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TheDarko

About Me


two drummers start a band (!)…
cue fat beats, cool breaks, changing lightbulbs, late night benders, flying knickers and big broken noses, complete with a few lost weekends.
rock’n’roll clichés aside, the past year has been an introspective, yet exciting and revelatory one for international Amsterdam based outfit - TheDarko.
having recorded half a dozen songs at a friends studio, drummer/multi-instrumentalist Darko Tadsson asked his long time drum-pal, the archetypical hard hitting-skinsman, Sin Ishtar, if he’d be interested in joining his band.
although Tadsson was still the only member at his point, Sin readily accepted the offer and they retreated to his rehearsal space, next to Amsterdam Airport, where the two started competing for noise with incoming 747’s...
positive press and radio airplay with first (obvious) single “Killing Time” on Dutch national stations (KinkFM, 3FM, VPRO 3v12), sparked the duo’s infectious enthousiasm and soon enough the dates were set for Theater Bellevue, Winston Kingdom, Paradiso, Melkweg, Sugarfactory, Pacific Parc etc...
no time to lose in forming a proper live band then...
driving home from Nevada, bassist Martin Von Fame, joined soon afterwards...
their seemingly effortless capability in firing off one indie-rock, energy-pop gem after another, is already filling a void in the flat Dutch musical landscape, providing a healthy sense of urgency to their songs and huge ears for melody to match!
getting picked up by 3FM national radio contest, TheDarko joined forces with a top British producer Phil Vinall (Placebo, Snow Patrol, dEUS etc.) for a three-day studio session, that resulted in new single "Big Maybe", another energy beauty from TheDarko's vault.
Popronde 2008 tour, past autumn, brought TheDarko to new audiences nationwide and after a brilliant finale of Amsterdamse Popprijs 08, the band is currently finishing material for their debut EP!
coming soon to a stage near you...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/06/2006
Band Members: Darko Tadsson - guitar/vox
Sin Ishtar - drums/vox
Martin Von Fame - bass/vox

Influences: a few
Sounds Like: TheDarko in Melkweg...

...opening for The Pigeon Detectives

TheDarko live at Sugarfactory - Hey

TheDarko unplugged for 3v12 Amsterdamse Sessies

Look here for the full story!

FLYING KNICKERS

Listen to TheDarko on 3v12 radio show!

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Thoughts

Well, after those 15 mins of instant fame (GPNL quarters), last Thursday, we're back to normal, writing and rehearsing. We'll be settling the recording dates this week, aiming for next September to en...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:41:00 GMT

The View from the balcony is nice

Played awesome support to The View the other night.... Darko banging some drum, featuring eternal Alan McLachlan on mandoline from hell. Folks loved it. Tonight is TheDarko's night out, Paradiso that'...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:46:00 GMT

Do they know its Christmas time....

Played finale of Amsterdam Popprijs last Saturday.Didn't win, but fired a hell of a gig! Crowd loved it, good ol' Melkweg was shaking as Mr Fame was back on bass. Got some great reviews and lotsa atte...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:49:00 GMT

TheDarko & Pigeon Detectives

Proud to anounce that the band is playing in support of Pigeon Detectives in Melkweg, Amsterdam on October 28th! Another gig on the Popronde is coming our way, Eindhoven on November 21st! Mr. Fame wi...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:58:00 GMT

TheDarko plays next round Amsterdamse Popprijs!

Well, how wrong you can be.... We just LOVE music competitions , don't we guys???The news is that TheDarko made it to the next round of Amsterdamse Popprijs, organized by GRAP! That means: October 30...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:16:00 GMT

TheDarko news!

Lemme see, hmmm.... We did Amsterdamse Popprijs at Wilhelmina Pkhs. It was kinda messy organisationwise, though fun for us to play. Music competitions of any kind suck, but we played another gig and t...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:28:00 GMT

TheDarko at Zwarte Cross and other tails...

Hey everybody, TheDarko rollin' strong! Just won another 3FM prize - studio time to record a single at Markant Studios in Holland! There were 458 bands/acts competing and TheDarko is one of the three ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:16:00 GMT

TheDarko among winners 3FM Serious Talent contest

There we go! It's in Dutch, but it says TheDarko is going to compete te other two winners, recording the single and gettin airplay on 3FM (Dutch National Radio). Yeah!     PERSBERICHT ..:nam...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:35:00 GMT