dBs, The

The dBs: Repercussion (Albion)

Review by Ralph Traitor, Sounds, February 1982

THE dB's PANDER to no-one, patronise no single style, are interdependent on each other and independent of just about everyone else. Repercussion is better than ...

The dB's: Sophisticated Jukebox Music

Interview by Richard Cook, NME, March 1982

THE APPEARANCE OF The Great American Pop Band on these shores hasn't exactly caused a stampede to the nation's box offices. But the dB's ...

Seasoned Native Sons Follow Their Own Muse: The dB's

Interview by Ira Robbins, Musician, 1984

"THERE'S NOTHING WRONG with honest American music," says Peter Holsapple, guitarist, keyboard player and main songwriter of the dB's. He goes on to cite Elvis ...

The dBs: Like This

Review by Mitchell Cohen, Creem, February 1985

CENSUS-TAKERS have determined that there is a core audience of 19,422 citizens with a susceptibility toward charmingly weird, clever, and sensitive pop-rock with a foundation ...

A Crafty Couple: Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Times, The, 1991

AN INEVITABLE side effect of any domestic pop explosion in Britain is that the best American rock should be overlooked by radio stations and the ...

Spies In The House Of Pop: The dB's and their star-crossed third album, Like This

Retrospective and Interview by Fred Mills, Harp, June 2006

BY THE SUMMER of 1982 things were looking a bit grim for the dB's. ...

The dB's, Mitch Easter and Sneakers: Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

Live Review by Jason Gross, Harp, January 2007

THOUGH CAROLINA-to-Hoboken legends the dB's already had their first reunion gigs at Maxwell's in Hoboken last fall, this Gotham show was their big coming-out party, ...

Peter Holsapple: An Interview

Interview by Jeremy Gluck, Bucketful of Brains, Fall 2009

IN '82 WE WERE all listening to the dBs' second album, Repercussion. The Barracudas, having been shown the ejection seat by EMI, were in a ...