The dB's

Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
Black And White 01:58 Tools
Big Brown Eyes 02:35 Tools
Dynamite 03:26 Tools
Amplifier 03:05 Tools
Bad Reputation 03:08 Tools
The Fight 04:06 Tools
She's Not Worried 03:04 Tools
Cycles Per Second 02:59 Tools
Espionage 02:38 Tools
Tearjerkin' 03:55 Tools
Moving In Your Sleep 04:34 Tools
I'm In Love 03:28 Tools
Judy 02:51 Tools
Christmas Time 03:45 Tools
That Time Is Gone 03:32 Tools
Living A Lie 02:33 Tools
Neverland 03:07 Tools
We Were Happy There 02:38 Tools
Happenstance 02:34 Tools
Love Is for Lovers 03:17 Tools
From A Window To A Screen 03:11 Tools
Ask For Jill 02:54 Tools
A Spy in the House of Love 02:32 Tools
Nothing Is Wrong 03:30 Tools
Storm Warning 02:32 Tools
Ups and Downs 03:02 Tools
I Feel Good (Today) 04:27 Tools
In Spain 03:02 Tools
Baby Talk 01:44 Tools
Before We Were Born 03:48 Tools
The Wonder Of Love 03:46 Tools
She Got Soul 02:41 Tools
Lonely Is (As Lonely Does) 04:05 Tools
Write Back 03:40 Tools
World to Cry 03:30 Tools
Home for the Holidays 02:48 Tools
Holiday Spirit 01:25 Tools
Not Cool 02:54 Tools
Spitting in the Wind 03:28 Tools
Far Away And Long Ago 03:22 Tools
Soul Kiss 02:18 Tools
Send Me Something Real 04:45 Tools
Change With The Changing Times 02:45 Tools
I Lie 04:15 Tools
If and When 02:43 Tools
Bonneville 02:43 Tools
Rendezvous 03:09 Tools
I Didn't Mean to Say That 03:01 Tools
Working For Somebody Else 04:35 Tools
Never Say When 03:10 Tools
She Won't Drive In the Rain Anymore 05:12 Tools
Molly Says 02:18 Tools
Collide-oOo-Scope 05:20 Tools
Darby Hall 03:01 Tools
New Gun in Town 03:56 Tools
the adventures of albatross and doggerel 04:53 Tools
The Death of Rock 02:59 Tools
White Train 03:21 Tools
On the Battlefront 03:33 Tools
Think Too Hard 03:00 Tools
You Got It Wrong 03:00 Tools
Soul Kiss (Part One) 02:18 Tools
Modern Boys & Girls 02:46 Tools
What's the Matter With Me? 02:49 Tools
Remember (Falling Off the Sky) 03:10 Tools
Purple Hose (Slight Return) 00:49 Tools
Dynamite [Original Demo] 02:39 Tools
Any Old Thing 03:23 Tools
Never Before and Never Again 04:16 Tools
Walking the Ceiling (It's Good to Be Alive) 04:18 Tools
Feliz Navidad 02:45 Tools
Soul Kiss (Part Two) 01:12 Tools
Today Could Be The Day 03:25 Tools
Feel Alright 02:25 Tools
A Better Place 03:16 Tools
Hardcore Judy 01:26 Tools
Looked At The Sun Too Long 02:57 Tools
Sharon 03:21 Tools
We Should Be in Bed 02:59 Tools
Ph Factor 00:00 Tools
Baby Talk 00:00 Tools
Let's Live for Today 03:34 Tools
A Spy In The House Of Love [Extended Remix] 06:02 Tools
(I Thought) You Wanted to Know 00:00 Tools
Everytime Anytime 03:19 Tools
I Read New York Rocker 00:46 Tools
Little Hands 03:24 Tools
Tell Me Two Times 02:10 Tools
A Spy in the House of Love (extended remix) 06:02 Tools
Purple Hose 02:45 Tools
Remember 03:10 Tools
Ash 02:55 Tools
What About That Cat 02:58 Tools
From a Window 02:33 Tools
She's Green I'm Blue 01:48 Tools
The Christmas Song 02:37 Tools
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (for Hurrican Katrina relief (radio)) 03:59 Tools
Left to Right 02:50 Tools
for George Scott 03:58 Tools
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (for Hurricane Katrina relief (CD version)) 03:57 Tools
The Adventures Of Albetross and Doggerel (EQ 12-12-11) 04:53 Tools
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted 04:00 Tools
Houses on the Hill 02:28 Tools
Lonely Christmas 02:52 Tools
Christmas Time Is Here 03:20 Tools
The Only Law That Santa Claus Understood 02:41 Tools
I Saw Three Ships 02:36 Tools
Judy [*] 02:51 Tools
Christmas Light 02:09 Tools
Christmas Is Saturday 03:48 Tools
Christmas Is the Only Time 04:30 Tools
You're What I Want For Christmas 03:48 Tools
Sha La La 03:40 Tools
Santa's Moonlight Sleighride 03:26 Tools
Silent Nocturne 01:36 Tools
Picture Sleeve 03:44 Tools
It's a Wonderful Life 04:43 Tools
Oh Holy Night 04:12 Tools
Revolution of the Mind 03:36 Tools
This Is Where I Belong 03:32 Tools
Morning Bugle 03:30 Tools
Snow Is Falling 06:17 Tools
Ride the Roller Coaster 04:09 Tools
Window on the World 02:09 Tools
Lines and Dots 02:50 Tools
Girlfriend 03:09 Tools
Bald-Headed Baby 02:44 Tools
Barometers, Thermometers 02:32 Tools
Visible Man 03:45 Tools
I Can't Look Her in the Eye 02:15 Tools
Fall On Me 03:45 Tools
We Gold 02:45 Tools
Running Over 04:17 Tools
Dynamite (Original Demo) 03:24 Tools
Spy in the House of Love 04:14 Tools
Judy (bonus track) 02:51 Tools
Huey, Dewey and "Louie, Louie" 02:38 Tools
Orange Squeezer 03:01 Tools
Rains Around Here 02:23 Tools
Lakefront 05:04 Tools
From A Window To A Scream 02:23 Tools
Death Garage 00:00 Tools
Modern Boys and Girls 02:47 Tools
I thought you wanted to know 00:00 Tools
Soul Kiss, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Death Of Rock 03:24 Tools
Molly Said 03:24 Tools
Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley Cover) 03:24 Tools
A Spy in the House of Love [*][Extended Remix] 04:53 Tools
Schildkröte 03:24 Tools
Die Tanzschule 03:24 Tools
Lonely Is 04:14 Tools
Everybody's Happy Nowadays (Buzzcocks Cover) 04:53 Tools
She's Got Soul 00:30 Tools
The Adventures of Albetross and Doggerel 04:53 Tools
Repercussion 04:14 Tools
See No Evil (Television Cover) 03:58 Tools
01 · Living a Lie 04:53 Tools
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? 03:58 Tools
What's The Matter With Me 02:35 Tools
She Got Soul #2 03:58 Tools
07 baby talk 03:58 Tools
She Got Soul #1 03:58 Tools
Rendez-vous 02:35 Tools
The Summer Sun 03:08 Tools
10-big brown eyes 02:35 Tools
Ninety-Six Tears (Question Mark And The Mysterians Cover End Cut-Fade) 03:25 Tools
Cabaret 02:35 Tools
Bodybilly 02:35 Tools
Judy [*] [*] 02:35 Tools
09-bad reputation 02:35 Tools
Elvis What Happened 02:38 Tools
This Crazy Town 02:35 Tools
Big Time (C. Stamey) 02:35 Tools
Lonely Is As Lonely Does 03:00 Tools
01 Black and White 03:25 Tools
Bad Reputation (Stands For deciBels, 1981) 03:11 Tools
01-black and white 03:25 Tools
You Can't Take Her (C. Stamey) 03:11 Tools
Huey, Dewey, and "Louie, Louie" 02:38 Tools
01 Black and White (alt. mix) 03:00 Tools
Spittin' in the Wind 03:25 Tools
02 Dynamite 03:08 Tools
Electronic Formation (Magik Brite Remix) - Magik Brite Remix 03:00 Tools
White Train # 1 03:08 Tools
Darvy 03:11 Tools
White Train #1 03:08 Tools
03-she's not worried 03:08 Tools
Soul Kiss [*] [*] 03:08 Tools
06-tearjerkin 03:08 Tools
pH Factor (live) 02:38 Tools
Big Brown Eyes (Live) 02:01 Tools
03 She's Not Worried 02:01 Tools
Hey Baby (Alex Chilton Cover) 00:30 Tools
Get Down Tonight (KC & The Sunshine Band Cover) 02:42 Tools
02 Modern Boys And Girls 02:01 Tools
08-cycles per second 02:01 Tools
Judy [bonus] 02:51 Tools
06 black and white 02:51 Tools
What I Dig/Espionage 00:30 Tools
04 The Fight 02:51 Tools
A Spy in the House of Love [Extended Remix][*] 02:38 Tools
Black and White [1981] 03:09 Tools
"That Time Is Gone" 03:34 Tools
Früh am Morgen 02:51 Tools
Tearjerkin’ 02:51 Tools
Old #7 00:30 Tools
02 · We Were Happy There 00:30 Tools
Big time 00:30 Tools
05-espionage 00:30 Tools
04-the fight 00:30 Tools
Stands for Decibels 00:30 Tools
06 Tearjerkin' 00:30 Tools
Spitting Into The Wind 02:41 Tools
See No Evil 02:44 Tools
The dB's - Amplifier 03:08 Tools
Geisterstadt 03:08 Tools
01. White Train # 1 03:34 Tools
Stands for Decibels - 02 Dynamite 00:30 Tools
07 07 baby talk 03:09 Tools
09 She Got Soul #1 03:09 Tools
She's Not Worried (live) 02:53 Tools
04 Elvis What Happened? 02:53 Tools
Imperator 02:53 Tools
03 · Happenstance 02:53 Tools
03 Molly Said 02:53 Tools
04 · From a Window 02:53 Tools
05 Big Time (C. Stamey) 02:53 Tools
21 Not Cool 02:57 Tools
05 · Amplifier 02:57 Tools
The dB's - 05 - Ask For Jill 02:57 Tools
02-dynamite 02:57 Tools
07-baby talk 02:57 Tools
Ups & Downs 02:57 Tools
White Train # 2 02:41 Tools
02 Dynamite (live) 02:44 Tools
Lonely Is (As Lonely Goes) 02:44 Tools
04. Elvis What Happened 00:30 Tools
A Spy in the House of Love - Extended Remix 00:30 Tools
Excitement 02:44 Tools
Huey, Dewey And Louie, Louie 02:44 Tools
06 · Ask for Jill 02:44 Tools
01 White Train #1 02:44 Tools
Suspicious Minds 03:38 Tools
The Adventures Of Albetross & Doggerel (EQ 12-12-11) 02:44 Tools
05 You Can't Take Her (C. Stamey) 02:44 Tools
White Train #2 02:44 Tools
22 Love Is For Lovers 02:44 Tools
12 · Neverland 02:44 Tools
You Can't Take Her 03:38 Tools
12-moving in your sleep 02:44 Tools
11-i'm in love 02:44 Tools
13-judy 02:44 Tools
The dB's - Black and White 02:53 Tools
The dB's - 06 - Amplifier 03:07 Tools
07 · I Feel Good (Today) 03:07 Tools
Soul Kiss part one 02:18 Tools
Herr Major 02:18 Tools
02 we were happy there 02:18 Tools
02. Modern Boys and Girls 02:18 Tools
The Instrumental Adventures Of Albatross And Doggerel 03:38 Tools
11. Lonely Is 02:44 Tools
05 espionage 02:44 Tools
05. Big Time (C. Stamey) 02:44 Tools
08. Rendez-vous 03:38 Tools
13 Judy (live) 03:38 Tools
05 ask for jill 03:38 Tools
Sex Drive (Embarrassment Cover) 03:38 Tools
Das Gefühl (Dissonanz 03 Remix) - Dissonanz 03 Remix 03:38 Tools
10 She Got Soul #2 03:38 Tools
13 Death Of Rock 03:38 Tools
15 Spittin Into The Wind 03:38 Tools
20 Darvy 03:38 Tools
19 Battle Front 03:38 Tools
18 White Train #2 03:38 Tools
The dB's - 01 - Happenstance 03:38 Tools
The dB's - 02 - We Were Happy There 03:38 Tools
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Along with Let's Active, The dB's defined the Southern power pop/jangle pop movement of the early to mid-80s. The band's music was a quirky blend of smart pop and psychedelia crossed with the more experimental side of new wave. Though they've never received widespread recognition outside of critical acclaim, they provided a key link between Big Star and 80s alternative acts such as R.E.M.. Their latest work is 2012's 'Falling Off the Sky', which has attracted serious critical praise. Formed in 1978 in Winston-Salem, NC, the original lineup of the band featured Chris Stamey (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Gene Holder (bass), and Will Rigby (drums). All three members had spent time in Stamey's legendary group, Sneakers. After relocating to New York, the dB's released their debut single, "(I Thought) You Wanted to Know," b/w "If and When" for Stamey's Car label. Guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist Peter Holsapple, who had worked with Stamey in the band Rittenhouse Square in the early '70s, joined the band by the end of 1978. Holsapple and Stamey shared the songwriting chores during the band's early years. The dB's were unable to secure a U.S. recording contract, so they signed to the British Albion label. They released two albums on Albion: Stands for Decibels (1981) and Repercussion (1982). Both records received rave reviews but little sales. Stamey left in 1983 to resume a solo career. Rick Wagner was added on bass but was replaced shortly by Jeff Beninato. With Holsapple fronting the group, they signed to Bearsville in 1984 and released Like This, a more conventional jangle pop album with strong country leanings. Bearsville's internal problems doomed the album despite its obvious hit potential. They eventually left to sign with I.R.S. Records in 1987, where they released The Sound of Music. The album managed to break the Top 200 and college radio support was strong. The dB's received some crucial exposure when they opened for R.E.M. on their Document tour in the end of 1987, but by the end of 1988, the band decided to break up. In 1994, Paris Avenue, a collection of demos for the band's never-recorded fifth album, was released on Monkey Hill. Holsapple and Stamey reunited in 1991 for a duo project, releasing Mavericks later that year. Mavericks was the only album the duo ever released (although they have been working sporadically on a followup in recent years). Following its release, Stamey continued with solo projects; he also continued to contribute to the Golden Palominos, work as a sideman for Bob Mould, and become an acclaimed producer for bands like Whiskeytown and Le Tigre and artists like Caitlin Cary. Holder went on to join the Wygals and worked as a producer and guest musician for other artists. Will Rigby released one solo album, Sidekick Phenomenon, in 1985, and a second, Paradoxaholic, in 2002. He also joined Steve Earle's band as drummer. Holsapple joined R.E.M. as an occasional touring member in 1991 and formed his own band, the Continental Drifters, with then-wife Susan Cowsill. He went on to serve as a sideman to Hootie and the Blowfish. In late 2004, the original lineup of the dB's reformed. They have been playing occasional shows while working on a new album, and have released a couple of new songs through their web site, www.thedbs.com. The band's latest work is 2012's 'Falling Off the Sky', which has attracted serious critical praise. For example, 'The Chicago Tribune' ran an article stating that he release "sounds like the work of a band still very much at the top of its game." 'Falling Off the Sky' was created by the group's classic line-up of Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, and Will Rigby, Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.