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DIIV, formerly known as Dive, is a band from Brooklyn, NY. Formed in 2011, DIIV started as Beach Fossils guitarist Zachary Cole Smith’s solo recording project.

Smith, who originally named the project Dive after the Nirvana song, put together a live band that included guitarist and childhood friend Andrew Bailey, bassist Devin Ruben Perez and drummer Colby Hewitt (formerly of the Smith Westerns).

In May 2012, the band changed their name from Dive to DIIV “out of respect” for Belgian industrial band Dive.