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(This page is about the New Zealand garage rock band. For the British DJ Steve Carr under the same pseudonym, D4, see D4(2)).
D4

The D4 was a garage 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 vocalist/guitarists Dion Palmer and Jimmy Christmas, who put together a collection of songs and built a four-piece combo, featuring founding members English Jake (Jake Harding, previously a member of the Milk Monitors) and Rich Mixture, during late 1998 and started playing at the Frisbee Leisure Lounge parties along Symonds Street, followed shortly thereafter by inner city pub gigs. They have also played at the Big Day Out and at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

The group's debut 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) and Daniel Pooley (Beaver) (drums). The D4 went on a UK 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 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.

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Peel discovered D4 around the same time as fellow New Zealand garage rock band, The Datsuns, in 2002.

Many of D4's singles were Peel's records of the months between June and December 2002.

Some of Peel's listeners voted D4's Get Loose in the 2002 Festive Fifty where the track peaked at number 47.

Festive Fifty Entries[]

Sessions[]

1. Recorded: 2002-07-03. First Broadcast: 21 August 2002

  • Get Loose / Baby In A Box / John Rock / No Antidote

Other Shows Played[]

Get_Loose

Get Loose

2002
Ladies_Man

Ladies Man

2003

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