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The officially unofficial music video to the song Im A Fish by Melbourne band The Collectables wwwmyspacecomthecollectablesband
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Added: 22nd October 2008
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DD Smash was Dave Dobbyns band after Th Dudes
In mid1981 Dobbyn forged his coup de grace Dave Dobbyns Divers Thankfully a name change eventuated to DD Smash A guitardriven four piece the band settled straight into live work Auckland venues were at their height and work was plentiful The fan base fattened by the week
By late 81 DD Smash signed a recording deal and immediately set about recording their debut album with Ian Morris in the producers chair
DD Smash released their debut album in 1982 Titled Cool Bananas it debuted in the national chart at 1 an historic first It remained in the chart for 24 weeks and became triple gold The albums biggest hit was the fantastic Devil You Know In 82 the Top Male Vocalist award was won by Dobbyn Top Group went to DD Smash Cool Bananas won Album of the Year Ian Morris got Producer of the Year for it and the album even won Engineer of the Year and Best Sleeve Design
The band toured relentlessly to a strong response and in mid82 journeyed to Australia for an investigative trip They worked regularly and Dobbyn continued to write They returned to NZ in October and Dobbyn quickly recruited a brass section A new sound fell into place
A new single was recorded in Auckland in 1983 and released shortly after Outlook for Thursday crashed into the national chart and peaked at 3 spending 23 weeks in the chart The nation was enthralled with the new brassy DD Smash and the quirky video which played week after week on Ready To Roll The single achieved gold status
Radio with Pictures devoted a live TV special to DD Smash which was subsequently released as the album Live Deep in the Heart of Taxes The band monopolised the annual record awards for the second year in a row The Top Male Vocalist award was again won by Dobbyn Top Group went to DD Smash for the second year running Outlook for Thursday was Single of the Year and Live Deep in the Heart of Taxes was voted Album of the Year DD Smash was Most Popular Band and Video of the Year went to Outlook for Thursday
Dobbyn and his band moved to Sydney to record their second studio album and world domination seemed imminent He finished 1983 by getting married
This time the producer was Charles Fisher Released in 1984 The Optimist was an unqualified success spawning two hit singles Whaling and Magic What She Do It eventually outsold its predecessor The albums sophisticated production and eclectic repertoire were a marked contrast to the twinguitar elementary tenor of Cool Bananas Touring continued with Dobbyns bynow lineup of principally Australian musicians
The quirky infectious pop songs seemed to come naturally Outlook for Thursday Magic What She Do But the purity of a classic songwriter was always there On stage with DD Smash he would take time out for Guilty his torch song debut Whaling is a timeless seashanty written on a beer mat one lonely night and now an unofficial national anthem
A celebration of the beginning of the 1984 summer turned into mayhem thanks to the combination of the crowd drinking all afternoon in the hot sun and overenthusiastic riot police Dobbyn tried to calm things down from the stage but the words he used were badly chosen Dobbyn subsequently found himself charged with inciting the riot
There was no point touring to support an album called The Optimist Dobbyn laughs now but then after two years as the most popular musician in the country there was a sense of betrayal
Band Members
Peter Rooda Warren drums vocals percussion
Rob Revox Guy guitar
Lisle Kinney bass
Dave Dobbyn guitar vocals keyboards
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Added: 25th November 2008
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