Heavy Metal/Hard Rock is at or near an all-time low here in the US. I'm not 
sure about fist pumping and shouting "woo hoo" though.


>From: bob_hutton@standardlife.com
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: The Darkness:  a theory (by Prof. Bob C Hutton)
>Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:05:16 +0000
>
>Here's my theory on why the Darkness are so popular in the UK:
>
>Heavy metal/hard rock is not currently popular in Britain at present (maybe
>even as marginalised as power-pop!).  We in Britain are cynical people and
>we enjoy entertainers that take the p*ss out of things we don't like.  The
>Darkness, in our opinion, take the p*ss out of heavy metal/hard rock by
>playing toe-curlingly awful music with embarassing lyrics.  So we like
>them.  If they were serious they wouldn't have sold diddly in UK.
>
>In the USA, punching the air and shouting "Woo-Hoo" while watching heavy
>metal/hard rock bands is as popular as ever (if not more so).  Hence, The
>Darkness are taking the p*ss out of something a lot of Americans cherish -
>and Americans don't like that.  This is why the USA will only warm to The
>Darkness if Americans somehow don't get the joke and believe the band is
>serious.
>
>Just a theory.  Personally I preferred Spinal Tap, both for the sharper wit
>AND for the better songs.
>B^)
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