Título: Death Cab for Cutie
Seção: Early years (1997-2002)
Background: Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band, formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band is composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Zac Rae (keyboards, guitar), and Jason McGerr (drums). In 2014, founding guitarist and producer Chris Walla announced that he would be departing from the band after recording their eighth studio album, Kintsugi. The band was originally a solo project by Ben Gibbard, when he released the demo album You Can Play These Songs with Chords to positive reception.

Conteúdo: Death Cab for Cutie began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard in 1997, while he was the guitar player for the band Pinwheel, and was recorded under the name All-Time Quarterback. As Death Cab for Cutie, Gibbard released a cassette titled You Can Play These Songs with Chords the same year. The release was surprisingly successful, and Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band, recruiting Chris Walla (who had also worked on the cassette) as lead guitarist, Nick Harmer as bass player, and Nathan Good as drummer. 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 their debut full-length studio album, Something About Airplanes, on August 18, 1998. The album was favorably reviewed in the independent music scene. In 1998 the band also met their long-term manager Jordan Kurland. Kurland had heard good things about them, and after a failed attempt to see them play at South By Southwest finally hooked up with them when touring with his then client, the band Crumb.  The band released their follow-up second album, We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, in March 2000. Nathan Good left the band at some point during this album's production, and was briefly replaced by Jayson Tolz

user: What happened in 97?

assistant: Death Cab for Cutie began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard in 1997,

user: What happened from there?

assistant: Gibbard released a cassette titled You Can Play These Songs with Chords the same year. The release was surprisingly successful,

user: Did it top any charts?

assistant: Many of the early songs were recorded in the basement of an Ellis Street home Gibbard lived in with several roommates in Bellingham.

user: What type of success did it have?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What was done after the cassette?

assistant: In 2001, Death Cab for Cutie released their third album, The Photo Album.

user: How did that album do?

assistant: The album produced the band's first charting single "A Movie Script Ending", which reached number 123 on the UK Singles Chart,

user: Did they have any other charting singles?

assistant: "I Was a Kaleidoscope" and "We Laugh Indoors", also reached numbers 115 and 122 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.

user: What were they doing in 2002?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER