Long Live Rock Music

To celebrate the return of Mock Trial (and the 15 hours of weekly band practice that accompany it), let's get back to rock and roll. What better way than with Suffolk's very own... THE DARKNESS!!!

The Darkness' 2003 debut, Permission to Land, is a personal favourite. It's hard to believe that a decade has passed since its dropped. The band waited seven years after the absolutely atrocious One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back to release their next studio album, Hot Cakes. I'm happy to report that the reunited band is back and badass as ever.

Replete with scissor kicks, power stances, soaring vocals, and virtuoso guitar riffs, this band is probably still the most fun outfit in rock. Need proof? How about the second track off of their new album, With a Woman. I'll never get tired of this stuff.

And heck... The Darkness is probably one of only a handful of bands still writing power rock ballads (Living Each Day Blind). Hats off, boys. Long live the guitar solo.