Who is Death Cab For Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie are an American indie rock band that was formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band takes their name from a satirical song performed by the The Bonzo Dog Band, a British comedy rock group, 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 guitarist for the band Pinwheel (he has also recorded solo as All-Time Quarterback). As Death Cab for Cutie, Gibbard released a cassette, titled You Can Play These Songs with Chords , which he had produced himself. Formally, at this time, Death Cab for Cutie was just Ben Gibbard, but Chris Walla (who went on to produce all of the band's subsequent albums) and Nicholas Harmer (who had previously played with Gibbard in a band called Shed, which, after Gibbard had left, became known as Eureka Farm) also played on the release. It was surprisingly successful, and Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band, with Walla and Harmer becoming formal members. He also recruited Nathan Good to play drums, and this configuration released the LP Something About Airplanes in the summer of 1998. The album got favorable reviews from the independent music scene, and in 2000, the follow-up was released: We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes. Nathan Good left the band at some point during the recording of We Have the Facts. His playing on "The Employment Pages" and "Company Calls Epilogue" were kept, but Gibbard played drums on all other songs. New drummer Michael Schorr would first appear on  (read all)