DETROIT, MI Monday Apr.5.2004 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- A recent interview with Justin Hawkins of the Darkness was an illuminating one. When asked what he makes of music writers' constant comparisons to either Led Zepplin or, alternatively, Spinal Tap, Justin minced no words.

"The only understanding that they have of rock is 'Spinal Tap' and 'Wayne's World' and films like that. I'm talking about retarded, inadequate journalists, who really shouldn't be writing about rock, because they have no understanding of its history. The people who consider us an important are the likes of Brain May from Queen, the guys out of Aerosmith, the guys out of Def Leppard, the guys out of Thin Lizzy...people who know about rock and know what it is. I think that people who only have 'Spinal Tap' and 'Wayne's World' as their points of reference shouldn't be writing about it."

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