Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, or D.A.F., was a German electropunk/Neue Deutsche Welle band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López (vocals), Robert Görl, Kurt "Pyrolator" Dahlke, Michael Kemner (bass-guitar) and Wolfgang Spelmans (guitar). Kurt Dahlke was replaced by Chrislo Haas in 1979. Since 1981, the band has consisted of Delgado-López and Görl. Gabi Delgado-Lopez died on 22 March 2020 aged 61.
D.A.F. (Delgado-López left, Görl right)
Gabi Delgado-Lopez and Robert Görl onstage, 1981
Gabi Delgado-López, DAF live in 2012
Gabi Delgado-López at Nocturnal Culture Night festival 2016
Neue Deutsche Welle is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave music with electronic influences. The term was first coined by Dutch radio DJ Frits Spits on the popular nationwide radio station Hilversum 3, which was very popular among German listeners. Soon after that, the term was used in a record-shop advertisement by Burkhardt Seiler in an August 1979 issue of the West German magazine Sounds. It was then used by journalist Alfred Hilsberg in an article about the movement titled Neue Deutsche Welle — Aus grauer Städte Mauern in Sounds in October 1979.
D.A.F. (Delgado-López left, Görl right)
Platinum record for Trio's 'Da Da Da', issued by the Canadian Recording Industry Association in October 1982