DD Smash

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" 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." 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.[citation needed] DD Smash released their debut album in 1982. Titled Cool Bananas it debuted at number 1 in New Zealand and was certified triple gold.[citation needed] DD Smash split during the mid-1980s when Dave Dobbyn began recording by himself.[citation needed] 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. Dave Dobbyn (guitar, vocals, songwriter) Andrew Clouston (saxophone), Peter (Rooda) Warren (drums), Rob Guy (Revox) (guitar) Lisle Kinney (bass guitar) The New Zealand Music Awards are awarded annually by the RIANZ in New Zealand. Music of New Zealand "DD Smash". Biography. Music.net.nz. "Homegrown Profiles: Dave Dobbyn". Documentary. NZ On Screen. "40 years of chart-topping music". Stuff. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015. "DISCOGRAPHY DD SMASH". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2015. "Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013". Te Ara. Encyclopedia of NZ. Retrieved 19 July 2015. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 84. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. "NZMAs". nzmusicawards.co.nz. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012. DD Smash on muzic net DD Smash Profile - NZMusic.com DD Smash Forum - NZMusic.com 1986 Chris Bourke article on the band and the breakup