D-A-D
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 D-A-D at the Roskilde Festival, 2005.
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Disneyland After Dark |
| Origin | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Genre(s) | Melodic Rock Hard rock Cowpunk |
| Years active | 1982 - Present |
| Label(s) | EMI Warner Bros. Records (US) (1989–1992) |
| Website | D-A-D.dk |
| Members | |
| Jesper Binzer Jacob Binzer Stig Pedersen Laust Sonne |
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| Former members | |
| Lene Glumer, Peter Lundholm Jensen. | |
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.
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[edit] History
In the early 1980s in Copenhagen, 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. In December 1984 they forced Lene Glumer to leave the band, as she did not fit in, according to their opinion. The band's debut concert was at the youth club Sundby Algaard in 1984.
The band wanted to make a record, so they began recording demo tapes in their practice 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.
[edit] The music
The band formed as a revolution against the pessimistic and arrogant attitude among punk 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, and made the style known in other parts of the world as cowpunk. The lyrics were made-up stories where abundant clichés were added as an ironic twist.
On their early works, a strong Danish accent is prevalent on the vocals, but this generally improves (along with the quality of the English) with later albums.
The band usually close their live performances with the song It's After Dark.
[edit] Band members
[edit] Jesper Binzer
- Birth: September 4, 1965
- In the band: Lead vocal, guitar, banjo, and backing vocal.
Jesper is from Frederiksberg 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.
[edit] Jacob Binzer
- Birth: October 28, 1966
- In the band: Lead guitar, backing vocal, kazoo, piano, and keyboard.
- 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.
[edit] Stig Pedersen
- Birth: May 18, 1965
- In the band: Bass, and backing vocals.
Stig is from Amager. Stig also plays in a band called Hellbetty. Stig's bass guitars only have two strings, some even only one string. Stig designs his own bass guitars based on his own ideas and imagination.
[edit] Laust Sonne
- Birth: December 11, 1974
- In the band: Drummer, backing vocals, vibraphone, keyboard.
- Other: Guitar, saxophone, xylophone, and bass.
Laust is from Frederiksberg. He has played in the band since 1999. Laust also plays in the bands Dear and Bugpowder.
[edit] Line-up history
| 1984-1999 |
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| 1999-present |
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[edit] Discography
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"Call of the Wild"
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"D.A.D. Draws a Circle"
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| "No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims" | |
"Riskin' It All"
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| "Helpyourselfish" | |
"Simpatico"
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| "Everything Glows" | |
"Soft Dogs"
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| "Scare Yourself" |
[edit] Live albums
- Osaka After Dark (1990, Japan Only)
- Psychopatico (1998)
- Scare Yourself Alive (2006)
[edit] Compilations
- D.A.D. Special (1989, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland only)
- Good Clean Family Entertainment You Can Trust (1995)
- The Early Years (2000)
EP. 1985, Standin' on the never never,. studio ep '85
[edit] Quotes
D-A-D:s lyrics are often quite humorous, and sometimes also melancholic, resulting in funny, melancholic quotes:
- I grew up in a life-size pinball machine (from the song Laugh and a Half)
- Good-bye and many tanks (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)
[edit] Trivia
The band is sometimes humourously referred to as Legoland efter lukketid (lit. Legoland after closing time), as a pun on Legoland being for Denmark what Disneyland is for other countries.
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