Permission To Land, the debut album by The Darkness, was the surprise hit of the early 2000s. In the UK it went all the way to No.1. But the band’s second album was a flop – and lead guitarist and vocalist Justin Hawkins knows exactly why.
That second album was aptly named: One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back. And as Hawkins explains to MusicRadar: “We spent a lot of money and time on making the album, but we didn’t spend that long writing it. I don’t think the songs are as concise and road-honed as the debut, which we’d evolved in pubs.
