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

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 Pop rock
Years active	1977–1998 2016–present
Members	Enrico Ruggeri Fulvio Muzio Silvio Capeccia
Past members	Mino Riboni Pino Mancini Erri Longhin Roberto Turatti

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 2018 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

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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