DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - GRAMMY NOMINATED INDIE BAND

Death Cab for Cutie is a Grammy nominated American indie rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consist of Benjamin Gibbard (vocalist, guitar), Chris Walla (guitar, production), Nicholas Harmer (bassist), and Jason McGerr (drummer). Gibbard took the band name from the title of the song written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and performed by their group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band in The Beatles' 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour. Their best-selling song currently is "I Will Possess Your Heart" on their most recent album, "Narrow Stairs". Gibbard's first album, You Can Play These Songs with Chords, was release as a demo, leading to a record deal with Barsuk Record. It was at this time that Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band, and recruited band members to join. The band has released six studio albums, four EPs, and one demo to date. Their most recent album, Narrow Stairs, was released on May 12, 2008 in the United Kingdom and was released on May 13, 2008 in the United States.

Death Cab for Cutie began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard while he was the guitar player for the band Pinwheel and was recording under the same name All-Time Quaterback. As Death Cab for Cutie, Gibbard released a cassette tittled You Can Play These Songs with Chords; the relesead was surprisingly successful and Gibbard decided to expand the band into the complete project. He recruited Chris Walla (who also had worked on the cassette) as a guitarist, Nick Harmer as a bassist, and Nathan Good to play drums. Death Cab for Cutie was officially formed at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington and lyrics from early songs include local references that were important to the band's development. Many of the early songs were recorded in the basement of an Ellis Street home Gibbard lived in with several roommates in Bellingham. The four released the LP Something About Airplanes on August 18, 1998. The album was favorably reviewed in the independent music scene and in the 2000 the band released the 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" was kept, but Gibbard played drums on all other songs. Good's replacement Jayson Tolzdorf-Larson joined the band during the recording of their second record, We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes. Although Jayson did not contributed to the album, he did appear on the song, "Spring Break Broke" from "Death Cab for Fiver "7" record. He also joined the band on two tours, including their first full U.S tour. He was later replaced by Micheal Schorr who would first appear on The Forbidden Love EP, 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.
In 2003, there was yet another change of drummer, with Jason McGerr of Eureka Farm replacing Schorr. McGerr would play drums on the next release, Transatlanticism, which was release in October 2003. Tracks from the album appeared in the soundtracks of the television shows The O.C, Six Feet Under, CSI : Miami and Californication. The 2005 movies Wedding Crashers and Mean Creek also included album tracks. In spring of 2004, the band recorded a live EP titled The John Byrd EP, named for their sound engineer. The EP was released on Barsuk Records in March 2004.

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