Hot Leg Video - Trojan Guitar
2006 saw the fall of The Darkness who burst into the charts back in 2003 with “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”. They had a total of 5 singles in top ten of the UK chart, won three Brit Awards and the Ivor Norvello Award for songwriting. The debut album, titled “Permission to Land” sold over 1.4 million in the UK.
When the follow up to the debut was released in 2005, titled “One Way Ticket To Hell…And Back” it failed to achieve the same success and the band parted ways.
But Justin, not one to be kept down for long, even after his Eurovision attempt in 2007, has bounced back with a new band, a new single and a new album!
The new band, Hot Leg, have signed with Barbeque Rock Records and have Justin Hawkins on vocals and guitar, Pete Rinaldi on guitar and backing vocals, Samuel SJ Stokes on bass and backing vocals and Darby Todd on drums and backing vocals.
The band will be touring this year and even supporting Alterbridge and Extreme. Check out the Hot Leg site for more details. You can also check Bebo and Myspace for tour dates and ticket information.
The debut single, Trojan Guitar, is due to be released on October the 20th and the album will follow in January.
Hawkins commented on the new band and album:
“Some people are going to dismiss it because of the Darkness thing, but that’s just the way it is”.
Here’s some snippets of the video!!