DD Smash

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DD Smash were a New Zealand pop/rock band formed by Dave Dobbyn after the breakup of Th'Dudes. Members included Dave Dobbyn (guitar,vocals, songwriter), Peter Warren (drums), and Lisle Kinney (Bass Guitar), formerly of Hello Sailor. Originally formed in New Zealand, the band was resident in Australia for much of its existence. DD Smash, mainly based around Dave Dobbyn as the main songwriter, also helped by being the frontman for the band, produced some of New Zealand's most iconic hits including the show starter "Devil You Know", pub anthem "Be Mine Tonight", and hits such as "Outlook For Thursday" and the more 80's sounding "Majic". DD Smash split during the late 1980's when Dave Dobbyn became himself, 'Dave Dobbyn', The solo artist. From there he went to work on the Footrot Flats movie soundtrack. Many of the band members became involved with 'DD' over the years with drummer, Peter 'Rooda' Warren becoming Dave Dobbyn's drummer for the few years to come, until he was asked to leave under unclear circumstances, both party's stick to the "musical differences" story.