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"^[1] 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."^[2]

DD Smash
Origin	New Zealand
Years active	1980–1986
Past members	Dave Dobbyn Peter Warren Rob Guy Lisle Kinney Andrew Clouston

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.^{[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.^[3]

Members

• Dave Dobbyn (guitar, vocals, songwriter)
• Andrew Clouston (saxophone),
• Peter (Rooda) Warren (drums),
• Rob Guy (Revox) (guitar)
• Lisle Kinney (bass guitar)

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
			NZ[4]
1982	Cool Bananas	Label: Mushroom Records Catalogue: L-37832	1	NZ: Platinum[5]
1983	Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes	Label: Mushroom Records Catalogue: L 29016	11	NZ: Gold[5]
1984	The Optimist	Label: Mushroom Records Catalogue: RML 52051	6	NZ: Platinum[5]
"–" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Year	Title	NZ	AUS[6]	Album
1981	Bull by the Horns (Dave Dobbyn and DD Smash)	–	–	Non-album single
	"Repetition"	25	–	Cool Bananas
1982	"Devil You Know"	35	–
	"Solo"	–	–
1983	"Outlook for Thursday"	3	–	Non-album single
	"Actor"	–	–	The Optimist
1984	"Whaling"	8	70
	"Surrender"	–	–
1985	"Magic (What She Do)"	4	–
	"She Loves Me Back"	38	–
"–" 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.

Year	Award[7]	Details	Result
1982	Album of the Year	Cool Bananas	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
1983	Album of the Year	Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes	Won
	Single of the Year	"Outlook for Thursday"	Won
	Top Male Vocalist	Dave Dobbyn	Won
	Top Group of the Year		Won
	Producer of the Year	"Outlook for Thursday"	Nominated
	Most Popular Artist		Won
	Best Music Video	"Outlook for Thursday" –Andrew Shaw	Won
	Engineer of the Year	Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes–Graeme Myhre	Nominated
		"Outlook for Thursday"–Paul Streekstra	Nominated
	Producer of the Year	"Outlook for Thursday"– Dave Dobbyn	Nominated
1985	International Achievement		Nominated

See also

• Music of New Zealand