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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 '' No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims'' on

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

Sleeping My Day Away "Sleeping My Day Away" is the most successful single from the Danish rock band D-A-D outside Denmark, with two weeks on the UK top 100. The single was released in 1989, with "Ill Will" as the b-side. Both songs appear on their '' No Fuel Left for ...

". 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 Euro Speedway Lausitz.

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 The Whiteouts 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 use 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 iPhone 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

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