Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft

DAF is an influential electropunk band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring drummer/synth player Robert Görl, vocalist Gabi Delgado, guitarist W. Spelmans and bassist/keyboardist/saxophonist Chrislo Haas. The name stands for

DAF is an influential electropunk band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring drummer/synth player Robert Görl, vocalist Gabi Delgado, guitarist W. Spelmans and bassist/keyboardist/saxophonist Chrislo Haas. The name stands for Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft or German-American friendship - which at the time the band formed was a shot at DSF, the East German German-Soviet friendship organization.

DAF's most famous song is "Der Mussolini", a pulsing dance song with lyrics of "Dance the Mussolini, dance the Adolf Hitler!". There have been rumours that the group's name is really a tribute to the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (a Nazi labour organization); however, DAF's style is arguably anti-political, possibly even nihilistic, and such rumours almost always surround lyrically or musically controversial bands. At best, they are referenced as a punk band advancing into electronic music.