The Datsuns are a rock band from Cambridge, New Zealand. In 1995, while still at school, Dolf de Borst , Phil Buscke , and Matt Osment formed a band under the name Trinket. Christian Livingstone joined the band in 1997. They entered and won the 1999 89FM Battle of the Bands competition; by 2000 the band had renamed themselves 'The Datsuns'. They released their first single, "Super Gyration!", on 7 inch vinyl only, in August 2000. In July 2002, after featuring several times on the John Peel Hour on Britain's BBC 1 and being hailed as "the future of rock" in the british music press, the band signed with the V2 record label. The played on the main stage of the 2004 Big Day Out and opened for Metallica in their Australian tour in the same year. Their second album "Outta Sight, Outta Mind" was produced by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones.

Discography

• Singles
  • "Fink for the Man"
  • "Supergyration"
  • "Lady"

• Albums
  • The Datsuns (2002)
  • "Outta Sight, Outta Mind" (2004)

External link

• The Datsuns' official website