The Darkness -
Arrogance, condience, guile.
Best frontman since David Lee Roth?
Are they a smirking, postmodern in-joke, or are they genuine?
Rock ABOUT rock - they aren't a band, they are an amplification of every 'rock' cliche since 1949.
Enery, vibrance, and a band that loves their audience.
"Mother"...."FUCKER".
Are The Darkness an iconographic indicator of where contemporary music is headed?
If so, can rock only progress by the process of cultural detournement? Are the Darkness making pastiche RELEVANT?
And does it matter?
Is a tabula rasa a bad thing?