# Oh no! Daft Punk disband **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 22, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482 "2021-02-22T16:52:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/21 "2021-02-23T00:01:48Z")
> [@icon](#): > > Maybe one (or both) of them will become like Ryuichi Sakamoto from Yellow Magic Orchestra, composing music in other contexts. Oh, I’m sure they will, they already both did some outside work and projects in the past, and I’m sure that’s not the end of their respective musical careers and ambitions. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/22 "2021-02-23T00:16:04Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > As long as the PTA hasn’t disbanded as well, we’ll be fine. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mrVSt0pbo1g/maxresdefault.jpg "The SImpsons: The PTA Has Disbanded!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrVSt0pbo1g&t=38) ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/23 "2021-02-23T00:25:30Z")
> [@icon](#): > > …Maybe one (or both) of them will become like Ryuichi Sakamoto from Yellow Magic Orchestra, composing music in other contexts… If you watch the ‘Epilogue’ video you’ll notice they changed the ending of Electroma so only one of the robots dies. The other bot walks off into the distance. My guess is the remaining robot will continue making music just not as Daft Punk. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DuDX6wNfjqc/maxresdefault.jpg "Daft Punk - Epilogue") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDX6wNfjqc) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/24 "2021-02-23T00:43:39Z")
I think I’ve mentioned before that I saw them at their first appearance in North America at a muddy 1996 camping rave in Wisconsin. Here’s a description and some memories: > **[Discovery: The Oral History of Daft Punk's First American Show](https://www.spin.com/2013/05/daft-punk-oral-history-first-american-show-even-furthur-1996/)** > > On Memorial Day weekend, 1996, electronic music history was made on a muddy, rain-soaked Wisconsin campground. Two young humans known together as Daft This was pre-mask Daft Punk and there was a real buzz on the Saturday night & early Sunday morning. I doubt there were 2000 people there. I heard a story on the radio about the breakup driving home just now and did a very topical search of my collection of old flyers. I didn’t find the main flyer but did find what I think was handed out at the gate/ticket sale places after you bought a ticket. It has a map of the grounds, some rules (lol) and, really cool, a lineup schedule on the back page. Daft Punk had a brief, one hour live\* set from 2-3am on Sunday morning. I can’t find a scan or photo of this document anywhere online, a priceless piece of history! We had a crew of about 12 in our camp and had a really good time. At the time, I was more excited about the drum & bass / jungle acts but it was cool all the same. I’ve got some (mostly poor) photos. \*Live means they’re using drum machines, synths, sequencers, looping devices, samplers, etc and not just spinning records. There’s a terrible quality [30 minute camcorder video of the set](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL4lHwjX9pM). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/25 "2021-02-23T13:17:55Z")
> [@TiberiusNeroClaudius](#): > > Never heard of them. Nor they you! ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/26 "2021-02-24T05:19:07Z")
This may be the most perfect dance+music combination I’ve ever seen. I can’t believe I haven’t seen it before now. Thanks for posting it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/27 "2021-02-24T11:02:19Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I’ll miss them. > > And I’m glad they didn’t just put some new guys in the helmets and keep going. Not everyone agrees. [![](https://i.redd.it/nd4o9vw30dj61.png) ](https://i.redd.it/nd4o9vw30dj61.png) ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/28 "2021-02-24T17:50:09Z")
In 1997 I visited Switzerland for the first time. My husband was working, so I had hours to kill. The only channel that I understood was the music channel, where I got introduced to Rammstein’s Engel, Chemical Brother’s Block Rockin’ Beats and Daft Punk’s Around the World. I’m sure there were other songs, but those are the three songs I remember. And whenever I hear any of them, I’m back in 1997. Sort of didn’t notice them until Get Lucky. Probably should wander through youtube and see what else they produced. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/29 "2021-02-24T18:11:02Z")
I was only vaguely aware of their existence other than the soundtrack to _Tron: Legacy_. I honestly thought they deserved at least an Oscar nomination if not an Oscar for their work on that, though. I’m really having trouble thinking of any movie other than a straight-up musical where the score/soundtrack was more important to the movie. I thought it was a bad movie overall, but the music kept driving the action and narrative relentlessly forward. Without that, it would have been a bad and _listless_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/30 "2021-03-06T01:40:19Z")
I mostly know “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” because Jimmy Fallon likes to riff on the title every now and then. I didn’t know that Daft Punk was the artist responsible. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/31 "2021-03-12T21:33:35Z")
A fan combined an Alive 2007 concert video with a remix of older songs & songs from their latest album. They did a really great job. It sounds like something they might actually mix at a live concert: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wTKlHalirxE/hqdefault.jpg "Daft Punk - Alive 2027 (Full official show)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTKlHalirxE) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482/32 "2021-03-13T01:56:18Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I mostly know “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” because Jimmy Fallon likes to riff on the title every now and then. I didn’t know that Daft Punk was the artist responsible. Oh. I thought it was Oscar Goldman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482.md?page=1)