险峻海峡（Dire Straits，虽然因为代理唱片商的翻译方式使然，在中文领域中通常采直翻译名，但「dire straits」其实是个英文俚语，譬喻「困境」，因此也曾被译为困境），是一支1977年时成立于英国纽卡索的四人制摇滚乐团。有别于当时流行的庞克摇滚乐风，险峻海峡是支以根源摇滚（Roots Rock）为主要风格的乐团，1984年的畅销单曲《挥霍无度》（Money For Nothing）是其颠峰之作，除了是他们的首张告示牌排行榜冠军单曲外，也替其赢得1985年的葛莱美奖，并被选为MTV欧洲台的开台首播音乐录像带。

Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, and blues, and came closest to beat music within the context of rock and roll. Despite the prominence of punk rock during the band's early years, their stripped-down sound contrasted with punk, demonstrating a more "rootsy" influence that emerged from pub rock. Many of Dire Straits' compositions were melancholic. Dire Straits' biggest selling album Brothers in Arms has sold over 30 million copies, and was the first album to sell a million copies on CD.