The Datsuns
are a hard rock band from Cambridge, New Zealand, [1] formed in 2000.
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History
In 1997, while still at school,
Dolf de Borst (vocals, bass),
Phil Buscke (guitar), and
Matt Osment (drums) formed a band under the name Trinket.
Christian Livingstone joined the band in 1997 as a second guitarist. They entered and won the 1999 89FM Battle of the Bands competition in Hamilton, New Zealand.
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's 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
self-titled debut album made a strong impression in the UK, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. The Datsuns toured Australia in 2002 with seminal Melbourne band
The Specimens &
The Casanovas as well as playing a live to air on PBS radio.
The Datsuns won numerous awards over this period, including NME's 'Best Live Band' and New Zealand Music Awards for 'Best Album', 'Best Group' and 'Breakthrough Artist'.
They played
Ozzfest in 2003 on the mainstage alongside the likes of
Ozzy Osbourne,
Marilyn Manson,
Korn and
Disturbed. They also played the main stage of the 2004 and 2009
Big Day Out festival and opened for
Metallica in their Australian tour in 2004. Metallica drummer
Lars Ulrich had previously praised The Datsuns on the revival debut of
Headbangers Ball
before playing their
video for "In Love." Their second album,
Outta Sight, Outta Mind
, was produced by
Led Zeppelin's
John Paul Jones. It didn't receive the same praise as the first, as critics gave it only a lukewarm response.
In October 2006, the Datsuns came back with
Smoke & Mirrors
, heralded as a return to form in Australia and New Zealand. The album was met with generally positive reviews, although it was not reviewed as widely as the band's first two efforts. After the release of the third album, drummer Matt Osment was replaced by Ben Cole.
The Datsuns went on a New Zealand tour with
Shihad during the Christmas/New Year's period 2006/07.
The band then completed a tour of Europe to promote
Smoke & Mirrors
. Although playing mostly locations the band had not previously visited, The Datsuns still managed to sell out the majority of the European dates.
The band's fourth album,
Head Stunts (an anagram of The Datsuns), was released on 6 October 2008. The band recently toured New Zealand, Australia and America to try out new songs such as 'Eye Of The Needle', 'Human Error', 'So Long', 'Hey Paranoid People What's In Your Head', 'Your Bones' and the limited edition single 'Highschool Hoodlums'.
To coincide with the release of their latest album, the quartet embarked on a tour of the UK and Europe.
Discography
| Date
| Title
| Label
| Charted
| Country
| Catalog Number
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| Albums
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| 2002
| The Datsuns
| In-Fidelity Recordings
| #1
#17
| New Zealand
UK
| IF001CD
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| 2004
| Outta Sight, Outta Mind
| V2 Records
| #7
#58
| New Zealand
UK
| IF011CD
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| 2006
| Smoke & Mirrors
| V2 Records
| #16
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| 3733542
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| 2008
| Head Stunts
| Cooking Vinyl
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| EPs
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| 2006
| Stuck Here for Days
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| -
| -
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| Harmonic Generator
| -
| -
| -
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Singles
| Year
| Single
| Album
| Charted
| Certification
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| "Fink for the Man"
| The Datsuns
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| -
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| "Supergyration"
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| -
| -
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| "Lady"
| The Datsuns
| -
| -
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| "In Love"
| The Datsuns
| #25 (UK)
| -
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| "Harmonic Generator (Intermodulator)"
| The Datsuns
| #33 (UK)
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| "Mother Fucker from Hell"
| The Datsuns
| #55 (UK)
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| 2004
| "Blacken My Thumb"
| Outta Sight/Outta Mind
| #48 (UK)
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| "Girl's Best Friend"
| Outta Sight/Outta Mind
| #71 (UK)
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| 2006
| "Stuck Here for Days"
| Smoke & Mirrors
| #23 (NZ)
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| "System Overload"
| Smoke & Mirrors
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| -
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| 2008
| "High School Hoodlums"
| Head Stunts
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| "Human Error"
| Head Stunts
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| -
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| 2009
| "So Long" (Download) (UK)
| Head Stunts
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| -
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References
- Datsuns on the road again