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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = DD Smash
| image           =
| caption         =
| alias           =
| origin          = [[New Zealand]]
| instrument      =
| genre           =
| occupation      =
| years_active    = 1980–1986
| label           =
| associated_acts = [[Th' Dudes]], [[Disciplin A Kitschme]], [[Lip Service (New Zealand band)|Lip Service]], [[Hello Sailor (band)|Hello Sailor]]
| website         =
| current_members =
| past_members    = [[Dave Dobbyn]]<br>[[Peter Warren (New Zealand musician)|Peter Warren]]<br>Rob Guy<br>[[Lisle Kinney]]<br>Andrew Clouston
}}
'''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"<ref>{{cite web|title= DD Smash|url= http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/224.html|work= Biography|publisher= Music.net.nz}}</ref> 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."<ref>
{{cite web|title= Homegrown Profiles: Dave Dobbyn|url= http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/homegrown-profiles-dave-dobbyn-2005|work= Documentary|publisher= NZ On Screen}}</ref>

==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 (musician)|Ian Morris]] as producer.{{cn|date=August 2021}}

DD Smash released their debut album in 1982. Titled ''Cool Bananas'' it debuted at number 1 in New Zealand and was certified triple gold.{{cn|date=August 2021}} 

DD Smash split during the mid-1980s when Dave Dobbyn began recording by himself.{{cn|date=August 2021}}

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=40 years of chart-topping music|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/68912803/40-years-of-chart-topping-music|website=Stuff|date=27 May 2015 |accessdate=19 July 2015}}</ref>

==Members==
* [[Dave Dobbyn]] ([[guitar]], [[singing|vocals]], [[songwriter]])
* Andrew Clouston ([[saxophone]]), 
* Peter (Rooda) Warren ([[Drum kit|drums]]), 
* Rob Guy (Revox) ([[guitar]])
* Lisle Kinney (bass guitar)

==Discography==

=== Albums ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! rowspan="2" | Details
! Peak chart<br>positions
! rowspan="2" | Certifications
|-
! <small>[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]</small><ref>{{cite web|title=DISCOGRAPHY DD SMASH |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=DD+Smash |website=charts.nz |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=19 July 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Cool Bananas (album)|Cool Bananas]]''
|
* Label: [[Mushroom Records]]
* Catalogue: L-37832
| align="center" | 1
| 
* NZ: Platinum<ref name="teara-certs">{{cite web|title=Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/42563/gold-and-platinum-new-zealand-albums-to-2013|website=Te Ara|publisher=Encyclopedia of NZ|accessdate=19 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes]]''
|
* Label: [[Mushroom Records]]
* Catalogue: L 29016
| align="center" | 11
| 
* NZ: Gold<ref name="teara-certs"/>
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Optimist (DD Smash album)|The Optimist]]''
|
* Label: [[Mushroom Records]]
* Catalogue: RML 52051
| align="center" | 6
| 
* NZ: Platinum<ref name="teara-certs"/>
|-
|colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "–" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|-
|}

=== Singles ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Year
!Title
!<small>[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]</small>
!<small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=84}}</ref>
!Album
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| Bull by the Horns <small>(Dave Dobbyn and DD Smash)</small>
| align="center" | –
|–
| Non-album single
|-
| "[[Repetition (DD Smash song)|Repetition]]"
| align="center" | 25
|–
| rowspan="3" |''Cool Bananas''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| "[[Devil You Know (song)|Devil You Know]]"
| align="center" | 35
|–
|-
| "Solo"
| align="center" | –
|–
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| "[[Outlook for Thursday]]"
| align="center" | 3
|–
| Non-album single
|-
| "Actor"
| align="center" | –
|–
| rowspan="5" |''The Optimist''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| "[[Whaling (DD Smash song)|Whaling]]"
| align="center" | 8
|70
|-
| "Surrender"
| align="center" | –
|–
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| "[[Magic (What She Do)]]"
| align="center" | 4
|–
|-
| "She Loves Me Back"
| align="center" | 38
|–
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "–" 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. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award<ref name="tui">{{cite web|url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/category/vault/past-winners/ |title=NZMAs |publisher=nzmusicawards.co.nz |accessdate=2012-09-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922150022/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/category/vault/past-winners/ |archivedate=22 September 2012 }}</ref>
! Details
!Result
|-
| rowspan=7|[[1982 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|1982]]
| Album of the Year
| ''[[Cool Bananas (album)|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 (musician)|Ian Morris]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Engineer of the Year
| ''Cool Bananas'' – Paul Streekstra & Doug Rogers
| {{won}}
|-
| Sleeve Design of the Year
| Wayne Robinson – ''Cool Bananas''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=10|[[1983 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|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]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Most Popular Artist
| 
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Music Video
| "Outlook for Thursday" –Andrew Shaw
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | Engineer of the Year
| ''Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes''–Graeme Myhre
| {{nom}}
|-
| "Outlook for Thursday"–Paul Streekstra
| {{nom}}
|-
| Producer of the Year
| "Outlook for Thursday"– Dave Dobbyn
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1985 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|1985]]
| International Achievement
| 
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Music of New Zealand]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/224.html DD Smash on muzic net]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014144/http://www.nzmusic.com/music/dd_smash DD Smash Profile] - NZMusic.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232906/http://www.nzmusic.com/node/1119 DD Smash Forum] - NZMusic.com
* [http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/cabaret/9040/luck.htm 1986 Chris Bourke article on the band and the breakup]

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