Feedback (podcast) W/ Wes Nyle

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP17. The Darkness. 06.29.12 The sound and feel of Eighties Glam Rock is seldom recreated successfully by new artists.  Probably because not many can understand how being under the influence of alcohol, heroin, and cocaine, while wearing a neon colored cat suit, or a furry corset ever attracted anyone, or was labeled as a good or even a decent business model.In 2000 brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins discovered what may have been a hidden talent while in a Karaoke bar as Justin sang Bohemian Rhapsody, on New Year’s Eve.  His voice and stage presence was enough to make them drop the current act they were in called Empire and peruse what we now know as The Darkness.In 2003 the group would debut with the album Permission to Land.  The album went quadruple platinum in their homeland the United Kingdom and yielded their best known material, I Believe In A Thing Called Love, Love Is Only A Feeling, and Get Your Hands Off Of My Woman.Being a roadie has its perks, even