The rise and rise of rock monsters the Darkness, who in the space of 18 months have gone from playing pubs to picking up three Brit Awards, is a lesson in how to mix old and new.
February 2004
Darkness bring Brit rock out of the shadows
Brits success for The Darkness
Redundancy casts pall on Brits
Out of Croydon, the real Fame Academy
Why the Brits don't rock
Bad timing for Brit awards as single sales show biggest fall
January 2004
The Best of British? It's ok, you can blame me
Mysterious cabal picks strange bedfellows in the Year of the Flop