its 3 years later…
But its hard to read such an uninspiring article, even 3 years after its written, and not feel the need to tell him to go fuck himself… and tell him not come back until he realizes why…
a community…
in which he tried to write for…
has told him to go fuck himself….
3 years later…
no reply… probably still fucking himself i guess.
One of the most ignorant and pathetic articles I have ever read. Justin Hawkins is soo talented it’s mind-blowing. In my opinion, he’s should have been QUEEN’s new frontman! Amazing voice!
wow, didn’t even read your comment, but, read below to see we think alike. we must be INTELLIGENT PEOPLE, unlike this bastard.
I’m reading this article years later and, yes, you are the joke.
That man has the best voice and on stage presence since Freddie Mercury.
Call Freddie a joke and all of Europe and most of Asia will tear you to pieces.
There was no joke to this band. I heard him and that band and i could only feel tremendous happiness. Everyone feels we wouldn’t see the like of Freddie Mercury again in our lifetimes, and, Justin is Justin, but the first impression was that they JUST WERE who they were, even if it seemed as if they might be channeling the living spirit of Queen.
I would like to see them come back together. He’d make more than enough money to have a roadie who also happens to be a drug counciler personal assistant to come with him.
I’m gonna go look up how he’s doing right now.
whoa, someone needs to get laid.
far out has this prick ever actually listened to a darkness track??
as other people have mentioned, justin is practically freddie re-incarnated, he even looks heaps like him, especially in the vid for ‘is it just me’
i’ve never seen a bad article bout the darkness like this untill now,i hope this website fires this guy, he clearly has the iq of a chimpanzee. i bet this pricks fav band is the spice girls and loves twilight.
Seriously one of the biggest wishes i have is for the darkness to get back together, if they did no joke i would be saving to go see them asap, i live in australia so it’d cost a bit.
Anyways, on that topic, i heard that some rich bitch in america is trying to pay the darkness a small fortune to get back together.
After all of those comments, I feel the need to raise my hand and say that I for one agree entirely with the article! It’s been three years and . . . oh . . . the Darkness have disappeared off the face of the earth. Meanwhile, Stuart is still writing! I think that says it all, don’t you?!
The comments on this article are hilarious in their attempted ferociousness. Some people need to get out a bit, I suspect. Try switching off the computer, climbing out from under your Justin Hawkins bedcovers and emerging blinking into the harsh light of day. Oh, and don’t use that old chestnut of “how many number one records have YOU written, eh?” as a comeback. I mean, how do you know what anyone else has done with their lives? Stuart is quite clearly a successful journalist and that is, quite frankly, more than enough. Are you seriously suggesting that only chart-topping musicians are allowed to comment on or form an opinion of other bands?
to the above comment, the darkness have dissapeared, yes, because they split up, uuh! But not any of the members, justins new band, Hot Leg are the most awsome new band of man rock on this or any other planet, i have seen them and they put on a great show, and justin was really nice and came out to see everyone at the end and hes a very nice guy so why don’t you, mr hemeroid, stop writing daft articles. Voice you’re opinion, yes, but this is just plain unnessesary slagging off, and about people apparently just sitting at the computer with no social life etc, i am a 15 year old with friends, and bandmates as i am in a band so i know a bit about the popular music scene from now back to the time of queen, aerosmith and all the good old music. Oh and my band doesn’t suck jusy before you accuse me of being a stupid teen with unrealistic dreams.
http://Www.myspace.com/zerohouruk – check us out, the site could do with some updating, mind. Rock on justin! Wooo!!
you guys are all wrong, DRUGS are not the problem, drugs are brilliant,