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D.A.F. is an influential electro-punk/Neue Deutsche Welle band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring drummer/synth-player Robert Görl, vocalist Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López, Kurt "Pyrolator" Dahlke, Michael Kemner, Wolfgang Spelmans, and Christian Ludwig "Chrislo" Haas. The name stands for Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft or German-American Friendship - which at the time the band formed was a shot at DSF, the East German German-Soviet Friendship organization.
D.A.F.'s most famous song is the grimly sarcastic "Der Mussolini" from the album "Alles ist gut", a pulsing dance song featuring the lyrics "Dance the Mussolini, move your behind, clap your hands, and now the Adolf Hitler, and now the Jesus Christ, and now the communism ...". The song caused a scandal amongst the more humorless elements of German liberal society. There have been rumours that the group's name is really a tribute to the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (a Nazi labour organization); however, D.A.F.'s style is arguably anti-political, possibly even nihilistic, and most of their lyrics concern more physical matters. At best, they are referenced as a punk band advancing into electronic music.
In interviews they claimed to not target anything or anyone specific while creating lyrics to be taken as a parody of words and phrases floating around in the public media. "Sato-Sato" and "Der Mussolini" are both examples of songs written around Delgado-López's fascination with the sound of a particular word. A few months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq D.A.F. released "The Sheriff (An Anti-American Song)" criticizing American imperialism. This was their first real step into political songwriting.
The album "Alles ist gut" (Everything is fine) received the German "Schallplattenpreis" award by the "Deutsche Phono-Akademie", an association of the German recording industry.
Der Mussolini->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olU40fxAXZs&mode=related&search=
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