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*[[Dawn Fisher]] - Drums (early) (Drums on ''Dark Rooms'')
*[[Dawn Fisher]] - Drums (early) (Drums on ''Dark Rooms'')
*[[Bob Furem]] - Drums (later)
*[[Bob Furem]] - Drums (later)
According to [[Coolest Retard]] #23, there were 4 different lineups of Da.  The earliest version had an "Eva" on guitars, keyboards and vocals instead of Dave.  The final version only had Lorna, with a "Jed" on drums and "other parts unknown.


== Releases ==
== Releases ==

Revision as of 22:17, 20 April 2007

Da! group shot in 1981 - Gaylene, Dave, Dawn and Lorna

Da was an early Chicago punk band with traces of goth, Velvet Underground, and funk. Da's gender balance was initially 3 women and 1 man, and then later 2 and 2. This was (and remains) unusual.

Singer/bassplayer Lorna Donley wrote most (all?) of the lyrics, and sang them with an effective, aggresive, dark tone. Her melodic bass parts were generally alert and clever. Guitar players Gaylene Goudreau and David Thomas not only played with great complementarity, they were also actually interesting to watch in live performance. Dawn Fisher completed the distaff majority contributing a basic but relentless drum section. Later Bob Furem replaced Fisher, and most at the time agreed that he added a needed shot of energy.

Da broke up prior to the release of their last record (according to CR #20), somewhere around April of 1982.

Lineup

According to Coolest Retard #23, there were 4 different lineups of Da. The earliest version had an "Eva" on guitars, keyboards and vocals instead of Dave. The final version only had Lorna, with a "Jed" on drums and "other parts unknown.

Releases

  • Dark Rooms 7" 45 (Autumn Records, May? 1981)
    • A. Dark Rooms
    • B. White Castles
  • Time Will Be Kind 12" EP (Autumn Records, 1982)
    • 1. Next to Nothing
    • 2. Strangers
    • 3. Silent Snow
    • 4. Three Shadows
    • 5. This Doubt

Compilations

  • Busted at Oz (Autumn Records, 1981) - Live versions of "The Killer" and "Fish Shit".

History

References

External Links