The Datsuns
Line-up
Origin
Cambridge, New Zealand
Genre
Rock, Alternative, Garagerock, Hardrock
Performed at Pukkelpop in
Similar artists
Archie Bronson Outfit, The Black Box Revelation , Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The D4, Danko Jones, The Dirtbombs, DKT/MC5, Eagles of Death Metal, The Hives, Soledad Brothers, The Jim Jones Revue, Vue, Young Heart Attack, Zen Guerrilla
Biography
The Datsuns are a garage rock band from Cambridge, New Zealand. In 1995, while still at school, Dolf de Borst, Phil Buscke Somervell, and Matt Osment formed a band under the name Trinket. Christian Livingstone joined the band in 1997. They entered and won the 1999 89FM Battle of the Bands competition; by 2000 the band had renamed themselves 'The Datsuns'. In August 2000 they released their first single, "Super Gyration!" on 7 inch vinyl only. In July 2002, after featuring several times on John Peel' programme on the UK's BBC Radio 1 and being hailed as "the future of rock" by the British music press, the band signed with the V2 record label. Their second album "Outta Sight, Outta Mind" was produced by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones. Their new album "Head stunts" will be released october 2008. Link to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Datsuns User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
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