Daft Punk band name meaning

House duo from Paris that rose to prominence by the intriguing clip they made for their song Around The World.

Initially Daft Punk performed under the name Darlin' (after the Beach Boys song). After Darlin' had had devastating feedback from English music magazine Melody Maker (the editors described the music the band made as ‘a bunch of daft punk’), Darlin's reaction was far from daft: they turned the negative qualification into their new band name.