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DD Smash were a New Zealand pop/rock band formed by Dave Dobbyn after the breakup of Th'Dudes.
Members
Members included Dave Dobbyn (guitar,vocals, songwriter), Peter Warren (drums), and Lisle Kinney (Bass Guitar), formerly of Hello Sailor.
Origin
Originally formed in New Zealand, the band was resident in Australia for much of its existence.
Records
DD Smash, mainly based around Dave Dobbyn as the main songwriter, also helped by being the frontman for the band, produced some of New Zealand's most iconic hits including the show starter "Devil You Know", pub anthem "Be Mine Tonight", and hits such as "Outlook For Thursday" and the more 80's sounding "Magic (What She Do)".
Achievement
"By late '81, DD Smash signed a recording deal and immediately set about recording their debut album, with Ian Morris in the producer's chair.
DD Smash released their debut album in 1982. Titled 'Cool Bananas' it debuted in the national chart at #1, an historic first. It remained in the chart for 24 weeks and became triple gold. The album's biggest hit was the fantastic 'Devil You Know'. In '82 the 'Top Male Vocalist' award was won by Dobbyn, 'Top Group' went to DD Smash, 'Cool Bananas' won 'Album of the Year', Ian Morris got 'Producer of the Year' for it, and the album even won 'Engineer of the Year' and 'Best Sleeve Design'." *
Lyrics
" OTHERWISE FINE... OTHERWISE IT'S DANDY... OTHERWISE FINE... OTHERWISE IT'S OVER THE TOP!" (chorus to Outlook for Thursday)
Breakup
DD Smash split during the 1980's when Dave Dobbyn became himself, 'Dave Dobbyn', The solo artist. From there he went to work on the Footrot Flats movie soundtrack. Many of the band members became involved with 'DD' over the years with drummer, Peter 'Rooda' Warren becoming Dave Dobbyn's drummer for the few years to come, until he was asked to leave under unclear circumstances, both party's stick to the "musical differences" story.
Discography
- Cool Bananas - 1982
- Deep in the Heart of Taxes - 1983
- The Optimist - 1984
See Also
External References
"DD Smash"