One Way Ticket: The Autobiography

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The highly entertaining and gloriously indiscreet memoir from glam rock royalty Justin Hawkins, the much-loved flamboyant frontman of The Darkness. When Justin Hawkins and his thunderbolt catsuit burst on to the music scene, The Darkness unleashed their brand of glam rock on an unsuspecting public. The band's now-legendary early shows earned them legions of fans, instantly enthralled by the flamboyance, the noise, the sheer spectacle. Whilst their debut album, Permission to Land, catapulted them to global fame, The Darkness lived as extravagantly as their music. They reignited the fading hedonism of the rock'n'roll era, celebrated the pure joy of performing, and broke all the rules. Twenty years on, with the band still selling out arenas around the world, Justin Hawkins finally tells his story. From his Lowestoft childhood, where he taught himself to play the guitar in his bedroom and began gigging with local bands from the age of twelve, to the formation of The Darkness and the cultivation of their distinct sound, to the fast living that nearly killed him. Told with the same irreverence as his music, One Way Ticket is packed with brilliantly funny stories, outrageous encounters and wild tales from a lovable music icon.

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Justin Hawkins is an English musician and singer/songwriter best known for being the founder, lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness.