So, then, what do The Darkness sound like? Well, they're a blend of 70s pomp-rock, early 80s metal, and bombastic, shiny arena rock. There's nothing heroic about it, nothing demonstrative, nothing to capture the imagination. But that's the whole problem with rock right now: It doesn't do those things anymore. Smashing your instruments and lighting your guitar on fire are both pretty stupid-looking, too, when you get right down to it. Claiming any allegiance with the devil and buying Aleister Crowley's house are ridiculous prospects. AC/DC, Queen, Black Sabbath, KISS, and Led Zeppelin (have you seen The Song Remains the Same?) were all absurd. Big Guitar Rock, after all, used to be silly.
Besides, looking silly- or at least risking looking silly- can only be good for a band like The Darkness.
For instance, by refusing to engage with a band like The Darkness on any level solely because of a preconceived notion of what they appear to be "about," you'd actually be more swayed by marketing and image than the kids checking the disc out on the listening station. Too often, music fans fall for marketing without realizing it. It looks phony, manufactured, and seems to take its image more seriously than its songs. Proper Rock Fan: People are stupid for falling for music like The Darkness. A Proper Rock Fan scans the Top 40 albums wall. I wrote a one-act, one-man play about this idea titled Proper Rock Fan: Pot Kettle Black. To a lot of people, this means The Darkness couldn't possibly be any good. The band members sport long hair and look like they stepped off the stage at Castle Donington circa 1980. Sometimes these outfits are made of leather sometimes they have animal prints. The Darkness are from England and they wear things like open-chested catsuits and tight trousers.
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