DD Smash
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = DD Smash
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| origin = New Zealand
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| years_active = 1980–1986
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| associated_acts = Th' Dudes, Disciplin A Kitschme, Lip Service, Hello Sailor
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| current_members =
| past_members = Dave Dobbyn
Peter Warren
Rob Guy
Lisle Kinney
Andrew Clouston
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DD Smash was a New Zealand pop/rock band formed in 1980 by Dave Dobbyn after the breakup of Th' Dudes. The band briefly used the name "Dave Dobbyn's Divers"{{cite web|title= DD Smash|url= http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/224.html|work= Biography|publisher= Music.net.nz}} until drummer Peter Warren came up with "DD Smash". Dobbyn says the name "seemed to say everything about what we were into, which was having a jolly good time and blasting out music."
{{cite web|title= Homegrown Profiles: Dave Dobbyn|url= http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/homegrown-profiles-dave-dobbyn-2005|work= Documentary|publisher= NZ On Screen}}
History
DD Smash formed in 1980. By late '81, DD Smash signed a recording deal and immediately set about recording their debut album, with Ian Morris as producer.{{cn|date=August 2021}}
DD Smash released their debut album in 1982. Titled Cool Bananas it debuted at number 1 in New Zealand and was certified triple gold.{{cn|date=August 2021}}
DD Smash split during the mid-1980s when Dave Dobbyn began recording by himself.{{cn|date=August 2021}}
In 2015, as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the New Zealand Music Charts, Recorded Music NZ honoured DD Smash's debut album Cool Bananas as being the first album by a New Zealand artist to debut at No.1 on the album chart.{{cite web|title=40 years of chart-topping music|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/68912803/40-years-of-chart-topping-music|website=Stuff|date=27 May 2015 |accessdate=19 July 2015}}
Members
- Dave Dobbyn (guitar, vocals, songwriter)
- Andrew Clouston (saxophone),
- Peter (Rooda) Warren (drums),
- Rob Guy (Revox) (guitar)
- Lisle Kinney (bass guitar)
Discography
= Albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2" | Details ! Peak chart ! rowspan="2" | Certifications |
|---|
| NZ{{cite web|title=DISCOGRAPHY DD SMASH |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=DD+Smash |website=charts.nz |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=19 July 2015 }} |
| 1982
|
| align="center" | 1 | |
| 1983
| Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes |
| align="center" | 11 | |
| 1984
|
| align="center" | 6 | |
| colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "–" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Year
!Title !NZ !AUS{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=84}} !Album |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| Bull by the Horns (Dave Dobbyn and DD Smash) | align="center" | – |– | Non-album single |
| "Repetition"
| align="center" | 25 |– | rowspan="3" |Cool Bananas |
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| "Devil You Know" | align="center" | 35 |– |
| "Solo"
| align="center" | – |– |
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| align="center" | 3 |– | Non-album single |
| "Actor"
| align="center" | – |– | rowspan="5" |The Optimist |
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| "Whaling" | align="center" | 8 |70 |
| "Surrender"
| align="center" | – |– |
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| align="center" | 4 |– |
| "She Loves Me Back"
| align="center" | 38 |– |
| colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "–" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
= RIANZ Awards =
The New Zealand Music Awards are awarded annually by the RIANZ in New Zealand.
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Details !Result |
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| rowspan=7|1982
| Album of the Year | {{won}} |
| Top Male Vocalist
| Dave Dobbyn | {{won}} |
| Top Group of the Year
| | {{won}} |
| Most Promising Male Vocalist
| Dave Dobbyn | {{won}} |
| Producer of the Year
| Cool Bananas – Ian Morris | {{won}} |
| Engineer of the Year
| Cool Bananas – Paul Streekstra & Doug Rogers | {{won}} |
| Sleeve Design of the Year
| Wayne Robinson – Cool Bananas | {{won}} |
| rowspan=10|1983
| Album of the Year | Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes | {{won}} |
| Single of the Year
| {{won}} |
| Top Male Vocalist
| Dave Dobbyn | {{won}} |
| Top Group of the Year
| | {{won}} |
| Producer of the Year
| {{nom}} |
| Most Popular Artist
| | {{won}} |
| Best Music Video
| "Outlook for Thursday" –Andrew Shaw | {{won}} |
| rowspan=2 | Engineer of the Year
| Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes–Graeme Myhre | {{nom}} |
| "Outlook for Thursday"–Paul Streekstra
| {{nom}} |
| Producer of the Year
| "Outlook for Thursday"– Dave Dobbyn | {{nom}} |
| 1985
| International Achievement | | {{nom}} |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/224.html DD Smash on muzic net]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014144/http://www.nzmusic.com/music/dd_smash DD Smash Profile] - NZMusic.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232906/http://www.nzmusic.com/node/1119 DD Smash Forum] - NZMusic.com
- [http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/cabaret/9040/luck.htm 1986 Chris Bourke article on the band and the breakup]
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