Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins says that British bands (except his, obviously) are producing very dull music, and says the reason The Darkness are so influenced by seventies style rock is that no-one more recent is able to inspire them.
He says, "British music is the laughing stock of the world. It's such fucking dreary bullshit. It's such a cliché to say, 'We were so bored of the industry around us that we started our own band!' But it's no coincidence that all our influences are from a long time ago."
If that's the case, though, how is it that the dreariest band of them all is doing such great business all over the bloody planet? And I think you all know who I mean.