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| From | MogleyB@aol.com |
| Subject | Solid Gold Darkness |
| Date | Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:43:40 EST |
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> What could be more perfect then a spinal tap like experience that also
> rocks at the same time?
> Mb
> Np The Masked marauders
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> LONDON (Reuters) - Flamboyant British metal band the Darkness moved closer
> to realizing the holy grail of British rock -- "cracking America" -- when
> their debut album went gold in the United States.
>
>
> The glam rockers, whose camp lead singer Justin Hawkins has been compared to
> Freddie Mercury (news) and Aerosmith (news - web sites)'s Steve Tyler, have
> sold more than 500,000 copies of "Permission to Land" in the United States, a
> spokesman said on Friday.
>
> The Darkness's album, which has sold 1.3 million copies in Britain, is now
> 36 in the U.S. Billboard chart, and most of the group's upcoming 18-date U.S.
> tour had sold out, the spokesman added.
>
> Earlier this month, the band's dedication to previously unfashionable
> relics of rock history, such as big hair, wailing guitar solos and novelty
> Christmas records, was rewarded with three Brit awards.
>
> But as Robbie Williams (news), Oasis and others have shown, much-lauded
> British acts often struggle to translate domestic acclaim into success in the
> United States.
>
>
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