The Darkness (Tour de Prance) – Showbox – Seattle 4.3.18

I remember seeing this video for the first time and my jaw dropped. Growing up as a 70s classic/hard/mainstream/glam rock of the 70s The Darkness were like a visual and soundful re-blasting of everything cool about what 70s rock had to offer in a new package decades later. Frontman Justin Hawkins took everything cool about the frontmen of the 70s like Freddie Mercury, Iggy Pop, Steven Tyler and Bon Scott and made it his own in a tongue and cheek U.K. way with his interesting falsetto vocals. Read more: KISW