David Boring is named after the unlikely hero from American cult classic graphic novel David Boring. Musical influences of the band include punk, post-punk, noise, no-wave and industrial. Distiguished by their dirty, experimental noise, male-female interlacing spoken dialogues and occasionally violent live performances, DB explores the murky modernity with a ferocious postmodern skepticism, creating a dark, borderline claustrophobic world that either excites or traumatizes.

Since the release of their debut album in 2017, DB went from being an under-the-radar local cult favourite, to slowly reaching out to a more international audience. Fueled by a unique blend of unflinching ferocity and poetic eloquence, they were named by i-D, as well as Dazed and Confused magazine, as one of the top 5 bands from East Asia to watch out for. The band was also featured on the episode filmed Hong Kong on late Anthony Bourdain’s series Parts Unknown, where they were introduced to an American audience. They have played as part of the line up at Clockenflap Festival in Hong Kong, Concrete and Grass Festival in Shanghai, and have opened for Protomartyr, Iceage and The Professionals. In 2019, DB performed live outide of Asia for the first time, showcased at the SXSW Music festival, and becoming the first band from Hong Kong to do so.