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Dicks (band)
The Dicks were an American hardcore punk band formed in 1980 in Austin, Texas, fronted by openly gay, Marxist singer Gary Floyd. Known for "Dicks Hate the Police," the albums Kill from the Heart (SST, 1983) and These People (1985), and blues-inflected queer punk.
Die Antwoord
Die Antwoord ('the answer' in Afrikaans) is a Cape Town rap-rave group formed in 2008: Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and DJ Hi-Tek, known for zef culture, 'Enter the Ninja' (2010), and scholarly debate over appropriation.
Die Spitz
Die Spitz: Austin, Texas punk-metal-rock quartet formed 2022 (Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St. Aubin, Eleanor Livingston, Kate Halter). Debut album Something to Consume (2025) on Third Man Records; EP Teeth (2023); not the Japanese band Spitz.
DIIV
DIIV is an American shoegaze and indie rock band formed in New York in 2011 by Zachary Cole Smith, once of Beach Fossils; albums Oshin, Is the Is Are, Deceiver, Frog in Boiling Water, and ZIRP!
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr., the Amherst, Massachusetts alternative rock trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph, defined 1980s indie rock with You're Living All Over Me and Bug, reunited in the mid-2000s, and released their 13th album There Near in 2026 on Jagjaguwar.
Dion and the Belmonts
Dion and the Belmonts, Bronx doo-wop quartet (Dion DiMucci, D'Aleo, Milano, Mastrangelo) formed 1957, named for Belmont Avenue; hits "I Wonder Why," "A Teenager in Love," "Where or When"; Dion left in 1960.
Dire Straits
Dire Straits is a British rock band formed in Deptford, London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler, known for restrained arrangements and his fingerstyle guitar playing.
Dirty Heads
Dirty Heads are a reggae-rock band from Huntington Beach, California, blending hip-hop, reggae, and rock. Known for "Lay Me Down" (11 weeks at No. 1 Alternative, 2010), the platinum viral hit "Vacation", and the 2026 ninth album 7 Seas.
Dirty Honey
Dirty Honey is a Los Angeles hard rock band (vocalist Marc LaBelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, drummer Corey Coverstone) whose 2019 single "When I'm Gone" was the first by an unsigned artist to top Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart; albums include Dirty Honey (2021) and Can't Find the Brakes (2023).
Dirty Loops
Dirty Loops (ダーティ・ループス) are a Swedish fusion trio from Stockholm, Jonah Nilsson, Henrik Linder, and Aron Mellergårdh, known for jazz-funk reworkings of pop hits, Verve Records signing by David Foster, and albums Loopified, Phoenix, and Turbo.
Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors: experimental pop/indie rock band formed 2002 in Brooklyn by David Longstreth, known for Bitte Orca (2009), the Rise Above Black Flag rework, the Björk collaboration Mount Wittenberg Orca, 5EPs (2020), and Song of the Earth (2025) with Stargaze.
Discharge (band)
Discharge, British hardcore punk band formed 1977 in Stoke-on-Trent, pioneers of the D-beat drum style named after them; 1982 album Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing influenced thrash and extreme metal.
Disco Biscuits
The Disco Biscuits, a Philadelphia jam band formed in 1995 at the University of Pennsylvania (originally Party Tent and Zex Sea), pioneered trance fusion, mixing rock improvisation with techno and trance, and run the Camp Bisco festival; albums include Encephalous Crime and Senor Boombox.
Dispatch (band)
Dispatch: American indie folk-rock trio (Chad Stokes, Brad Corrigan, Pete Francis) formed 1996 at Middlebury College as One Fell Swoop; unsigned band famous for 'The General,' the 110,000-fan 2004 Hatch Shell farewell, and 2011 reunion.
DivaGurl
DivaGurl (also Diva Gurl) is an American R&B girl group formed around Keke Palmer, who performs as Keyana, with Sadé, LaShay, and Monét. Debut single "S.O.B." (2024), EP DivaGurl: A Story By Keke Palmer (2025), tied to the mockumentary The Rise & Fall of DivaGurl.
Divinyls
Divinyls were an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 by Chrissy Amphlett and Mark McEntee, best known for the hit "I Touch Myself".
DMA's
DMA's are an Australian indie rock trio from Sydney formed in 2012: Tommy O'Dell, Johnny Took, and Matt Mason. Known for "Delete", a Britpop-to-rave evolution, five albums including The Glow (2020) and the self-titled 2026 release.
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.