Dancing in a leotard, flaunting his fully-exposed chest to the likes of David Lee Roth and Freddie Mercury, lead singer, Justin Hawkins, of The Darkness has re-established ’80s glam-rock. Hailing from England, the foursome’s debut album Permission to Land has already gone four times platinum in the United Kingdom. Once a band struggling for mainstream acceptance, The Darkness have now become a cult-like hit. And why not? With such rockin’ hits like “Growing on Me” and “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” they have made the theme of love a sexual escapade for all to explore. “I believe in a thing called love / Just listen to the rhythm of my heart / There’s a chance we could make it now / We’ll be rocking ’til the sun goes down.” Their obsession with women, their over-exotic garb and their endless supply of emotional charge give The Darkness a similar comparison to the band in Rob Reiner and Christopher Guest’s rock-umentary / mock-umentary This is Spinal Tap. Like Spinal Tap, The Darkness embodies elaborate stage set-ups, comical lyrics and eccentric body language. It is impossible not to feel good about a band whose lead singer can become a soprano, hitting high notes without going into a falsetto voice. In all, The Darkness have landed, but so did Poison in the ’80s.