The members of The Billy Dechand Band write about love and politics. The song is about how some people climb the corporate ladder using other people as stepping-stones but they get to the top alone and have no one to celebrate with. The band has put out two CDs. The Billy Dechand Band feels they have a sound that is different from most bands performing today. Our music is more complicated then most bands.
Most rock bands are less classically influenced.
Some of The Billy Dechand Band's influences include XTC, The Beatles, Elvis Costello and Elliot Smith Dechand compares their music to the style of mid-1960's artist Brian Wilson and XTC because they mix rock and roll with classical music. Dechand describes his best memory with the group. It was our CD release party and our last show with our former guitar player Rich MacKelfresh. He graduated and moved to Atlanta. It was at the Local 506 in Chapel Hill.