We recently posted our power-pop special issue from 2002 online. It is an exhaustive overview of American power pop from the '70s through the '00s. The dB's are a big part of this.

Link to the main page:
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2002/09/11/shake-some-action-an-intro-to-magnets-history-of-american-power-pop/

Link to the story featuring the dB's:
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2002/09/06/power-pop-the-’80s-style-over-substance/

As stated, below Peter and Chris are guest editing our website all week. Check it out here:
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/category/guest-editor/

The Q & A with Peter and Chris is great:

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/06/01/qa-with-peter-holsapple-chris-stamey/#more-29539