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DNCE

DNCE is an American dance-rock band formed in 2015 by Joe Jonas, JinJoo Lee, Jack Lawless, and Cole Whittle; known for "Cake by the Ocean," the EP SWAAY, the 2016 self-titled album, an MTV Best New Artist VMA, and a 2022 Kygo-assisted return.

Dogstar (band)

Dogstar is an American alternative rock trio formed in Los Angeles in 1991, with Bret Domrose, Keanu Reeves on bass, and Robert Mailhouse. Known for 1990s albums Our Little Visionary and Happy Ending, a 2002 split, and a 2023 reunion with Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees.

Dogwood Tales

Dogwood Tales: alt-country/indie rock band from Harrisonburg, Virginia, founded by Kyle Grim and Ben Ryan; albums Too Hard to Tell (2018), Closest Thing to Heaven (2020), Destination Heaven (2026).

Don Broco

Don Broco is a British rock band formed in 2008 in Bedford, England, led by vocalist Rob Damiani, whose album Amazing Things topped the UK chart in 2021.

Don Everly

Don Everly (Isaac Donald Everly, 1937–2021), American singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist; elder half of the Everly Brothers, whose 1957–1962 hits like "Bye Bye Love" and "Cathy's Clown" defined close-harmony rock and roll.

Doo-wop

Doo-wop: African American small-group vocal harmony style of rhythm and blues, also called street-corner harmony, emerging in late 1940s urban neighborhoods, popular in the 1950s, defined by nonsense syllables, falsetto and bass voices, and the I–vi–IV–V progression.

Doom metal

Doom metal: slow-tempo, downtuned heavy metal subgenre rooted in Black Sabbath's 1970 debut, named in the mid-1980s via Candlemass's Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, with branches including stoner doom, sludge, death doom, gothic, funeral, and drone.

Dorothy (band)

Dorothy (DOROTHY) is an American hard rock band formed 2014 in Los Angeles, fronted by Budapest-born singer Dorothy Martin. Signed to Roc Nation, known for ROCKISDEAD, 28 Days in the Valley, Gifts from the Holy Ghost, and 2025's The Way featuring Slash.

Dover (band)

Dover, a Spanish rock band from Madrid founded in 1992 by sisters Cristina and Amparo Llanos with Jesús Antúnez, sang in English; its 1997 album Devil Came to Me sold around 800,000 copies before the 2016 dissolution. Not the London Britainicana band of the same name.

Doves (band)

Doves are a Manchester indie rock band formed in 1998 by Jimi Goodwin and twin brothers Jez and Andy Williams, formerly dance act Sub Sub. Three UK No. 1 albums, Mercury nominations, and 2025's Constellations for the Lonely.

Down (band)

Down (Down NOLA band) is a New Orleans heavy metal supergroup formed in 1991 with members of Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar, and Eyehategod; debut NOLA (1995) went platinum, followed by Down II, Down III, the Down IV EPs, and Volume V (2026).

Down to Earth (Rainbow album)

Down To Earth (1979, Polydor) is Rainbow's fourth studio album and the only one with singer Graham Bonnet, alongside Ritchie Blackmore, Cozy Powell, Don Airey, and Roger Glover (bass and producer), whose Russ Ballard cover Since You Been Gone hit UK No.6 and made it the band's best-seller.

Downstait

Downstait is an American alternative metal and hard rock band best known for writing professional wrestling entrance themes, most famously "Kingdom" (2016), the entrance theme of Cody Rhodes.

Doyle (band)

Doyle is the American horror metal band of ex-Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and Cancerslug singer Alex Story, formed around 2010, with the albums Abominator (2013) and Doyle II: As We Die (2017).

Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog: Philadelphia indie rock band formed in 1999 by Scott McMicken and Toby Leaman, known for harmony-driven psychedelic pop; albums include Easy Beat, Shame, Shame, and the 2024 self-titled record; ended touring in 2021.

Dr. Feelgood (band)

Dr. Feelgood: British pub rock/R&B band formed 1971 on Canvey Island, Essex; original lineup Brilleaux, Wilko Johnson; live album Stupidity hit UK No. 1 in 1976; "Milk and Alcohol" 1978; still touring with Kane, Russell, Morris, Mitchell.

Dragon (band)

Dragon is a New Zealand rock band formed in Auckland in January 1972, led by Todd Hunter and fronted by his brother Marc Hunter; hits include April Sun in Cuba, Are You Old Enough?, and Rain. ARIA Hall of Fame 2008, NZ Music Hall of Fame 2011.

Dragon Pony (드래곤포니)

Dragon Pony (드래곤포니) is a South Korean rock band formed by Antenna in 2022, which debuted September 26, 2024 with the EP POP UP; members born in dragon and horse zodiac years, later releasing Not Out and Run to Run.

Drain Gang

Drain Gang is a Swedish music collective from Stockholm formed in 2013, consisting of Bladee, Ecco2k, Thaiboy Digital, and producer Whitearmor, known for heavily Auto-Tuned cloud rap.

Dream (American group)

Dream was an American teen pop girl group formed in 1998, signed to Bad Boy Records; members Holly Blake-Arnstein, Diana Ortiz, Ashley Poole, and Melissa Schuman scored the 2000 No. 2 Hot 100 hit "He Loves U Not" and the platinum album It Was All a Dream. Not the Japanese pop group, the-Dream, or NCT Dream.

Dream Street

Dream Street: American teen pop boy band formed 1999 in New York by Baldonieri and Lukow, featuring Jesse McCartney; Gold debut album, 2002 parent lawsuit, disbandment, and 2023 revival.

Drive Like Jehu

Drive Like Jehu: San Diego post-hardcore band (1990-1995) with Rick Froberg and John Reis, formerly of Pitchfork. Released Drive Like Jehu (1991) and Yank Crime (1994) on Interscope; disbanded 1995, later influential on At the Drive-In and Hot Snakes.

Drive-By Truckers

Drive-By Truckers, Southern rock and alternative country band from Athens, Georgia, founded 1996 by Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley; known for Southern Rock Opera (2001), American Band (2016), and constant touring.

Dropkick Murphys

Dropkick Murphys, Celtic punk band formed in 1996 in the Boston area (Quincy/South Boston) by Ken Casey, Mike McColgan, and Rick Barton; known for "I'm Shipping Up to Boston," Hellcat Records debut Do or Die, the Claddagh Fund, and labor and political activism.

Drug Church

Drug Church is an American hardcore punk/alt-rock hybrid band formed in 2011 in Albany, New York, fronted by Patrick Kindlon of Self Defense Family; albums include Paul Walker, Cheer, Hygiene, and Prude (2024) on Pure Noise Records.

Dschinghis Khan

Dschinghis Khan: German Eurodisco group formed in Munich in 1979 by producer Ralph Siegel for Eurovision, where it placed 4th; hits "Dschinghis Khan" and "Moskau" sold millions worldwide.

Dubstar

Dubstar are an English synth-pop and dream pop act formed in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1991 by Steve Hillier and Chris Wilkie, with singer Sarah Blackwood. Hits "Stars" and "Not So Manic Now"; albums Disgraceful, Goodbye, Make It Better; since 2018 a Blackwood-Wilkie duo.

Duran Duran

Duran Duran, English new wave/synth-pop band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by Nick Rhodes and John Taylor; 100 million albums, two UK Number 1 singles, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2022.

Dust Brothers

The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles production duo Mike Simpson and John King, formed 1985, known for Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, Beck's Odelay, and the Fight Club score; distinct from the British duo briefly using the same name.

Dvsn

Dvsn (pronounced "division") is a Toronto alternative R&B duo of vocalist Daniel Daley and producer Nineteen85 (Paul Jefferies). Formed 2015, OVO Sound signees known for Sept. 5th, Morning After, and A Muse in Her Feelings; later signed to So So Def/HYBE.