Biography

Death Cab for Cutie's rise from small-time solo project to Grammy-nominated rock band is one of indie rock's greatest success stories. Launched in the bayside college town of Bellingham, Washington, the group was originally a side project for singer/guitarist Ben Gibbard, an engineering student at Western Washington University who split his time between school and music. Taking a break from his local power pop band, Pinwheel, Gibbard began recording an album's worth of solo material during the summer of 1997. Producer Chris Walla lent his help to the sessions, which resulted in an eight-song cassette entitled You Can Play These Songs with Chords. When the tape became a local hit, Gibbard reached into his circle of friends to form a band, hoping to play the new songs live. Bassist Nick Harmer (Gibbard's roommate) and drummer Nathan Good climbed aboard, and Walla enlisted as the band's primary guitarist (he would also go on to produce most of the band's future releases). With a lineup now in place, Gibbard's group rechristened itself Death Cab for Cutie (named after a song by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) and signed a contract with the Seattle-based Barsuk Records within a year's time.

Top Albums
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11. Something Ab..	12. The Forbidde..	13. You Can Play..	14. iTunes Origi..	15. Crooked Teet..
16. Keys and Cod..	17. Directions	18. The Stabilit..	19. Doors Unlock..	20. You Are a To..

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	I Will Follow You Into the Dark	Plans	3:09	$1.29
2.	Soul Meets Body	Plans	3:50	$1.29
3.	You Are a Tourist	Codes and Keys (Deluxe Vers..	4:46	$1.29
4.	I Will Possess Your Heart	Narrow Stairs	8:25	$1.29
5.	Cath...	Narrow Stairs	3:49	$1.29
6.	Transatlanticism	Transatlanticism	7:55	$0.99
7.	Grapevine Fires	Narrow Stairs	4:07	$1.29
8.	Meet Me On the Equinox	Twilight Saga: New Moon (De..	3:44	$1.29
9.	Title and Registration	Transatlanticism	3:39	$0.99
10.	Underneath the Sycamore	Codes and Keys (Deluxe Vers..	3:24	$1.29
11.	You Are a Tourist	Codes and Keys	4:46	$1.29
12.	Lack of Color	Transatlanticism	3:35	$0.99
13.	Crooked Teeth	Plans	3:23	$1.29
14.	Sound of Settling	Transatlanticism	2:12	$0.99
15.	Stay Young, Go Dancing	Codes and Keys (Deluxe Vers..	2:50	$1.29
16.	Tiny Vessels	Transatlanticism	4:21	$0.99
17.	Marching Bands of Manhattan	Plans	4:12	$1.29
18.	Summer Skin	Plans	3:14	$1.29
19.	I Will Possess Your Heart (Radio Edi..	Narrow Stairs	4:08	$1.29
20.	Passenger Seat	Transatlanticism	3:41	$0.99
21.	What Sarah Said	Plans	6:20	$1.29
22.	Someday You Will Be Loved	Plans	3:11	$1.29
23.	Underneath the Sycamore	Codes and Keys	3:24	$1.29
24.	We Looked Like Giants	Transatlanticism	5:32	$0.99
25.	Brothers On a Hotel Bed	Plans	4:31	$1.29

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