I’m Hurt.
I’ve hurt myself. The perils of being a frontman. Today is comments day, my favourite day as you all know. Thank you for all your questions, please, keep them coming. Also, if you have given a SuperThanks and your name is mentioned in this episode, it will be next week don’t worry.
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@jussikarasti
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
3:15 HEY MAN, Do you have a Moomin mug right there? 😀 you're 25% finnish now. Drinking your coffee from a moomin mug. I love moomins… like every finnish person who grew up watching them as a kid. Have a nice day/night Justin.
@ladyloramarie
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Eak! If that level of tendon or muscle tear happens again at least take a baby aspirin for some anticoagulation action because you are at high risk for those tiny clots of blood to get stuck in lungs or elsewheres… (RN /mom/punk rocker here). TY for this channel! It's great decompression after night shifts at the hospital:)
@BarbaraAntoinetteVeronica
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Why is your chest always being camouflaged. Your tats are what you wanted to have, no? I don't have any. It wasn't a good idea for my particular body. A friend told me nothing to have any a long time ago. It was good advice medically. It would have been too risky. It's your body. The hawk is nice. Since you have them why hife them? People even now say something about not buttoning your shirt. It's not like you are walking around in the avenues half naked. You're getting older. I'm older, among other careers I was a medical assistant. Anyone goes through changes of their immune system
Justin, just be very careful with your
@BarbaraAntoinetteVeronica
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
On a lighter note 😊! You are a rip, Justin. That's a compliment on how funny you are but I am sure you figured that out. And it's amazing how you juggle all the work you are attending to, knowing what that's like. I can relate to all of it. It's exhausting I know at times. I'm going back to bed right now because the beeping of some alarm going off earlier has finally ceased. I investigated & there's no danger, just an unfortunate issue with its system. I cracked a joke about it with another neighbor when we viewed & heard the reason for its occurance, which I thought was funny, but apparently she didn't realize I attempted to get her to laugh. Oh well.
@BarbaraAntoinetteVeronica
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Hmmm. I am not stuck in the past, but people may think that because they don't know me at all. It's projection, conjecture, nothing more. People that declare that should look @ themselves. I put the work into whatever is needed. Their need appears to be to squelch others happiness because they don't know the way there. It's boring what they do with their mouths. Stop trying to be so smart & instead be smart. Justin is intelligent. Allowing yourself to learn is a gift to your self. Be an individual. That is an art. We're all bits of one giant puzzle that makes the universe meld into sustaining it.
@carlhungus2521
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
I fancy myself a straight man but I'm not gonna lie, when Justin said 'I'm going to show you something '' and started to take his trousers off, I felt a surge of emotion….no sure what it was but I can tell you it was not sadness
@jessiejoseph1093
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Love!
@jessiejoseph1093
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Dude, that is a bruise. A bruise that size can create blood clots. Take aspirin if it happens again!
@PaulStargasm
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Surprised you went with The Touch over Dare. The Touch may be a better song but I'd argue Dare has the better synth work.
@robertmercer6023
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Hi Justin, saw you in Glasgow this year, brilliant show, how ever you never did Open Fire, which is a work of art musically……the song really stares something in me (a 66 yr old singer in a covers band) which I only heard after I heard yours in Glasgow. Best wishes Robby .
@wayneandrews1022
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Love Valerie
@jpcoll2011
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Woman scorned / breakup themes instantly makes me think of Adele . Cannot listen to it anymore as the songs make me want to slash my wrists.
@Leogunner2
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Studying a degree in song writing aged 50, this is Golden.
@avrellflagg310
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Woot, that's a moomin mug you got there eh! Bold choice if ever there was one.
@ashleyjackson4481
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
That looks more like a skateboarder injury ,
@tnvalleyyoga7122
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
LOL
@ParkerExp
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
I agree with the music theory thing, but once you hit 21st century 12 tone and such, you realize it’s alllll made up. Rules meant to be broken, everything based on context.
@jasonhepler9648
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Well I would walk 500 miles an I would walk 500 more 😊
@jasonhepler9648
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Well I would walk 500 miles an I would walk 500 more 😊
@clivejothompson63
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Also forgot to ask you before, do you have certain excersizes and diets that you do as it's great to hear that your sober for many years, and if you had to form a comedy band for comic relief who would you rather front it with Tim vine or Morrissey ?? Thanks Clive
@clivejothompson63
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Hey Justin , love what you do on this podcast , I was just wandering if in 2005 were you ever approached about taking part in live 8 after you were in band aid 3 ? Do you see another live aid event happening in 2025 ? Oh yeah do you hear from any ex members of the darkness or hotleg ? Keep up the great work your doing. Thanks Clive
@nolanheadley462
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
If it’s one of your favourites please review the song “together in Electric dreams“ by Georgio Moroder and Phil Oakey
@6stringmonk
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
That was a justified call out to "The Touch". It's amazing.
@folkslinger44
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
I worried about you just putting your pants back on so frivolously on camera. That can hurt!
@jenniferjones7229
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Justin! I'm a fan and a physiotherapist. Please be careful! My first thought upon seeing the angry bruise on your leg is that the origin point of your muscles is complaining loudly about the activity that they were made to do. I am also vegan. I hope you use nutritional yeast regularly and that you are either getting deep tissue massages, wet-heat therapy or doing gentle foam rolling on your hips, hip flexors, and hamstrings. You are clearly very fit. I hope you do core strength training too. But those bruises concern me, on a professional level. I reckon that you've a nutritionist helping to make sure that you are getting correct amounts of vitamins and minerals and that you drink heaps of water. Sending warmest regards from North East France (about 90 minuets from Basel, Switzerland). Thank you for such a lovely, fun, educational, and thought provoking YouTube channel. Also, really adore the new music that I have learned from watching JHRA (like Paramore!) Would love to see The Darkness on your next tour through our neck of the woods. Bises!
@davidshortall9302
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Hi Justin, I've only discovered your channel in the last few days. I got Covid for the first time this week so im binging youtube. I'm just wondering what you think of Bluegrass? lots of Metal musicians discover bluegrass and become obsessed. I'm wondering if you would review Billy Strings, "Dust in a Baggy"
Thanks, I really love your honest chat style.
@MrFraccobaldo
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
i am not particularly fond of The Darkness but this channel is wonderful 🙂
@lyndatelford4370
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
I was told that the buzzing in the ears are hair cells in the inner ear dying.
@michaeltyers7336
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Use in-ears and get a microphone pointed at the audience fed into your personal mix.
@ShivaCVIII
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
I've been watching a few on these and now I can't stop singing Justin Hawkins rides again whenever I walk up the stairs 🤣
@alleycat131313
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Holy macaroni, you look especially well and handsome today!
@martincruse-stoddart6528
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Hawk! Been watching these and always entertaining, been a long time brother, xxx Hank!
@pauloutdoors76
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
It's that cup again! Great chat, thanks.
@bryanlatrobe9262
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
You rocked NZ. The Darkness rules I swear. Admittedly I haven't watched this video yet I just wanted to say if you EVER get the chance go V.I.P. because Justin and the Lads are EVERYTHING GOOD IN THE WORLD.
@markr2289
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Hi Justin, would you please consider reviewing a Primus song ? I don’t think you’ve covered anything like this yet and I’d suggest “Winona’s big brown beaver” as an interesting one to get your teeth into. Really enjoyed your show in Perth, cheers.
@etm352
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Hi Justin. I’m curious, you’ve said you like Queen’s 70s albums best but are you a fan of any of their 80s albums? If so which is your favorite. I personally love A Kind of Magic and The Works. Thanks!
@krokovay.marcell
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
So here’s a comment: I was today years old when I learned that the song Grace Kelly was in fact sung by a guy named MIKA and not YOU! Somewhere in a parallel universe it’s a Darkness song and it’s savage. Please cover it sometime and show the world that your version would be much more epic!
@duncansalmondsmith
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
I would love to see Danny doing a video or two on his production style.
@steveallen1635
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Justin, I recently visited Lowestoft and wondered if there's any commemoration to the band anywhere in the town, a plaque for example?
@samsewall8341
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
As a young man I spent many hours searching for Stan Bush's recording of "The Touch" on cassette- but I never could. I was so young and foolish at the time I didn't know to look for the Transformers Soundtrack, I would wander store to store in the mall trying to find Stan Bush.
When I finally found it in my twenties, I was so excited.
I am pretty sure I heard Justin play it during soundcheck at a show in Toronto back in 2015. The VIP upgrade was amazing anyways, but hearing my childhood favourite song rocked out by Justin Hawkins himself high point of my life.
@anthonyrodriguez7950
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Yay, comments day! In your opinion / experience, which impacts a band's ability to "make it" (be financially successful enough to have making music be their sole source of income, not just a hobby or labor of love) the most? Is it the talent, the marketability, having the right timing (catching lightning in a bottle, and capitalizing on a moment), or simply having the right connections? Or a little of everything? Love the channel, you're an absolute treat – cheers!
@sirpeepooman6403
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Dear mr Rides again, who in your opinion has the bestest moustache in rock n roll (or music itself)
@gamingflixx
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Will you do a breakdown of Arctic Monkeys new songs ‘I ain’t quite where I think I am’ and ‘hello you’?
@NelsonP27
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Just stumbled across this channel. Played in bands at school, just did my first gig in 30 years, am remembering why i loved it so much. Am also loving this channel, great work Justin!
@loontil
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Everybody hurts sometimes apparently
@hadassahtannenbaum8828
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
I am a Professor, and I use your videos for my students. History of Rock and Roll. I like what you said about Music Theory. So many RR musicians don't read music. Thank you so much!
@hadassahtannenbaum8828
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
You are so fucking amazing! 501 jeans! Bravo. Take care of your leg.
@Ossie91
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
My favourite band break up reason was The Beautiful South, who broke up “due to musical similarities” 😂
@scottfromsouthcarolina3185
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 am
Heaven by the Cure is my favorite synth songs
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