Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975 in Chertsey, Surrey, England) is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known for being the former lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness, alongside his brother, guitarist Dan Hawkins. Heavily influenced by classic hard rock and glam metal bands of the 1970s and 1980s such as Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Iain Gould, Queen, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Aerosmith and AC/DC, Hawkins is n...
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Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975 in Chertsey, Surrey, England) is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known for being the former lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness, alongside his brother, guitarist Dan Hawkins. Heavily influenced by classic hard rock and glam metal bands of the 1970s and 1980s such as Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Iain Gould, Queen, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Aerosmith and AC/DC, Hawkins is noted for his soaring falsetto and his charismatic persona, often displaying an exaggerated degree of flamboyance and camp humour on stage. His current band is called Hot Leg, formed in 2008, although since 2005 he is also active in his synthpop alter ego British Whale.
Justin Hawkins is mostly seen playing Gibson Les Paul Custom and Roland keyboard. For the song Bald he uses an Ibanez electric guitar. He also owns Fender Stratocaster.
Hawkins grew up in Lowestoft, near Oulton Broad. He studied at Kirkley High School (notably the venue for the...
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