Death Cab for Cutie
Overview
Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band formed in Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...

 in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard
Ben Gibbard
Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard is an American musician known as a member of several successful indie rock bands. He is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, and is also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback! and his first band, Pinwheel.-Personal life and career:Gibbard was...

 (vocals, guitar, piano), Chris Walla
Chris Walla
Christopher Walla is an American musician and music producer, most notable for being the guitarist for the band Death Cab for Cutie. He is also a former DJ of KCWU, 88.1 The Burg...

 (guitar, production, keyboards), Nick Harmer
Nick Harmer
Nicholas Harmer is the bass guitarist for the group Death Cab for Cutie.-Personal life:Harmer was born in Landstuhl, Germany. He attended Governor John R. Rogers High School in Puyallup, Washington, and was President of his senior class...

 (bass) and Jason McGerr
Jason McGerr
Jason McGerr is the current drummer for the band Death Cab for Cutie. McGerr was previously in Krusters Kronomid and Eureka Farm as well as the Seattle jazz trio Rockin' Teenage Combo. McGerr is an instructor at the Seattle Drum School when not playing drums for Death Cab for Cutie...

 (drums).

Gibbard's first album, You Can Play These Songs with Chords
You Can Play these Songs with Chords
You Can Play These Songs with Chords is an early demo from the rock band Death Cab for Cutie, which at the time consisted entirely of founder Ben Gibbard...

, was released as a demo, leading to a record deal with Barsuk Records
Barsuk Records
Barsuk Records is an independent record label based in Seattle, Washington, started and still managed by the members of the band This Busy Monster, Christopher Possanza and Josh Rosenfeld, who created the label in 1994 to release their band's material. Its logo is a drawing of a dog holding a...

. It was at this time that Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band, and recruited band members to join.
Quotations

I'll take the best of your bad moods and dress them up to make a better you, 'cause all the company calls amount to one paycheck.

"Company Calls"

Crashing through the parlor doors, what was your first reaction?Screaming, drunk, disorderly: I'll tell you mine.You were the one, but I can'tspit it out when the date's been set.

"Company Calls Epilogue"

I'm in Los Angeles today;garbage cans comprise the mediansof freeways always creeping,even when the population's sleeping.And I can't see why you'd want to live here.

"Why You'd Want to Live Here"

And there's no blameFor how our love did slowly fadeAnd now that it's goneIt's like it wasn't there at allAnd here I rest where disappoinment and regret collideLying awake at night.

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