Death By Decibels are a four piece punk / rock band and another welcome addition to the roster of bands playing on Moonlight Radio. Let's hear what they have to say for themselves:

The band was formed early 2002 from the ashes of various doomed project bands from around Warrington & Newton-Le-Willows. dBd are:- Matt Frodsham (Lead guitar/Lead Vocals), John Risley (Bass Guitar/Vocals), Iain Tidbury (Rhythm guitar/ Vocals), Lee Gallagher (Drums/ stupid haircut/ vocals). Four very different personalities united by the energy and passion of their music. dBd owe much of their sound to the aggression and ideals of bygone punk rock idols such as The Clash, The Ramones, Billy Bragg intertwined with the modern sounds of Greenday, Rancid and The Dropkick Murphy’s. The four piece all share the same goal of wanting people to drink, dance and sing along to their tunes whether it be in a sweaty, cramped watering hole or blasting from your CD player at a party. To the media, it's punk rock, anthemic pop punk. To dBd, it's a lifestyle. Jump on the bandwagon early to avoid being labeled a sell-out!

Influences include, The Clash, Ramones, Dropkick Murphys, & Greenday. Supported Malibu Stacey, Kasabian & Dogs D'Amour and have just secured support for Sham 69 and Dogs D'Amour for 2005 and have been asked to embark on a UK tour with Pnechance promotions to represent the UKs unsigned bands.

Warrington Guardian, St Helens Reporter, St Helens Star, Preston post & Merseyrock.co.uk have said things like:

“The best of the up and coming UK punk talent” “Seems like the next best thing since the last best thing!” “Care free, young, and with a distinctive anthemic, raucous attitude” “This is the great thing about them, you will bop, pogo or just go crazy whether you like it or not!” “dBd songs have got dBd stamped all over 'em, they stand out, they sound different, and you can tell the quality in the songwriting straight away” “ Matt [Frodsham,] lurches into the punters faces, screaming lyrical anthems nose-to-nose and all is looking good” “Now I’ve been to many many gigs in my time, and it’s rare for any support act to have such a crowd, especially the opening act. Which just goes to prove that dBd are indeed something special, something new… something original. Bands like these don’t come along too often, so sit up and take notice – because you’ll be kicking yourself if you miss out”.

dBd have played frequently around the UK, including dates in Blackpool, Poulton, Manchester, Birmingham, Preston, Widnes and Liverpool, Including headlining Newton-Le-Willows music festival 2004. DBD are currently organising UK dates for the Summer of 2005. including dates in the afore-mentioned, and more.

A little more info about the band members:

John Risley (Bass Guitar/Vocals)

Equipment: Peavey Fury 5 (5 string), Yamaha rbx370b, Marshall 150 Watt amp, BOSS fuzz pedal

Best event in career: White Hart New Year 2000. Best sound check ever(Thanks Steve). Being told we may be supporting UK Subs. Supporting Dogs D'Amour and being told they loved us!!! The Dogs said they love us!!! How good is that???They said we were one of the best support bands they had had. And then on the same night finding out we got support slot for Sham69. Oh yeah! being asked to go to a punk festival in Bulgaria!!!!!

Worst event in career: WA1 was ok in the end. We played well but the sound check wasn’t very good. We were asked to do 1 hr 15 min set which we practiced for all week, then were told we only got 40 minutes!

Lee Gallagher (Drums/ stupid haircut/ vocals)

Equipment:
Kit: Tama Starclassic in Aztec Red Fade (nice), Mapex Black Panther 14"x6.5" Snare, All Mapex B550 Boom stands, Iron cobra double pedal and Iron Cobra 2 leg hi-hat stands, All Evans skins, G2's on Toms (batter) G1's on Toms (Resonant) 2 ply Genera HD dry vented on Snare , and EMAD on Bass drum. HARDCASE Hardcases, Moongels, Vic Firth 5A nylon hickory drum sticks. +other bits and bobs

Cymbals:
10" Sabian AAX Splash
14" Paiste RUDE Sound Edge Hi-Hats
16" Sabian AA Pro Thin Crash
18" Sabian AAXPlosion Crash
18" Paiste RUDE Crash/Ride
18" Sabian AAX China
19" Sabian AAX Metal Crash
22" Sabian Paragon Ride
19" Paiste RUDE Crash/Ride

Best event in career: The Legion gig, Penketh. Was packed out and we had a great circle pit!!! Supporting Wonderlust was fantastic @ Star & Garter Manchester but the icing on the cake for me was support for Dogs D'Amour, more so cos they loved us,Specially Danny (bassist) who is one kool guy

Worst event in career: Has to be WA1, we played well but there was a few complications. Sound engineer wasnt to helpful. He then spent an hour trying to fix a broken cable with tape, then decided to change it ( We'd e told him it was broken but he wasnt having it lol)

Iain Tidbury (Rhythm guitar/ Vocals)

Equipment: Epiphone Explorer (black), Vintage V(black), Marshall MG100HDFX, Marshall AVT 4x12, Dunlop .88 Picks, Hybrid Slinky strings, noise suppressor, digitech whammy pedal.

Best event in career: New Years Eve 2000, at white hart because we rocked, everything went right and we got a really good reception!. Supporting Malibu Stacey @ WA1 and being asked to stay back with the band. Dogs D'Amour support was amazing.

Worst event in career: WA1 Club (not support for Malibu Stacey) because as Froj said there were problems galore.We got messed around like you wouldn’t believe but we still kicked !!!

Matt Frodsham (Lead guitar/Lead Vocals)

Equipment: Jackson DK2, Epiphone LP Black Beauty, Marshall JCM 900, several pedals that you don’t care about, Dunlop .88 picks, random leads etc.

Best event in career: Supporting Dogs D'Amour @ Carling Academy, Liverpool. Most gigs apart from a couple that don’t need mentioning before we had Lee, he rocks hard!… White Hart usually kicks though.

Worst event in career: WA1. Not exactly venues fault, just a bad night. We got up, played and rocked anyway. The fans requested an encore, even though the sound was messed up but I wouldn’t want to go through the stress again lol. It is the only gig we would have contemplated canceling.