Leading up to the album's release, the duo debuted robot costumes for promotional appearances, which would become their signature looks from that point onwards. Their second album, Discovery, was released in 2001, becoming another hit and launching the duo into further mainstream popularity. Later that year, they performed their first of two concert tours, Daftendirektour. They then released their debut studio album in 1997, titled Homework, which brought the duo worldwide success and drew great attention to the French house genre, with the single "Around the World" also becoming a major hit. In 1994, Daft Punk released their debut single, "The New Wave", followed by "Da Funk" in 1995, their first commercially successful release. Soon after, the band separated and Homem-Christo and Bangalter decided to pursue electronic music as a duo, under the name Daft Punk. After about six months of activity, a negative review was published on the magazine Melody Maker in which their music was called "a daft punky thrash". In 1992, after being friends for about five years, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter formed a rock and roll group called Darlin'. They are also a meme on the SiIvaGunner channel. " Jimmy Coaster Results - WarioWare: Snapped!" (February 29, 2016) Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo consisting of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter.