De-Coded happened when the distinctive entertainer Clive Donaldson teamed up with producer Steve Calvert to make pure stadium rock - British style.

While 1960s-inspired, hedonistic Britpop and Indie Rock make their return to centre stage in the UK, the six Mancunians who make up De-Coded have released a multiracial, politically-charged debut that owes a greater debt to the funk-rock of Sly & the Family Stone, Rick James, Bootsy Collins, early Prince and Living Colour... and to the metal mightiness of prime Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. Their debut album, "Live Learn and Die" meets the challenge of capturing the frenetic Code live sound, an invigorating blend of funk, punk, hard rock and urban.

Frontman Clive will always be known as an original and vibrant TV personality from a famous late 80’s / early 90’s club-based British cult music television programme. The full scope of his personality and his dancing talents hit UK television screens like a Mack truck and helped place his image in the popular British psyche. His ability to create an electric atmosphere gave the show a distinctive edge and was a distinctive element that made the show marketable to a worldwide audience. His alter-ego “Wiggie” was launched from this success.

Not long afterwards, Clive met songwriter/composer/arranger Steve Calvert. The creative chemistry was immediate. Mancunian Steve had been a talented guitarist playing with local bands. As much as he loved performing, production was to become his calling. He went on to build his own studio and began producing music. Their original brainchild was called “Barcode” and the genre they chose was commercial dance music.

Through Barcode, Wiggie and Steve found themselves traveling and performing as part of events like the Run to the Sun Festival, TFM’s Party in the Park PAs, Liverpool’s Radio City and other numerous club & festival PAs. As much as they enjoyed and learned from these experiences, modern pop music didn’t allow them the scope they needed to express themselves.

De-Coded was born.