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Death Cab for Cutie
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indie, indie rock, alternative, emo, rock
Bellingham, Washington (1997 – present)
Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band takes its name from a satirical song of the same name, written by Vivian Stanshall and performed by The Bonzo Dog Band on their 1967 album Gorilla and in The Beatles’ experimental movie, Magical Mystery Tour.
Death Cab for Cutie began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard while he was the guitar player for the band Pinwheel. As Death Cab for Cutie, Gibbard released a cassette titled You Can Play These Songs With Chords; the release was surprisingly successful, and Gibbard decided to expand the band into a complete project. He recruited Chris Walla (who had also worked on the cassette) as an electric guitarist, Nick Harmer as bass guitarist, and Nathan Good to play drums.
The four released the LP Something About Airplanes on August 18th 1998. The album was favorably reviewed in the independent music scene, and in 2000 the band released We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes. Nathan Good left the band at some point during this album’s production. His playing on “
The Employment Pages” and “Company Calls Epilogue” were kept, but Gibbard played drums on all other songs.
Michael Schorr would first appear on The Forbidden Love E.P., released on October 24, 2000. In 2001, another LP was released, entitled The Photo Album. Limited editions of this album contained three bonus tracks, which were later released separately as The Stability EP.
Death Cab for Cutie began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard while he was the guitar player for the band Pinwheel. As Death Cab for Cutie, Gibbard released a cassette titled You Can Play These Songs With Chords; the release was surprisingly successful, and Gibbard decided to expand the band into a complete project. He recruited Chris Walla (who had also worked on the cassette) as an electric guitarist, Nick Harmer as bass guitarist, and Nathan Good to play drums.
The four released the LP Something About Airplanes on August 18th 1998. The album was favorably reviewed in the independent music scene, and in 2000 the band released We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes. Nathan Good left the band at some point during this album’s production. His playing on “
The Employment Pages” and “Company Calls Epilogue” were kept, but Gibbard played drums on all other songs.Michael Schorr would first appear on The Forbidden Love E.P., released on October 24, 2000. In 2001, another LP was released, entitled The Photo Album. Limited editions of this album contained three bonus tracks, which were later released separately as The Stability EP.
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Death Cab for Cutie - Talking Bird
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Death Cab for Cutie: "No Sunlight"
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Death cab for cutie - I will possess your heart
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melat0nin wrote:
Was heavily into them a few years ago, then realised they're actually really wet. Some of their songs are brilliant though, regardless.
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Honky-tonk5 wrote:
Hello pianists and keyboardists! You are welcome to this group http://www.last.fm/group/Keyboardists+and+pianists
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XsosoX wrote:
great band <3
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McKlop wrote:
yeah, "wow" is a pretty inteligent comment, you sucker.
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iPeti wrote:
I love this band sooo much!
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saraogun wrote:
wow
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McKlop wrote:
is my comment fakkin deleted? pussies.
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zrie06 wrote:
anyway...their latest album isn't good enough compared to previous albums...
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zrie06 wrote:
2 me..dcfc is a best american indie band..p/s: love to hear ben gibbard voice, so tuoching n calm..
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rigoisphat wrote:
*waits for another fag to make a rites of spring reference*
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rigoisphat wrote:
this band is emo
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rcstars wrote:
LMAO somebody tagged this as screamo
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milann89 wrote:
Really, really, really got into this band...
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hunterEx wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don't+want+to+see+old+Last.fm+anymore Join us if you like new Last.fm!
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hunterEx wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don't+want+to+see+old+Last.fm+anymore Join us if you like new Last.fm!
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PhilyT83 wrote:
Not a bad band. Reminds me of Jimmy Eat World on the softer songs like 'Your Heart Is An Empty Room'. Emo is Emotional Rock... which pretty much describes millions of artists past and present. Those little punk kids dressed in black who hate the world are not emo... just c**t's!
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daulpavis wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Bring+back+the+old+Last.fm http://www.last.fm/group/Bring+back+the+old+Last.fm http://www.last.fm/group/Bring+back+the+old+Last.fm If there is anything you want from the old layout back then join.
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eniac_g wrote:
Tokyo Hotel is emo, this (death cab) is music
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gsnedders wrote:
@KillYourMTV: sub-genre of hardcore punk really. Fugazi was one of the main influences (though not emo themselves) of the second wave of emo: there is music that predates that which is different still, and was the original emo (see bands like Rites of Spring).
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KillYourMTV wrote:
isnt emo a subgenre of punk made famous in the 80's by bands like fugazi? (i.e. music that sounds nothing like what people call emo now?)
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- Jul 17 FIB Heineken Benicassim, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
- Jul 17 Death Cab for Cutie Carling Academy Brixton, London, United Kingdom
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Pemberton Festival 2008
Pemberton, Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
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- Band Members
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- Ben Gibbard (1997 - present)
- Chris Walla (1997 - present)
- Jason McGerr (2003 - present)
- Michael Schorr (2000 - 2003)
- Nathan Good (1997 - 2000)
- Nick Harmer (1997 - present)
