By mixing hair-metal influences, flamboyant pop hooks, and Spinal Tap humor into
a winning combination, The Darkness topped the UK charts with their
chart-topping 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 t...