Daft Punk

Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo (b. 8 February 1974) met Thomas Bangalter (b. 3 January 1975) when they both attended school in Paris, France, in 1987.
In 1992, heavily influenced by the Beach Boys, they recorded a song under the name Darling, which in turn found its way onto a compilation single issued on Stereolab 's Duophonic label.
A review in the UK's Melody Maker described their effort as 'a bunch of daft punk', which depressed the pair but unwittingly gave them a name for their next project.

Fast forward to 2007...

Bercy, Paris, June 14 2007: Daft Punk play Paris for the first time in 10 years. As you'd expect, it's a special and spacey day for the band ...

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