By mixing hair-metal influences, flamboyant pop hooks, and Spinal Tap humor into
a winning combination, The Darkness topped the UK charts with their debut in
2003, launching a long career as a rock 'n' roll mainstays. The British band was
formed by brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in 2000. The
group's debut, Permission to Land, reached Number 1 in the UK upon its release
in 2002, while also spawning four Top 40 singles. "I Believe in a Thing Called
Love" and the holiday single "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" both
went platinum, and the group retur...