‘Knight of the Living Dead’ Single out on Integral/PIAS, on June23 2008... When Rock3 caught The Stone Gods on stage their class shone through as they stomped out their set see the band in action HERE: plus read the Rock3 review of 'Silver Spoons and Broken Bones'

When the rollercoaster ride that was The Darkness came to an abrupt and messy end with the departure of Justin Hawkins, the remaining members of the band were staring premature retirement in the face. But when rock n roll courses through your veins, surrender is never an option, and so less than an hour after their erstwhile singer jumped ship, plans were already afoot to get ti’ show back on the road.

‘The whole thing had fallen apart,” says former bassist and Stone Gods’ singer/guitarist Richie Edwards. “I got the phone call fro Justin and I thought ‘that’s it’, but half an hour later Dan rang me and said, ‘Rich, do you fancy doing a bit of singing?’ We got together and started writing and it’s snowballed from there.”

An entirely tougher, edgier and heavier beast than their former band, the arrival of Stone Gods represents a scintillating new day for British rock music. Fronted by Richie Edwards, whose powerful voice resonates with four decades of classic rock gusto, and with Dan Hawkins assuming lead guitar duties, former Graham Coxon alumnus Toby MacFarlaine on bass guitar and Ed Grahar hammering the skins, these road-ravaged pros have spent the last year slaving away over hot guitars, carefully crafting the song that will comprise their forthcoming debut album titled “Silver spoons and broken bones”. A dazzling and diverse mixture of crunching heavy metal anthems, irresistible radio-rock and sumptuous, ballsy ballads; it’s a glorious celebration of everything tha makes loud, blaring rock ‘n’ roll so reliably exhilarating.

“If your favounte song of all time was ‘Friday Night’ then you’ll hear ‘Burn The Witch’ and you probably won’t like it,” states Dan. “But that’s cool. In a way, that’s exactly what we want! We don’t want people shouting for Darkness songs.”

The aforementioned ‘Burn The Witch’ was the titular track from the band’s debut EP - a four track extravaganza that sold out it’s 2000 print run in a flash, and demonstrated just how exciting a proposition The Stonegods truly are.
Rock3 review

Phase two kick off with an iTunes exclusive single release “Knight of the living dead”, due out May 25°’, accompanied by an intimate club headlining tour. Following festival appearances at Download and The Isle of Wight the debut album (Recorded at C Hawkins’ own studio and engineered/co-produced with Dan by Nick Brine and mixed by the highly respected Mike Fraser) will follow on July 7th 2008.

“I just can’t fuckin’ wait to get out there and play these songs to people!” enthuses Richie. “We’re all very confident,” adds Dan. “We’ve taken control of our ambitions and no one’s power hungry or fame mad. We won’t repeat any mistakes from the past. We’ve got a really punk rock attitude. I don’t have to play the game anymore. I’m not in a pop band. I don’t want to be a celebrity I’m not interested in any of that shit. I’m just so happy to be in this band. The music is the only thing that matters.”

Review of the Debut album 'Silver Spoons & Broken Bones' HERE
Catch the band live at one of their up-coming UK shows:

10 Jun 2008 20:00 Academy II Liverpool
11 Jun 2008 20:00 The Point Cardiff
12 Jun 2008 20:00 Thekla Bristol
13 Jun 2008 20:00 Download Festival Donnington
14 Jun 2008 20:00 I.O.W. Festival Isle Of Wight
16 Jun 2008 20:00 Academy Oxford
17 Jun 2008 20:00 Roadmender Northampton
18 Jun 2008 20:00 Concorde II Brighton
19 Jun 2008 20:00 Islington Academy London
21 Jun 2008 20:00 Academy II Birmingham
22 Jun 2008 20:00 Academy II Newcastle
23 Jun 2008 20:00 King Tuts Glasgow
24 Jun 2008 20:00 Cabaret Voltaire Edinburgh
26 Jun 2008 20:00 Doghouse Dundee
27 Jun 2008 20:00 Academy III Manchester
28 Jun 2008 20:00 Sugarmill Stoke
29 Jun 2008 20:00 Waterfront Norwich

Live Review of The Stone Gods