D-A-D (formerly stylized as D:A:D) is a Danish

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band. They were originally named Disneyland After Dark, but changed their name to avoid a lawsuit from

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History

In the early 1980s in

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, D-A-D started playing together under their original name ''Disneyland After Dark''. Pedersen came up with the name based on the idea that when the lights are out in

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, anything can happen. 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, Lene Glumer left the band and the three of them kept playing together and on 3 March 1984, Jesper's younger brother, Jacob, joined the band at a concert at Musikcaféen in Copenhagen. The band released their first album, '' Call of the Wild'' in 1986. The group made their international breakthrough in 1989 with the record ''

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'' on

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, which was released on the band's fifth birthday. They achieved some airplay with the single "

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". The current lineup is Jesper Binzer, Jacob Binzer, Stig Pedersen and Laust Sonne. The largest concert the band played as the opening act for the

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on their farewell festival on 17 June 2005, about 120,000 people on the

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Band members

Jesper Binzer *Birth: 4 September 1965 *Position: lead vocals, guitar,

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, and backing vocals. Binzer is from

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like Laust Sonne. He was one of the founders of the band in 1982. He also plays drums for the band

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and has also written a song for the Danish movie '' Bleeder''. Jacob Binzer *Birth: 28 October 1966 *Position: Lead guitar, backing vocals,

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, piano, and keyboards. *Nickname: Cobber Jesper Binzer's younger brother. He is from Frederiksberg. Jacob has played in the band since 1984. Stig Pedersen *Birth: 18 May 1965 *Position: Bass guitar, lead vocals and backing vocals. Stig is from

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and used to play in a punk band called ADS and also plays in a band called Hellbetty. A notable aspect of Pedersen's bass playing is his use of almost exclusively two-stringed bass guitars; his basses often take extravagant shapes, such as an

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whose screen shows the audience. Laust Sonne *Birth: 11 December 1974 *Position: drums, backing vocals,

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, keyboards, guitar, saxophone,

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, and bass guitar. Sonne is from Frederiksberg. He has played in the band since 1999. He also plays in the bands Dear and Bugpowder. Line-up history

Discography

Albums

Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Extended plays

Singles

Tours

*Scare Yourself Alive Tour (2005–2006) *D-A-D Tour 2007 (2007) *D-A-D Tour 2008 (2008) *Monster Philosophy Tour (2009) *D-A-D Tour 2010 (2010) *D-A-D Tour 2011 (2011) *Fast On Wheels Tour (2012) *D-A-D Tour 2013 (2013) *D-A-D Tour 2015 (2015)

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1982 establishments in Denmark Danish glam metal musical groups Danish hard rock musical groups Danish musical quartets English-language musical groups Musical groups established in 1982