Out of their heads

The D4 formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1998. They released a handful of singles and two albums, 6twenty (2001) and Out Of My Head (2005), before calling it quits in 2006. The band landed on my shores in the “rock and roll aughts” along with the other Neo Garage outfits from that loud ere, and I immediately fell in love with the their debut, a rip-roaring, top-to-bottom R&R onslaught of righteous twin-guitar riffs, eighth-note rhythms, and fiery playing. Guitarists Jimmy Christmas and Dion Lun...