Featuring Slow Children

vocals used as percussive accents

the quintet concept has been retired

a front image mirroring the original 2012 CD release artwork

[a6543477]) - Vocals [in 1969]

The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Birmingham (Live At The NEC 2006) (2xLP, RSD 2026) R&B Featuring Slow ChildrenThe Darkness is a British rock band formed in Lowestoft, Suffolk in 2000 by brothers [a=Justin Hawkins] and [a=Dan Hawkins]. Together with [a=Frankie Poullain] and [a=Ed Graham] the band recorded and released their debut album Permission to Land in 2003. Poullain left the band in 2005 and was replaced by [a=Richie Edwards], before the release of One Way Ticket to Hell and Back. Lead singer Justin Hawkins announced he had left the band in October 2006.