Justin Hawkins Launches New Band

Former Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has revealed details about his latest project.

Hawkins is to front a new group called Hot Leg, who are currently completing work on their debut album.

Hot Legs are expected to preview tracks off the album on a short UK tour which gets under way in London next month.

You can purchase tickets for the bands tour through Gigwise here, or by calling ticket hotline on 0871 230 1098 for more details.

Hot Leg's tour dates are:

08/08 - London, Proud Galleries
08/09 - Birmingham, Barfly
08/10 - Manchester, The Roadhouse
08/11 - Glasgow, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

Thanks for the info to Gigwise.com.

Comments

[kalamari]

Hang on, are they called Hot Legs or Hot Leg???? One sounds good and the other sounds like a medical complaint

[Axl_Duff_Izzy]

good luck too ya, spandex wearing twat

[Anjohl]

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

[CrowLord]

Stone Gods is where The Darkness continues, not this joke of a band

[pfa]

stone gods are ace

[rocabillyrollup]

It's over 18

[Slashrulz]

I liked the Darkness, i hope this band is like the darkness first album...

[darthbuttchin]

hot leg are good ive heard some of their stuff already.
good luck to him
old new tho....

[thejester]

good luck to him, hopefully sobriety is going well for him. he is a phenomenal guitarist and i wish him the best

[pfa]

Just listened to one of their tracks and to a certain degree his balls have dropped! sounds pretty cool

[Deek_13]

Yup, stone gods have a fair few crackin tunes!

[C-C Beatroot]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

The times you saw him playing solos... that's cos he was playing the solos >_>

[Captain Cool]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

Dude, chill out, Its refreshing when you hear bands and artists who dont take themselves too seriously, and if you dont like them then just leave them to it and let them entertain people. I gotta warn you, the type of people who normally get wound up by bands with a sense of humour are usually MCR fans, and you dont want to sound like one of them.

[Darth_Qurashi]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

lol, im pretty sure both him and his brother alternated most of the time. they kinda look the same too. so yeah.

[[x]Huffy[x]]

Haha. Stone Gods are better. He should never have quit The Darkness.

[Bloran]

I don't know what some of your guys' deals are. I really loved the darkness. I'm sure if you like good music and you listened to one of their albums you'd like a few songs. Chill. They opened a door for me to listen to older rock when I was in high school.

I've heard the stone gods are good but owning them and hot leg(s) will probably feed my hunger for the darkness. haha i saw a few months ago that justin was working on some project called 'the english whale' or something like that. I couldn't find their songs on itunes but their video was. You guys should check it out I remember it being pretty good and kinda hilarious.

[>>Max<<]

Thank God. The Darkness is (was) one of my favorite bands.
Never liked Stone Gods.

[Page/Rhoads]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

You idiot, that' because he actually played the solos. So he has talent, don't be jealous. And I miss The Darkness. They were awesome. This should be interessting though.

[metal-murnanes]

Good. If its anything like the darkness ill be pleased We need more feel-good rock n roll bands around.

[Rocker_94]

Just get the Darkness back together!

[Themaddoctor]

I've heard a single from these guys, I think it sounds really good. Stone Gods and Hot Leg should both be good. (Darkness beats them both though :P)

[Sanity]

Axl_Duff_Izzy wrote:

good luck too ya, spandex wearing twat

lmao! Summed it right up!

[Lin]

Seriously, The Darkness should just get back together. I wasn't aware of any animosity between the members.

They were a great band. They were fun, but they were never a joke band; in fact some of their second album is really touching. More than anything, it was the indie boy music media that killed them off, because they'd achieved success without them, by simply writing great songs. I think that's really sad.

No one cares about these side projects; it is time for a reunion.

[Rockon914]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

wtf are you talking about? so theres rules as to how many things you do in the band? if your lead vocals you cant play lead guitar to? **** you

[matttt]

I've heard their song "Heroes" which isn't bad, if you loved the fun, sillyness that he showed in the Darkness, you'll probably love this aswell, but I have to say it didn't grab me by the balls the same way that the first minute fourteen preview of Stone Gods' Burn the Witch did.

[Crimson Ghost]

CrowLord wrote:

Stone Gods is where The Darkness continues, not this joke of a band

stone gods suck compared to hot leg, justin was the darkness

[Sam Mézec]

Both Stone Gods and Hot Leg kick major arse.

Justin has an absolutely amazing voice and is a hell of a guitarist, so its great to hear his great music again. If you haven't all ready heard "Heroes" I'd highly recomend a listen.

And Stone Gods are blooy excelent too, but in a different way. Id like to say they're more serious... but they're not lol, they have their silly moments too, and do a ****ing great job with it.

If you loved the Darknes, try Hot Leg... If you hated the Darkness, try Stone Gods. There we go, everyone can be happy!

[David_Bowie=GOD]

Am I the only one that thinks he needs braces? Gahh those teeth!

[JS5150]

Lin wrote:

Seriously, The Darkness should just get back together. I wasn't aware of any animosity between the members.

They were a great band. They were fun, but they were never a joke band; in fact some of their second album is really touching. More than anything, it was the indie boy music media that killed them off, because they'd achieved success without them, by simply writing great songs. I think that's really sad.

No one cares about these side projects; it is time for a reunion.

I completly agree, I thought he left to get sober, and now that he is, why not just rejoin the Darkness? They were incredible, at least on their first album.

[ierostyle]

Captain Cool wrote:

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.


Dude, chill out, Its refreshing when you hear bands and artists who dont take themselves too seriously, and if you dont like them then just leave them to it and let them entertain people. I gotta warn you, the type of people who normally get wound up by bands with a sense of humour are usually MCR fans, and you dont want to sound like one of them.

What a completely unenncessary and provactive statement towards MCR whats the point in that!!!!

[ierostyle]

Crimson Ghost wrote:

CrowLord wrote:

Stone Gods is where The Darkness continues, not this joke of a band


stone gods suck compared to hot leg, justin was the darkness

Stone Gods are certainly not where The Darkness continue and Justin wasn't alone in the darkness.
Stone Gods have already come out and said there music is not meant to be reminicent if Darkness and they don't want it to be it's a whole new band with all new music

[100%guitarmad]

yippee!

[Les Paul Ell]

Justin is amazing! Haha, he's just so fun and 'larious onstage. Didn't know the gig was over 18s only? That's megashit, i'll have to investigate that!

[str84ever]

[x]Huffy[x] wrote:

Haha. Stone Gods are better. He should never have quit The Darkness.

to be fair the darkness were terrible, this couldn't be much better.

[audiorapist]

Really glad this guys back on stage, seen him in manchester a few years back, this guy was born to mount a flying tiger and solo into the crowd

[TheZookeeper]

Lin wrote:

Seriously, The Darkness should just get back together. I wasn't aware of any animosity between the members.

They were a great band. They were fun, but they were never a joke band; in fact some of their second album is really touching. More than anything, it was the indie boy music media that killed them off, because they'd achieved success without them, by simply writing great songs. I think that's really sad.

No one cares about these side projects; it is time for a reunion.

The Darkness were my favourite band and got me into guitar oriented/heavier music.
I'd love for them to get back together, but Justin has said he's not going to do it because it'll be too tempting for him to get back into a downward spiral.

Oh and by the way
Hot Leg > Stone Gods

[bi-ah!]

justin hawkins=epic win

[Graveworm]

CANT FUCKING WAIT!

[Chasing-Hiway83]

the darkness is awesome. watch youtube and you'll see that he does indeed play many of the guitar solos. epic stuff

checked.

[strat0blaster]

When I saw this, only one thought went through my head. "Who the f*ck is Justin Hawkins and why do I care?"

[Sean-Man]

about damn time

[StratPat]

metal-murnanes wrote:

Good. If its anything like the darkness ill be pleased We need more feel-good rock n roll bands around.

+1 Very true

[Shazazmic]

ITS SLOTH FROM THE GOONIES!!

[Diamond Dave]

bi-ah! wrote:

justin hawkins=epic win

i can't argue with that

[kai29]

he should have fronted the new velvet revolver

[Oneironaut]

I absolutely hated the Darkness when they first came out. Then I saw the IBIATCL video again the other day and kinda wished they were still around. I have no idea why The Darkness wouldn't just reform.

[Regression]

Captain Cool wrote:

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.


Dude, chill out, Its refreshing when you hear bands and artists who dont take themselves too seriously, and if you dont like them then just leave them to it and let them entertain people. I gotta warn you, the type of people who normally get wound up by bands with a sense of humour are usually MCR fans, and you dont want to sound like one of them.

Nice way to stereotype. I like My Chemical Romance, but I also like Classic Rock, Metal, Jazz, Blues, Classical. Plenty of the stuff I listen to isn't serious at all by the way.

[x]Huffy[x] :
Haha. Stone Gods are better. He should never have quit The Darkness.

He went to rehab...

[bloodred16]

David_Bowie=GOD wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks he needs braces? Gahh those teeth!

lol I'm with you on that! The first thing I thought he'd do once he got a bit of money would be to see a dentist!

[denabob]

It's cool to see that Justin has cleaned himself up. The first Darkness disc was great, and, he did indeed play the majority of the leads when I saw them live on that tour. The guy can definitely play some guitar. I'll be checking this out for sure.

[pfa]

kai29 wrote:

he should have fronted the new velvet revolver

haha that would be hilarious

[slash_chord]

He needs to the be the new frontman of "queen", or mika

[Chimpy101]

strat0blaster wrote:

When I saw this, only one thought went through my head. "Who the f*ck is Justin Hawkins and why do I care?"

Why bother reading this piece of news or taking the time to post in it then....?

[stueey]

slash_chord wrote:

He needs to the be the new frontman of "queen", or mika

listening to heroes by hot leg, i know EXACTLY what u mean. I think that would be incredible if sang with queen instead of whats his face. lol

[The Rev Rules]

For all that hate Stone Gods, get their album, and listen to it. Its almosttt as good as Permission To Land.
All it needs is more falsetto vocals :P

Anyway, how can people say Hot Leg are better than Stone Gods, when theres ONE hot leg song out, and Stone Gods have an album out monday?

Until Hot Leg release more songs i think Stone Gods are better.

[Korzack]

Haha Hot Leg? That sounds about right from Hawkins. This could be interesting to hear what happens... Also, it's great to see the guy back to what he does best after that little trek into Rehab

[Pertenozzo]

I ****ing loved THE DARKNESS. I think this mother****er is really talented and I love the retro shit. Sorry for cursing a SHITLOAD but I had to I need THE DARKNESS.

[rockfan7]

[b] MCR fans, and you dont want to sound like one of them.

That hurt my feelings *cries*
Just kidding. Wish them well hopefully it's better than The Darkness

[Kingsway96]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

Uh dude, his brother played the guitar solo. And they look alike.

[fireoptic]

kalamari wrote:

Hang on, are they called Hot Legs or Hot Leg???? One sounds good and the other sounds like a medical complaint

that's f*cking funny bro.

[SWLABR]

love the darkness, love the stone gods, love hot leg. it's all good fun and anyone who says it's retro is seriously trippin. since when is straight up rock a retro thing? that's sad if it's true-no one told me...

[sorrykid77]

the darkness was a great band
even with his addiction they were a great live band
his vibrato with vocals and guitar prowess prove great in and out of the studio
sucks that his friends ditched him to create a new band

im sure in the future he will continue to amaze us

and thats not the greatest picture of him lol

[sorrykid77]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

besides the fact they he writes good music of course

[metalzeppelin]

pretty ugly dude.

[tommyg_99]

slash_chord wrote:

He needs to the be the new frontman of "queen", or mika

What the **** are you talking about.

[brianmay1966]

The perfect singer for Queen would be George Michaels.

[brianmay1966]

,,,if he'd only behave himself in a public restroom.

[flea878]

The only thing i respect Justin Hawkins for is the fact that hes been to rehab and cleaned himself up. That takes something, so well done.
But i personally can't stand the darkness, i think its self-indulgent glam rock that was outdated when it came out, let alone now. It's the musical equivalent of shouting "Quick, everyone, look at me!Look at me!"
I'm not expecting a lot else from Hot Leg(s), but i am prepared to be proven wrong if its actually a band that writes slightly more understated/complex/not self indulgent songs. Not going to hold my breath though.

[deathbyawesome]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

Looks like someones grumpy cause he can't sing and play guitar at the same time

[fastlanestoner]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

wait, so you're angry b/c he has an amazing voice AND can ****ing shred?

you're a doucheface.

[The Frayed Ends]

My god, what an ugly, ugly man.

[srv34]

Anjohl wrote:

What an idiot, I hated his fake 70's glam metal band foolishness. What angered me the most was that in the videos, you saw him singing the falsetto vocals, and then, during the big guitar solo,....it was him again!

Yeah, all those classic rock bands whose lead singers play lead guitar. What a joke. I hope this guy dissapears.

The darkness are amazing you take them too seriously... and Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan not to mention some of Pink floyd. There singers played lead guitar as well...

[the boogieman]

if hot legs turns out to be as outrageous as the darkness, he shouldve probably just rejoined the darkness

[coolo]

Stone Gods Album comes out tomorrow in Australia

WIN WIN WIN

[richard_edwards]

about time, mr hawkins!

a legend. reckon he'll still use his custom les paul?

[strat0blaster]

Chimpy101 wrote:

strat0blaster wrote:

When I saw this, only one thought went through my head. "Who the f*ck is Justin Hawkins and why do I care?"


Why bother reading this piece of news or taking the time to post in it then....?

Because I didn't know who Justin Hawkins was and wanted to find out?

[heavyairship]

type in the darkness on youtube

also where can i hear Heroes???

[custardkeeper]

the gig dates stated above are wrong...

the correct dates are:

London 6th August-proud galleries

birmingham 7th august - barfly

manchester 8th august-roadhouse

glasgow 9th august - king tuts.



all of this can be confirmed on the lad's website.

www.myspace.com/teamhotleg



thanks, Nikki

PS.If you go to www,myspace.com/teamhotleg and sign up for the newsletter you get a free download of heroes.give it a couple of listens, then decide.