The dB’s have always been underappreciated. They had some great songs in the 1980s but never became that well known. One of those songs is “Amplifier” which isn’t a particularly upbeat song lyrically but is a favorite of mine. It is a good enough song to be included on BOTH their second and third album.
I don’t remember which of my Strat-O-Matic baseball friends shared their dB’s music with me, but it definitely came from that little pocket of my life. I remember enjoying the reviews of the dB’s in Trouser Press magazine (for music fans, if you were around in the early 1980s you might know).
Good news: the dB’s are still around and apparently doing shows.