STANDS FOR DECIBELS
Stands for Decibels is the acclaimed 1981 debut album by The dB’s. It was initially commercially unsuccessful but has since become recognized as a crucial album in the power pop canon, alongside releases by Big Star and Let’s Active. Many rock bands, from Yo La Tengo and Teenage Fanclub to R.E.M., have cited the album as an influence. (More from Wikipedia)
I don’t have to go any further than my hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina to find a band that should have had a lot more success than they did: The dB’s (Stands for Decibles as their 1981 debut album proclaimed).
(January 2012)
