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2 unusual facts about The Datsuns


Artrocker

They were the first promoters to bring the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Black Keys to the UK and the first to put on concerts in London by The Datsuns, Maxïmo Park, and The Futureheads.

Turn on the Bright Lights

Further promotion continued at the beginning of the following year, when the band played the 2003 NME Awards Tour alongside The Datsuns, The Polyphonic Spree and The Thrills.


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Bruce Milne

He has been associated with graphic designer and musician Philip Brophy, author and journalist Clinton Walker and Australian rock groups The Scientists, Spiderbait, Magic Dirt, New Zealand's The Datsuns and many others.

Kiwi rock

Bands currently successful in New Zealand include Evermore, Elemeno P, The Naked and Famous, Phoenix Foundation, Fat Freddy's Drop, Goldenhorse, Shihad (aka Pacifier), The Datsuns, Luger Boa, Steriogram, The Feelers, Flight of the Conchords, Goodnight Nurse, Blindspott, Black River Drive, Zed, Midnight Youth and Opshop.

The S.I.G.I.T.

Although the band doesn't like to be categorized, they've been described as a garage rock band and often compared to Wolfmother and The Datsuns, even dubbed as 'Indonesian Answer To Wolfmother' by some Australian media.


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