Editing Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (section)

===Post-split===
Each member released solo albums: Delgado ''Mistress'' (on Virgin), and Görl ''Night Full Of Tension'' (on Mute).

Delgado and Görl reunited in 1985 to record ''[[1st Step to Heaven]]'', their only album in English, which achieved one week in the Swedish album chart at no. 46.<ref name="sweden-charts"/> Delgado later noted: "So we wanted to break our own rules and said: OK, so now we sing in English, now we don’t wear black. ''(laughing)'' With purpose. Because we wanted to break our own rules."<ref name=venia/>

During this extensive period their historical importance began to become clearer. Legendary radio DJ [[John Peel]] went as far as to call them the ''Grandfathers of [[Techno]]''. Both Robert and Gabi had solo musical careers, with Robert becoming a respected techno artist in his own right. Gabi Delgado also recorded two albums as [[DAF/DOS]] ('Dos' here referring to the Spanish word for 'two') together with [[Wotan Wilke Möhring|Wotan Wilke]].

[[File:Gabi Delgado-Lopez - Live with DAF in Mannheim.jpg|thumb|Gabi Delgado-López, DAF live in 2012]]
When DAF reformed for the 2003 album ''[[Fünfzehn neue D.A.F.-Lieder]]'' (15 New D.A.F Songs) their style had shifted to a fusion of the classic [[Conny Plank|Plank]]-produced D.A.F. sound with elements taken from Robert's techno work. The drums were replaced with crisper electronic beats, but the [[ARP Avatar]] and, of course, Gabi's vocals remained in place. According to Deutsche Welle, the album "takes specific aim at American cultural imperialism and political dominance" as evidenced by the first single, "Der Sheriff", a song about the George W. Bush administration.<ref name="dw-2003">{{cite news |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Punk Legends DAF: 'Ami Go Home' |url=https://p.dw.com/p/3CYR |access-date=9 May 2021 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=24 January 2003}}</ref> "Der Sheriff" peaked at #2 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and ranked #15 on the DAC Top 100 Singles of 2003.<ref name="dac-singles-03">{{cite web |title=DAC Top 100 Singles 2003 |url=http://www.public-propaganda.de/charts/jahrescharts2003/DAC/index.html |website=Trendcharts oHG |publisher=AMC Alster Musik Consulting GmbH |access-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040110234321/http://www.public-propaganda.de/charts/jahrescharts2003/DAC/index.html |archive-date=10 January 2004 |date=2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The band prepared more music, but split before they could make another album. Görl played in 2007 as DAF.Partei with Thoralf Dietrich (from Jäger 90) as lead singer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=20889_0_2_0_C |title=DAF is dead, long live DAF.Partei + Spetsnaz reunion |publisher=Side-line.com |date=22 February 1999 |access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>

Delgado-Lopez and Görl have played occasional reunion shows since their thirtieth anniversary tour in 2008. In 2010, the band returned with a new single "Du bist DAF", limited to 2010 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deutschamerikanischefreundschaft.de/ |title=Damned-Clothing – Damned Fashion for Damned People |language=de |publisher=Deutschamerikanischefreundschaft.de |date=28 June 2011 |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> The sound snippet is available via [[SoundCloud]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/du-bist-daf/du-bist-daf |title=DU BIST DAF by DU BIST DAF on SoundCloud – Create, record and share your sounds for free |publisher=SoundCloud.com |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref>

The band declared its split again in January 2015, with another farewell tour to start in May.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=51861_0_2_0_C |title=D.A.F. calls it quits and announces farewell-tour – DAF news at |publisher=Side-line.com |date=22 February 1999 |access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>

An authorised biography of the band, "Das ist DAF", written by Miriam Spies and Rudi Esch, was published in 2017. There is no English translation of the text available at present. According to the publisher's page, "This richly illustrated book tells the unique DAF story from the perspective of [[Gabi Delgado]] and [[Robert Görl]]", both of whom as DAF are "regarded as a forerunner of the [[techno]] and [[Electronic body music|EBM]] scene."

Delgado died in 2020. Görl released one last album as DAF, ''[[Nur Noch Einer]]'' in 2021, based on old DAF tapes and with new lyrics by Görl.