D-A-D
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D-A-D is a Danish
rock band
previously known as "Disneyland After Dark", a name that had to be changed after a threatening lawsuit
from The Walt Disney Company
. Their style of music is often categorized as melodic heavy rock. They have also used the names D.A.D., D•A•D and D:A:D, each name represents a period in the band's history.
, Denmark
, D-A-D started playing together under their original name Disneyland After Dark. Stig came up with the name based on the idea that when the lights are out in Disneyland, anything can happen. He thought the name reflected their music. The first lineup of D-A-D consisted of Jesper, Stig, Peter and Stig’s girlfriend, Lene Glumer. The band's debut concert was at the youth club Sundby Algaard. In December 1982 they forced Lene Glumer to leave the band, as she did not fit in, according to their opinion. The three of them kept playing together and on March 3. 1984 Jespers younger brother, Jacob joined the band at a concert at Musikcaféen in Copenhagen. They all liked the idea of him playing in the band and little by little he became a member of D-A-D.
The band wanted to make a record, so they began recording demo recordings in their rehearsal room. A friend of the band owned a record store, and helped them find contacts in the music business. John Rosing from the management bureau "Rock On" heard about Disneyland After Dark. He sought out the band in 1984, and became their booker. He took full management of the band until a year before he died of cancer in 1998.
The band released their first album, Call of the Wild
in 1986.
The group made their international breakthrough in 1989 with the record No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims
, which was released on the band's 5th birthday. The album became the band's greatest success, and also gave the band a million dollar contract with Warner Bros.
. The band was poised for great success in the United States, but the breakthrough didn't happen. The band achieved some airplay with the single "Sleeping My Day Away
", but in the end, the band gave up on the chance of making it big in the US, and concentrated on the European market.
The current lineup is Jesper Binzer, Jacob Binzer, Stig Pedersen and Laust Sonne.
musicians and their audience; they wanted to bring joy and life in their performances. The band's signature sound was conceived during rehearsal, when Stig tried to play a three-note riff with a different rhythm. The others joined in, the style known as cowpunk
. The lyrics were made-up stories where abundant clichés were added as an ironic twist.
Jesper is from Øsby like Laust Sonne. Jesper was one of the founders of the band, back in 1982. Jesper also plays drums for the band The Whiteouts, and has also written a song for the Danish movie Bleeder. Jesper has kept his hair long since he started school, and he says he will never cut it, which is also the theme of the song I Won’t Cut My Hair.
Jesper Binzer's younger brother. Jacob is from Frederiksberg. He started playing piano, but when his older brother started playing in bands he switched to the guitar, as he wanted to play in bands too. Jacob has played in the band since 1984.
Stig is from Amager
. Stig played, in the early days, in a punk band called ADS
. He was founder of the band, but was eventually kicked out in 82', so he founded D-A-D as a "payback". Stig also plays in a band called Hellbetty. Stig's bass guitars only have two strings or three strings. He found out in the late '80s that he only used the E and A string when he played, and made it his mark, to have funny, good looking basses. He is also seen using a one string bass at gigs (only one string away from an air guitar). Stig designs his own bass guitars based on his own ideas and imagination.
Laust is from Frederiksberg. He has played in the band since 1999. Laust also plays in the bands Dear and Bugpowder. His signature mark is playing the drums on a rising hydraulic scene, even at 30 feet height or more, sometimes together with Jesper.
Live albums
Compilations
EPs
, resulting in funny, melancholic quotes:
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
previously known as "Disneyland After Dark", a name that had to be changed after a threatening lawsuit
Lawsuit
A lawsuit or "suit in law" is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint...
from The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
. Their style of music is often categorized as melodic heavy rock. They have also used the names D.A.D., D•A•D and D:A:D, each name represents a period in the band's history.
History
In the early 1980s in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, D-A-D started playing together under their original name Disneyland After Dark. Stig came up with the name based on the idea that when the lights are out in Disneyland, anything can happen. He thought the name reflected their music. The first lineup of D-A-D consisted of Jesper, Stig, Peter and Stig’s girlfriend, Lene Glumer. The band's debut concert was at the youth club Sundby Algaard. In December 1982 they forced Lene Glumer to leave the band, as she did not fit in, according to their opinion. The three of them kept playing together and on March 3. 1984 Jespers younger brother, Jacob joined the band at a concert at Musikcaféen in Copenhagen. They all liked the idea of him playing in the band and little by little he became a member of D-A-D.
The band wanted to make a record, so they began recording demo recordings in their rehearsal room. A friend of the band owned a record store, and helped them find contacts in the music business. John Rosing from the management bureau "Rock On" heard about Disneyland After Dark. He sought out the band in 1984, and became their booker. He took full management of the band until a year before he died of cancer in 1998.
The band released their first album, Call of the Wild
Call of the Wild (D-A-D album)
Call of the Wild is the 1986 debut album by the Danish rock band D-A-D.- Track listing :#"Land of Their Choice"#"Call of the Wild"#"Riding with Sue"#"Marlboro Man"#"Counting the Cattle"#"Jackie O'"#"Trucker"#"Rock River"#"Jonnie"...
in 1986.
The group made their international breakthrough in 1989 with the record No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims
No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims
No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims is an album by Danish rock band D-A-D. The album was released on March 3, 1989.-Track listing:#"Sleeping My Day Away"#"Jihad"#"Point Of View"#"Rim Of Hell"#"ZCMI"#"True Believer"#"Girl Nation"#"Lords Of The Atlas"...
, which was released on the band's 5th birthday. The album became the band's greatest success, and also gave the band a million dollar contract with Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
. The band was poised for great success in the United States, but the breakthrough didn't happen. The band achieved some airplay with the single "Sleeping My Day Away
Sleeping My Day Away
"Sleeping My Day Away" is the most successful single from the Danish rock band D-A-D. The single was released in 1989 and the single included the title song and back-up with the song Ill Will. Both songs appear on their No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims album....
", but in the end, the band gave up on the chance of making it big in the US, and concentrated on the European market.
The current lineup is Jesper Binzer, Jacob Binzer, Stig Pedersen and Laust Sonne.
The music
The band formed as a revolution against the pessimistic and arrogant attitude among punkPunk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
musicians and their audience; they wanted to bring joy and life in their performances. The band's signature sound was conceived during rehearsal, when Stig tried to play a three-note riff with a different rhythm. The others joined in, the style known as cowpunk
Cowpunk
Cowpunk or Country punk is a subgenre of punk rock and New Wave that began in the UK and California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It combines punk rock or New Wave with country music, folk music, and blues in sound, subject matter, attitude, and style...
. The lyrics were made-up stories where abundant clichés were added as an ironic twist.
Jesper Binzer
- Birth: September 4, 1965
- Position: Lead vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, and backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
.
Jesper is from Øsby like Laust Sonne. Jesper was one of the founders of the band, back in 1982. Jesper also plays drums for the band The Whiteouts, and has also written a song for the Danish movie Bleeder. Jesper has kept his hair long since he started school, and he says he will never cut it, which is also the theme of the song I Won’t Cut My Hair.
Jacob Binzer
- Birth: October 28, 1966
- Position: Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, backing vocal, kazooKazooThe kazoo is a wind instrument which adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. The kazoo is a type of mirliton, which is a membranophone, a device which modifies the sound of a person's voice by way of a vibrating membrane."Kazoo" was the name given by...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, and keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
. - Nickname: Cobber
Jesper Binzer's younger brother. Jacob is from Frederiksberg. He started playing piano, but when his older brother started playing in bands he switched to the guitar, as he wanted to play in bands too. Jacob has played in the band since 1984.
Stig Pedersen
- Birth: May 18, 1965
- Position: Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, lead vocals and backing vocals.
Stig is from Amager
Amager
Amager is a Danish island in the Øresund. The Danish capital, Copenhagen, is partly situated on Amager, which is connected to the much larger island of Zealand by five bridges.-History:...
. Stig played, in the early days, in a punk band called ADS
ADS (band)
ADS was a Danish gothic punk band with among others Stig Pedersen and Lars Top-Galia .Genre-wise ADS was a mix of punk rock and post-punk not infrequently with a dystopian / doomsday-like expression...
. He was founder of the band, but was eventually kicked out in 82', so he founded D-A-D as a "payback". Stig also plays in a band called Hellbetty. Stig's bass guitars only have two strings or three strings. He found out in the late '80s that he only used the E and A string when he played, and made it his mark, to have funny, good looking basses. He is also seen using a one string bass at gigs (only one string away from an air guitar). Stig designs his own bass guitars based on his own ideas and imagination.
Laust Sonne
- Birth: December 11, 1974
- Position: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, backing vocals, vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
, keyboards, guitar, saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, xylophoneXylophoneThe xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets...
, and bass guitar.
Laust is from Frederiksberg. He has played in the band since 1999. Laust also plays in the bands Dear and Bugpowder. His signature mark is playing the drums on a rising hydraulic scene, even at 30 feet height or more, sometimes together with Jesper.
Line-up history
| 1984–1999 |
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| 1999–present |
Electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... Electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... Bass guitar The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... , backing vocals Backing vocalist A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... Drum kit A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... , backing vocals Backing vocalist A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... |
Albums
| Information | Peak Position |
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| "Call of the Wild Call of the Wild (D-A-D album) Call of the Wild is the 1986 debut album by the Danish rock band D-A-D.- Track listing :#"Land of Their Choice"#"Call of the Wild"#"Riding with Sue"#"Marlboro Man"#"Counting the Cattle"#"Jackie O'"#"Trucker"#"Rock River"#"Jonnie"... "
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| "D.A.D. Draws a Circle D.A.D. Draws a Circle D.A.D. Draws a Circle is an album by Danish rock band D-A-D. The album was released on June 16, 1987.The album contains D-A-D's first and only cover version, A Horse with No Name by America, at the request of producer .-Track listing:... " |
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| "No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims is an album by Danish rock band D-A-D. The album was released on March 3, 1989.-Track listing:#"Sleeping My Day Away"#"Jihad"#"Point Of View"#"Rim Of Hell"#"ZCMI"#"True Believer"#"Girl Nation"#"Lords Of The Atlas"... " |
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| "Riskin' It All Riskin' It All Riskin' It All is the 4th studio album from Danish rock band D-A-D.-Track Listing :# "Bad Craziness" # "D*Law" # "Day of Wrong Moves" # "Rock 'n' Rock Radar" # "Down That Dusty 3'rd World Road"... " |
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| "Helpyourselfish Helpyourselfish Helpyourselfish is the 5th studio album from Danish rock band D-A-D. It was released on March 1, 1995 and the follow-up album to the highly successful album Riskin' It All... " |
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| "Simpatico Simpatico (D-A-D album) Simpatico is an album by Danish rock band D-A-D. The album was released in 1997, to mixed reviews.-Track listing:#"Empty Heads" – 4:20#"Simpatico" – 3:12#"Home Alone 4" – 3:45#"Cloudy Hours" – 3:59... " |
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| "Everything Glows Everything Glows Everything Glows is an album by Danish rock band D-A-D. The album was released in 2000.-Track listing:#"Everything Glows" – 3:44#"Nineteenhundredandyesterday" – 4:59#"The Road Below Me" – 3:37#"Something Good" – 4:19... " |
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| "Soft Dogs Soft Dogs Soft Dogs is an album by Danish rock group D-A-D. The album was released On March 25, 2002. The album gained many favorable reviews, including six out of six stars by Danish music magazine Gaffa.-Track listing:#Soft Dogs#What's the Matter?... " |
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| "Scare Yourself Scare Yourself Scare Yourself is the 9th album by Danish rockband D-A-D. The album was released on May 23, 2005.Track Listing:# Lawrence of Suburbia - 4:31# A Good Day - 3:09# Scare Yourself - 3:36# No Hero - 3:08# Hey Now - 3:44... " |
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| "Monster Philosophy Monster Philosophy The 10th album by Danish rock band D-A-D. It was released on the November 10, 2008. The album was produced by Danish producer Jon "Joshua" Schumann, who has previously produced records for bands as Kashmir, Mew and Kent. The basic tracks for the album were recorded over a two week period in a... " |
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Live albums
- Osaka After Dark (1990, Japan Only)
- Psychopatico (1998)
- Scare Yourself Alive (2006)
Compilations
- D.A.D. Special (1989, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland only)
- Good Clean Family Entertainment You Can Trust (1995)
- The Early Years (2000)
- VA - Ungdomshuset (2005)
- The Overmuch BoxThe Overmuch BoxThe Overmuch Box celebrates the 25 years of D-A-D and is released on November 16th.It's a release of their complete works, containing 10 remastered studio albums plus rarities.-Remastered albums:* Call of the Wild * D.A.D...
(2009)
EPs
- Standin' on the never never (1985)
Singles
| Year | Information | Peak Position |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "I Want What She's Got" | DIS.NEY.LAN.DAFT.ERD.ARK |
Quotes
D-A-D:s lyrics are often quite humorous, and sometimes also melancholicMelancholia
Melancholia , also lugubriousness, from the Latin lugere, to mourn; moroseness, from the Latin morosus, self-willed, fastidious habit; wistfulness, from old English wist: intent, or saturnine, , in contemporary usage, is a mood disorder of non-specific depression,...
, resulting in funny, melancholic quotes:
- I grew up in a life-size pinball machinePinballPinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...
(from the song Laugh and a Half) - Good-bye and many tankTankA tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities...
s (from the song Down that dusty third-world road) - Can't win on a compromise, I'll rather lose on my own... (from the song Point of View)
- But you can't run away from trouble, Coz there ain't no place that far (from the song Jihad)