Richie had previously sung lead vocals when The Darkness had covered AC/DC songs live, and he and Dan immediately started to think about a new musical direction.

A new band was to be formed and Richie Edwards indeed made the move from bass guitar to centre stage as lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist.

[2] The line up was completed by drummer Ed Graham (also of the Darkness) and bassist Toby MacFarlaine (who was a long time friend of Dan Hawkins).

The band spent the later part of 2006 and early 2007 writing and rehearsing new material and commenced recording their debut album soon after.

In October 2007 the website of the UK music magazine Classic Rock leaked a news piece saying that a new band called Stone Gods had been added as a support act on the upcoming UK tour by Thin Lizzy, it was also stated in this news piece that this band was made up of ex-members of The Darkness.

This news was confirmed by the launch of an official website a few days later and a string of support dates was announced for November and December 2007.

In January 2008 Stone Gods headlined their first proper tour in the UK and it was announced that a limited edition EP called Burn The Witch was to be released by independent label PIAS on 25 February 2008.

The EP contained two tracks from the upcoming debut album – "Burn The Witch" and "You Brought A Knife to a Gunfight" as well as two non-album b-sides "Breakdown" and "Heartburn", and only 1000 copies would be made.

However, a statement appeared on the band's website on 9 June explaining that the first three dates (Liverpool, Cardiff and Bristol) had been cancelled due to 'an emergency health issue' with drummer Ed Graham.

[4] This issue was not specified at the time (it was later reported in SPIN magazine that he had departed the band due to the blood disorder osteonecrosis[5]) and when the tour commenced on 13 June at the Download Festival it was with ex-Bush drummer Robin Goodridge behind the kit.

As expected, it was eventually announced on 29 July that Ed Graham had left the band permanently, and that Robin Goodridge would fill in temporarily.

After a well received performance at the Download Festival in June 2009 the band announced that they would spend most of the rest of the year writing, rehearsing and recording songs for their second album.

On 25 August 2009, Richie was quoted on the band's official forum as saying, "New album over halfway there and fingers crossed for a Christmas release with a tour to follow early in 2010!".

"[10] During an appearance at The Guitar Show in Birmingham on 24 February 2018, Dan Hawkins mentioned that the second Stone Gods album might be released during 2018.