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| 21 Mar 2009 |

Hot Leg, Spin party at Stubb’s, 2:30 p.m.
Here’s a shocker: The new band from Justin Hawkins, former lead singer of the Darkness, sounds-are you sitting down?-exactly like the Darkness! Who’da thunk? Hot Leg’s corny, over-the-top mix of ‘80s metal and Queen-style glam-rock probably would’ve been fun at 2 a.m. after a few whiskey shots, but in the heat of mid-afternoon, it just seemed a bit fussy and overdressed-much like Hawkins himself. “It’s hot, isn’t it?” the poodle-haired singer asked the crowd at one point. Yeah, dude-when you’re clad head-to-toe in biker leather, it is. Don’t they have Weather.com over in England?
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http://newyork.metromix.com/music/article/sxsw-2009-report-day/1041991/content

| 21 Mar 2009 |

After getting our buttholes thumped beyond all imagination from in-between-set DJ offerings from Crystal Method, it was time for Hot Leg. Dude from Brooklyn Vegan told us that Hot Leg's new record--only available in the UK--was "better than the second Darkness record but not better than the first Darkness record." But when the band came onstage (featuring Hawkins sporting a full-length studded metal jumpsuit with a red bandanna and matching red leather gloves), we really can't say that we cared anymore. We were here to be entertained, not courted.

Read more | 21 Mar 2009 |

The first album by Hot Legs - former Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins' new band - hasn't released its first album in the U.S. yet, but the group is already working towards its second. Guitarist Pete Rinaldi and drummer Darby Todd told Billboard.biz on Friday - after the British quartet's performance at a Spin-magazine afternoon party at South By Southwest, one of four scheduled festival performances - that Hawkins and company were into "serious" songwriting for the follow-up to "Red Light Fever."

Read more at www.billboard.biz

| 21 Mar 2009 |

On a taco break - meanwhile, enjoy the manic energy of Hot Leg, a new favorite band I saw a few hours ago that stars Justin Hawkins from the Darkness. Keep tabs on tonights concerts at twitter.com/nylonmag - xo faran



http://nylonmag.com/nylonblogs/blog/2009/03/20/south-by-south-best/

| 21 Mar 2009 |

Some photos by Ben Hamilton who went to the Norwich College Q & A Session are now up in the gallery!

| 21 Mar 2009 |

Marking the release of their first album Red Light Fever, Justin Hawkins and Pete Rinaldi from Hot Leg drop in to talk to Tom Russell and play a couple of acoustic tracks.

| 20 Mar 2009 |

He may be better known for his revealing frontless cat-suits but the former lead singer of The Darkness was in more sensible attire when he paid Norwich music students a visit yesterday.

Young people at the Norwich Access to Music College on King Street were given the opportunity to speak to Lowestoft man Justin Hawkins and his new Hot Leg band mates about how to achieve success in the music industry.

Read more | 20 Mar 2009 |