Blog: Raindog's Rants

The collapse of his former band, The Darkness , and an unsuccessful attempt to represent the United Kingdom in 2007's Eurovision Song Contest have hardly dampened Justin Hawkins' drive. But the frontman of new rock quartet Hot Legs has quite an act to follow. The Darkness' debut album, "Permission to Land", was friggin' great. I listened to it on the way up to see Nick Cave last week and bemoaned their premature implosion under the weight of Hawkins foray into controlled substances. "We overachieved, really," Hawkins says. [...]