Death Cab for Cutie Quotes
Death Cab for Cutie Song Quotes
"Oh, how I feel like a stranger here
Searching for something that's disappeared"
-Death Cab for Cutie
from Gold Rush (2018)
"If you let me be your skyline I'll let you be the wave"
-Death Cab For Cutie
from The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive (2015)
"I wish the world was flat like the old days
Then i could travel just by folding a map
No more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways
There'd be no distance that could hold us back."
-Death Cab For Cutie
from The New Year (2003)
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Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band, formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997.
It was originally a solo project of Ben Gibbard. After the demo album "You Can Play These Songs with Chords" met with a positive reception, Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band.
-Wikipedia
Also Known As: DCFCIt was originally a solo project of Ben Gibbard. After the demo album "You Can Play These Songs with Chords" met with a positive reception, Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band.
Members:
Benjamin Gibbard - lead vocals, guitars, piano, organ, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, drum machine
(1997-present)
Nick Harmer - bass, backing vocals, guitars, organ, keyboards
(1997-present)
Jason McGerr - drums, percussion
(2003-present)
Name Origin:
Gibbard took the band name from the song Death Cab for Cutie by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (off their 1967 album "Gorilla")
The song's name was in turn taken from an invented pulp fiction crime magazine "The Uses of Literacy" by Richard Hoggart, as part of his 1957 study of working class culture.
In a 2011 interview, Gibbard stated, "The name was never supposed to be something that someone was going to reference 15 years on. So yeah, I would absolutely go back and give it a more obvious name.
From: Bellingham, Washington, United States
Genre(s): Alternative rock, emo, indie pop, indie rock
Active From: 1997-present
Associated Acts: The Postal Service, All-Time Quarterback, Benjamin Gibbard