Avenue D was an American electroclash duo from Miami, Florida, based out of New York City and consisting of Debbie and Daphne D. The band are protégés of Larry Tee, and perform for his parties. Their music is an energetic, humorous and sexually explicit mix of rap, electro and New Wave. They formed in 2001, as part of New York's electroclash scene, which also included artists like Fischerspooner, ADULT. and Felix da Housecat. In 2005, they scored a moderate hit with "Do I Look Like a Slut?" on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. The same year, their song "Orgasmatron" was featured prominently in Eon McKai's alt porn film Neu Wave Hookers. The band was also politically active, and played rallies and benefits for causes such as gay marriage.
They released three albums independently, the last two on their own label, Avenue Dreams. Despite this method of production and distribution, they still managed to sell approximately 50,000 records worldwide. In 2004, they collaborated with Boy George's electroclash project, The Twin, by appearing on his album Yum Yum, on the track "Fire-Desire". A mash-up of the duo's song "Do I Look Like a Slut?" with The Twin's "Here Come the Girls" was also made but remains unreleased. Avenue D's song "2D2F" was included on Erlend Øye's installment of the DJ-Kicks compilation series, released on April 19, 2004.
Avenue D performed at clubs and parties in Australia, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Serbia, and all across Europe and the United States.
On June 15, 2007 three Avenue D albums (Bootleg, Eurawesome!, and As Free As We Wanna Be) were released on iTunes.
On November 19, 2007, the duo announced on their website that Avenue D would split up. They performed two final shows in December of that year, one in Brooklyn and the other in Miami. To coincide with Valentine's Day, a triple CD box set was released in early 2008, containing the albums Grade D Beef (a re-issue of their first album with an altered track presentation), D Sides, and Totally Magic (a collaboration with Phiiliip), packaged in a heart-shaped box with a bonus T-shirt included. Also in 2008, Debbie D. joined Otto von Schirach, Jose el Rey, and El Tigre to create the Miami Bass Warriors. The band released a self-titled 12" EP in July 2009.
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