D-A-D (formerly stylized as D:A:D) is a Danish rock band. They were originally named Disneyland After Dark,[3] but changed their name to avoid a lawsuit from The Walt Disney Company.[citation needed]
History
In the early 1980s in Copenhagen, 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 Disneyland, 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 current lineup is Jesper Binzer, Jacob Binzer, Stig Pedersen and Laust Sonne.
The largest concert the band played as the opening act for the Böhse Onkelz 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, banjo, and backing vocals.
Binzer is from Frederiksberg like Laust Sonne. He was one of the founders of the band in 1982.[3] 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, kazoo, 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 Amager 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;[4] his basses often take extravagant shapes, such as an iPhone whose screen shows the audience.[5][6][4]
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