The Darkness used to want “two ice cubes straight into the eyes” to get on stage.
The Darkness has a novel hangover remedy to get on stage
The ‘I Consider In A Factor Referred to as Love’ rockers – who just lately launched their eighth album ‘Goals On Toast’ – have calmed down from their early days partying on the highway, however guitarist Dan Hawkins has recalled early techniques they used to get via hangovers on tour.
As quoted by the Day by day Star newspaper’s Wired column, he recalled: “We had a wardrobe assistant and certainly one of his jobs was to deploy two ice cubes straight into the eyes, closed I’d say, about half an hour earlier than the gig, to attempt to jumpstart out with the ability to truly play the gig as a result of we had been so f****** hungover.”
Dan insisted that ice cubes had been a greater hangover remedy than the hair of the canine.
He contemplated: “Possibly it is the struggle or flight factor. It type of makes your mind ship emergency alerts.
“It was only a cycle of that.
“You mainly play the place you might be are nearly in a position to locate stage from the night time earlier than, do the gig and you then come off like and the entire thing would begin once more.”
The band initially got here to an finish after Dan’s brother Justin’s battles with medication and alcohol, earlier than reuniting in 2010 and returning to the reside stage the next yr at Obtain.
Now clear, the ‘I Hate Myself’ group are on the rise with a resurgance of recognition, with new album ‘Goals On Toast’ chasing the UK album chart’s high spot.
The Darkness – accomplished by Frankie Poullain and Rufus Taylor – additionally just lately headlined London’s Wembley Area for the primary time.
Dan mentioned: “The target, proper from the phrase go, was to headline Wembley Area. We knew that’s the place we ought to be actually.
“There’s just a few arenas on this run and that is one thing we have labored very exhausting in direction of since we acquired again collectively in 2010.”
And Dan has backed The Darkness to proceed their revival due to their clear life-style.
He added: “I believe we’re truly fairly younger so if we hold match and wholesome, which all of us do religiously, there is no cause why we will not simply hold constructing and be those carrying the torch for traditional rock in 10, 15 years time.”
