Ten years ago, Martin was studying at Valla Folkhögskola in Linköping. His school was throwing a party and he was offered the opportunity to appear with his band – unfortunately, at that time, there was no real band. Just a bunch of songs written over the years for a number of different bands. As it were, he had been in a whole bunch of bands - most of them also containing one or the other of two of his closest friends; Petter and Robin. It was not that far fetched an idea to call them up and form a group that could perform. This was in 1996, and the first gig ever for the synth-pop band Decency.
It is now ten years later and we have seen the band come and go a number of times over the years, usually following our own tidal patterns of nostalgia. Decency of 2006 is in most ways the same band as always – a number of the old songs are still with us, the members are the same and the sound is still mostly the same (although we are trying to slowly toughen up the sound a bit). New songs are coming though and we are very proud to announce our first full length album “Final Callâ€, which is basically a compilation of material we have played over the years – most of it reproduced and re-recorded, and some all new songs as well, but still – a full length album!
Our main focus this time around is to play live, something we’ve really missed. We will try for a record deal and we will continue to record our songs, but Decency IS a live band and it is live we should be experienced.
Anyway, we love you all! We consider this page a very informal way to connect with “fans†across the globe – no matter who you are or where you are, if you like synthpop and if you happen to like us – you are very welcome to give us a yell. MySpac is great for communication and networking and whether you are simply someone with a comment (good or bad) about us or any of our songs, or the booking agent of some venue – always feel free to speak up! We live for that.
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Lastly, we will most probably keep one or two songs on the player, but others will be switched around from time to time. If you want to stay up to date, either stop by now and then or simply add our blog to your subscriptions – we will always post there when we do major updates (such as new songs or major gigs).
That’s all! Welcome again, hope you will enjoy us – do feel free to add us as friends and recommend us to friends who you think would like what we do. And if you have a chance – come see us live, that is how music should be experienced!
Love and respect,
Petter, Martin & Robin
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