dave dobbyn‘s early 80s pop outfit, with peter warryn, rob guy, lisle kinney, scott calhoun, ian morris, gary langsfor and andrew clouston. big singles with ‘devil you know’, ‘whaling’ and of course the staple ‘outlook for thursday’ (which dark tower sampled in the early 00s, and featured dobbyn providing backing vocals), and were hugely successful with their 3 albums from 1981 to 85.
Discography
picks in bold
- cool bananas [1982 mushroom L37832]
- deep in the heart of texas [1983 live recording mushroom L29016]
- the optimist [1984 mushroom L38225]
awards etc
rianz awards 1982
- album of the year ‘cool bananas’rn
- top group of the year dd smashrn
- most promising male vocalist dave dobbynrn
- top male vocalist dave dobbynrn
- sound engineer of the year paul streekstra/doug rogersrn
- producer of the year ian morrisrn
- cover design of the year wayne robinsonrn
rianz awards 1983
- single of the year ‘outlook for thursday’rn
- album of the year ‘deep in the heart of taxes’rn
- top group of the year dd smashrn
- top male vocalist dave dobbynrn
- best music video of the year ‘outlook for thursday’rn