Biography

Though the dB's were technically part of the second (post-Big Star) wave of power pop, they were the closest among their peers to the source, having actually backed up Big Star frontman Alex Chilton in the '70s before staking their own claim in the early '80s. Led by two equally strong singer/songwriters, Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple, they brought a quirky, new wave sensibility to their carefully crafted, Beatles-inspired popcraft, tailoring the British sound of the '60s for the skinny-tie crowd in the US. After Stamey left, the band soldiered on for a couple of great albums, but Holsapple eventually became a sessionman (R.E.M., Hootie & the Blowfish) before founding the Continental Drifters with wife Susan Cowsill.

Top Tracks

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• (it's Going To Be A) Lonely Christmas

• A Spy In The House Of Love

• Amplifier

• Black And White

• Bonneville

• Dynamite

• Espionage

• Feliz Navidad

• Girlfriend

• Happenstance

• Holiday Spirit

• Huey, Dewey, And "louie, Louie"

• I Lie

• I Saw Three Ships

• If And When

• I'm In Love

• Living A Lie

• Modern Boys & Girls

• Never Say When

• Soul Kiss

• The Christmas Song

• This Is Where I Belong

• We Should Be In Bed

• We Were Happy There

Discography

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• Paris Avenue

  Monkey Hill Records

  1994

• The Sound of Music

  IRS

  1987

• Like This

  Collectors' Choice Music

  1984

• Repercussion

  IRS

  1982

• Stands for Decibels

  Line

  1981