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{{Short description|New Zealand rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2015}}
{{Refimprove|date=January 2009}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = The D4
|image = D4Band.jpg
|landscape = yes
|caption = The D4 at Shinjuku-Jam, Tokyo, Japan
|background = group_or_band
|alias = 
|origin = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
|instrument = 
|genre = {{hlist|[[Garage rock]]|[[garage punk (fusion genre)|garage punk]]|[[post-punk revival]]}}
|occupation = 
|years_active = 1998–2006
|label = {{hlist|[[Hollywood Records]] (US)|[[Flying Nun Records]]|[[Infectious Records]]|l.b.W Ent Records}}
|associated_acts = [[A Place To Bury Strangers]]
|website = 
|current_members = 
|past_members = [[Dion Lunadon|Dion Palmer]]<br>Jimmy Christmas<br>Vaughan Williams<br>Daniel Pooley<br>Rich Mixture<br>English Jake<br>Paul Reid
}}
'''The D4''' were a [[Rock music|rock]] band from [[Auckland]], New Zealand. Their music was released by [[Hollywood Records]] in the U.S., [[Flying Nun Records]] in New Zealand and by [[Infectious Records]] in the UK.

The group was assembled by [[singing|vocalist]]/[[guitarist]]s [[Dion Lunadon|Dion Palmer]] and Jimmy Christmas, who put together a collection of songs and built a four-piece combo, featuring founding members English Jake and Rich Mixture, during late 1998 and started playing at the Frisbee Leisure Lounge parties along Symonds Street, followed shortly thereafter by inner city [[public house|pub]] [[concert|gigs]]. They have also played at the [[Big Day Out]] and at the [[SXSW Music Festival]] in [[Austin, Texas]].

The group's debut [[Extended play|EP]] was released by [[Flying Nun Records]] in 1999 featuring the tracks "Girl" and "Come On!" The band was later enhanced by members Vaughan Williams (Vaughn) ([[bass guitar|bass]]) and Daniel Pooley (Beaver) ([[drum]]s). The D4 went on a UK [[concert tour|tour]] supporting [[the Hives]].

As of May 2006, ''Breakfast'' announced that after eight years, the D4, would be taking an indefinite break from the [[music industry]]. After the split, Rich Mixture went on to replace Paul Robertson as the drummer of The Rock n Roll Machine, bassist Vaughn joined [[Shocking Pinks]], an Auckland-based [[indie music|indie]] [[pop music|pop]] act and Jimmy Christmas formed the rock group [[Luger Boa]] who have supported [[Shihad]] on tour. Most recently, Dion has moved to NYC, formed a new band called the True Lovers and also plays bass in [[A Place to Bury Strangers]].

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! Peak chart<br>positions
|-
! <small>[[RIANZ|NZ]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The D4 discography|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+D4|work=charts.nz|access-date=19 May 2013}}</ref></small>
|-
| 2001
| ''[[6twenty]]''
* Released: October 26, 2001
* Label: [[Flying Nun Records]]
| align="center" | 28
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Out of My Head (album)|Out of My Head]]''
* Released: February 25, 2005
* Label: Flying Nun Records
| align="center" | 17
|-
|colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|-
|}

===Featured appearances===
The group have appeared on some [[compilation album|compilations]] and [[soundtrack]]s since the early 2000s. The following is a list of these albums that have featured tracks by The D4.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Album
! Label
! Track(s)
|-
| 1999
| ''Boss TV''
| Boss TV
|rowspan=2 | "Come On!"
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Stickmen (soundtrack)|Stickmen]]''
| [[Universal Music]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2002
|  ''[[Under the Influence – 21 Years of Flying Nun Records|Under the Influence]]''
| [[Flying Nun Records]]
|  "Joe 90" ([[Bored Games]] [[cover version|cover]]) and "Get Loose"
|-
| ''Head Up!!! Music From the 2002 Bnet New Zealand Music Awards'' 
| Festival Mushroom
| "John Rock"
|-
| ''Channel Z: The Best of Vol. 3''
| [[Warner Bros. Records]]
| "Exit to the City"
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2003
| ''Red Surf Godzone Surfer's Soundtrack''
| [[EMI]]
| "Joe 90"
|-
| ''Get a Haircut''
| Zerox
| "[[Rock'n'Roll Motherfucker]]"
|-
| 2004
|  ''The Prince & Me''
| [[EMI]]
| "Party"
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2005
| ''[[Big Day Out 05 (album)|Big Day Out 05]]''
| EMI
| rowspan=2 | "Sake Bomb"
|-
| ''[[Unleashed 2005]]'' 
| [[Sony BMG]]
|-
|}

===Singles===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! rowspan="2"  width="1em" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! width="3em" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! <small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 132}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| "[[Rock'n'Roll Motherfucker]]"
| align="center" | —
| rowspan=6 | ''6twenty''
|-
| 2002
| "[[Party (The D4 song)|Party]]"
| align="center" | 85
|-
| 2002
| "Come On!"
| align="center" | 50
|-
| 2002
| "[[Get Loose (The D4 song)|Get Loose]]"
| align="center" | 64
|-
| 2003
| "[[Ladies Man (song)|Ladies Man]]"
| align="center" | 41
|-
| 2003
| "Exit to the City"
| align="center" | —
|-
| 2004
| "Sake Bomb"
| align="center" | —
| rowspan=3 | ''Out Of My Head''
|-
| 2005
| "What I Want"
| align="center" | —
|-
| 2005
| "Feel It Like It"
| align="center" | —
|-
|colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|-
|}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020818152258/http://www.newzealandmusic.com/artist_bio.cfm?i=65 The D4 At NZ Music]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thed4 The D4 official MySpace]
* [http://www.infectiousmusicuk.com Infectious Records]

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[[Category:New Zealand post-punk revival music groups]]
[[Category:New Zealand garage punk groups]]
[[Category:Flying Nun Records artists]]
[[Category:Hollywood Records artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1998]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2006]]
[[Category:1998 establishments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:2006 disestablishments in New Zealand]]