Grammy-winning duo Daft Punk break up after 28 years
Grammy-winning
electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up
after 28 years.
The helmet-wearing
French duo shared the news Monday in an 8-minute video called Epilogue.
Daft Punk,
comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, have had major
success over the years, winning six Grammy Awards and launching international
hits.
Bangalter and de
Homem-Christo met at a Paris school in 1987. Prior to Daft Punk, they formed an
indie rock band named Darling.
They officially
formed Daft Punk in 1993, and the helmeted, mute and mysterious musicians
released their debut album, Homework,in 1997.
Daft Punk spent time touring around the
world and reached greater heights with their sophomore album, 2001′s Discovery. It included the infectioussmash One More Time and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger whichKanye West famously flipped into his own hit Stronger, released in 2007. It won West the best rap soloperformance Grammy at the 2008 show, where West and Daft Punk performedtogether onstage.
But it was the 2014 Grammys where Daft Punk really took the spotlight, winning album of the year for Random Access Memories and making history as the first electronic act to win the highest honour at the Grammys. The duo won four awards that night, including record of the year for their bombshell hit Get Lucky, featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers.
–AP
