External links
- My Space site
- Official website Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
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| Origin | Verona, Veneto, Italy |
| Genres | Progressive rock, jazz-rock, jazz fusion |
| Years active | 1991–2009 |
| Labels | Mellow, MoonJune |
| Past members | Alberto De Grandis Luca Baldassari Roberto Tommasini Silvio Minella Alberto Bonomi |
DFA (short for Duty Free Area) was an Italian progressive rock band from Verona, Italy. Their musical style is varied, but has elements of "space rock" bands such as Pink Floyd and jazz-rock fusion bands like Nova or In Cahoots.
The Italian progressive rock band D.F.A. is not related to DFA Records, the Canadian indie-synth rock band Death from Above 1979, Los Angeles metal band Dark Fuckin' Angel or the German electro-punk band D.A.F. (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft).
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