Decibel (band)

Decibel
Decibel
	Decibel in Milan (1979). L-R, Enrico Ruggeri, Fulvio Muzio, Mino Riboni, Silvio Capeccia
Background information
Origin	Milan, Italy
Genres	Punk rock; New wave; Alternative rock
Years active	1977–1998; 2016–present
Members	Enrico Ruggeri; Fulvio Muzio; Silvio Capeccia
Past members	Mino Riboni; Pino Mancini; Erri Longhin; Roberto Turatti

Decibel is an Italian punk rock band formed in 1977.^[1]

They debuted in 1978 with the album Punk and participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 1980 with the song "Contessa".^[2] Lead singer Enrico Ruggeri left the band at the end of the year to pursue a successful solo career. Capeccia, Muzio and Riboni continued until the end of the 1990s before disbanding.

The band reformed in 2016 and released their first album of new material in almost twenty years, Noblesse oblige. In 2018 they returned to the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Lettera dal Duca".^[3]

Members

Current

Enrico Ruggeri – vocals (1977-1980, 2016-present)
Fulvio Muzio – guitar, keyboards, vocals (1978-1998, 2016-present)
Silvio Capeccia – keyboards, vocals (1978-1998, 2016-present)

Former members

Mino Riboni – bass, vocals (1978–1985)
Pino Mancini – guitar (1977-1978)
Erri Longhin – bass (1977-1978)
Roberto Turatti – drums (1977-1978)

Discography

Studio albums

Punk (1978)
Vivo da re (1980)
Novecento (1982)
Desaparecida (1998)
Noblesse oblige (2017)
L'anticristo (2018)

Live albums

Punksnotdead (2019)

References

^ Claudio Biazzetti (23 April 2017). "I Decibel sono ancora qui, sempre più snob". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Decibel, 38 anni dopo: dalla "Contessa" al "Duca"". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ Valentina Colosimo (7 February 2018). "Sanremo 2018, i Decibel sono tornati (ma prendono «le distanze»)". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

Bibliography

Logan, Nick; Woffinden, Bob (1978). The Illustrated New Musical Express Encyclopedia of Rock. London: Hamlyn.
Rizzi, Cesare (1993). Enciclopedia del rock italiano. Milan: Arcana. pp. 571–573.

External links

Official website

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[1] Claudio Biazzetti (23 April 2017). "I Decibel sono ancora qui, sempre più snob". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[2] "Decibel, 38 anni dopo: dalla "Contessa" al "Duca"". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[3] Valentina Colosimo (7 February 2018). "Sanremo 2018, i Decibel sono tornati (ma prendono «le distanze»)". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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