# D-A-D (band)

D-A-D (formerly stylized as D:A:D) is a Danish rock band. They were originally named Disneyland After Dark, but changed their name to avoid a lawsuit from The Walt Disney Company.

## 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 band released their first album, Call of the Wild in 1986.
The group made their international breakthrough in 1989 with the record No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims on Warner Records, which was released on the band's fifth birthday. They achieved some airplay with the single "Sleeping My Day Away".
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. 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; his basses often take extravagant shapes, such as an iPhone whose screen shows the audience.
Laust Sonne
* Birth: 11 December 1974
* Position: drums, backing vocals, vibraphone, keyboards, guitar, saxophone, xylophone, and bass guitar.
Sonne is from Frederiksberg. He has played in the band since 1999. He also plays in the bands Dear and Bugpowder.
Line-up history
| Year | Line-up |
| 1984–1999 | Jesper Binzer – lead vocals, electric guitar Jacob Binzer – electric guitar Stig Pedersen – bass guitar, backing vocals Peter Lundholm Jensen – drums |
| 1999–present | Jesper Binzer – lead vocals, electric guitar Jacob Binzer – electric guitar Stig Pedersen – bass guitar, backing vocals Laust Sonne – drums, backing vocals |

## Discography
### Albums

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | DEN | AUS | US |
| Call of the Wild | Released: 4 February 1986 Label: Mega Formats: LP, CD | — | — | — |
| D.A.D. Draws a Circle | Released: 16 June 1987 Label: Mega Formats: LP, CD | — | — | — |
| No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims | Released: 3 March 1989 Label: Medley, Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | — | 29 | 116 |
| Riskin' It All | Released: 10 October 1991 Label: Medley, Warner Bros. Formats: LP, CD, cassette | — | 80 | — |
| Helpyourselfish | Released: 1 March 1995 Label: Medley Formats: CD | — | — | — |
| Simpatico | Released: 6 November 1997 Label: Medley Formats: CD | — | — | — |
| Everything Glows | Released: 13 April 2000 Label: Medley Formats: CD | 24 | — | — |
| Soft Dogs | Released: 20 February 2002 Label: Medley Formats: CD | 1 | — | — |
| Scare Yourself | Released: 23 May 2005 Label: EMI Formats: CD, LP | 1 | — | — |
| Monster Philosophy | Released: 10 November 2008 Label: EMI Formats: CD, LP | 1 | — | — |
| DIC·NII·LAN·DAFT·ERD·ARK | Released: 11 November 2011 Label: Mermaid Formats: CD, LP | 2 | — | — |
| A Prayer for the Loud | Released: 31 May 2019 Label: Mermaid Formats: CD, LP | 1 | — | — |
| Speed of Darkness | Released: 4 October 2024 Label: AFM Formats: CD, LP | 3 | — | — |
Live albums
List of live albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | DEN |
| Osaka After Dark | Released: 23 January 1990 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD | — |
| Psychopatico | Released: 20 November 1998 Label: Medley Formats: CD | — |
| Scare Yourself Alive | Released: 1 May 2006 Label: EMI Formats: CD, LP | 4 |
Compilation albums
List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | DEN |
| D.A.D. Special | Released: 1 December 1989 Label: Mega Formats: CD, LP | — |
| Good Clean Family Entertainment You Can Trust | Released: 9 November 1995 Label: Medley Formats: CD | — |
| The Early Years | Released: 13 November 2000 Label: Medley Formats: CD | 40 |
| VA – Ungdomshuset | Released: 4 March 2005 Label: Ungdomshuset Formats: CD | — |
| The Overmuch Box | Released: 16 November 2009 Label: EMI Formats: CD | 14 |
| Behind the Seen | Released: 16 November 2009 Label: EMI Formats: LP | — |
| Disn30land Af30r D30k | Released: January 2014 Label: Mermaid Formats: CD, LP | 2 |
| Forty Love: Greatest Hits | Released: March 2024 Label: Warner Formats: CD, LP | 6 |
Extended plays
List of extended plays :
| Title | Details |
| Standin' On the Never Never | Released: 28 May 1985 Label: Mega Formats: 12-inch |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | DEN | AUS | Album |
| "Sleeping My Day Away" | 1989 | — | 63 | No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims |
| "Girl Nation" | 1990 | — | 52 | No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims |
| "Bad Craziness" | 1991 | — | 86 | Riskin' It All |
| "Jihad" | 1991 | — | 89 | Riskin' It All |
| "I Want What She's Got" | 2011 | 36 | — | DIC.NII.LAN.DAFT.ERD.ARK |

## Tours

* Scare Yourself Alive Tour (2005–2006)
* D-A-D Tour 2007 (2007)
* D-A-D Tour 2008 (2008)
* Monster Philosophy Tour (2009)
* D-A-D Tour 2010 (2010)
* D-A-D Tour 2011 (2011)
* Fast On Wheels Tour (2012)
* D-A-D Tour 2013 (2013)
* D-A-D Tour 2015 (2015)