ʻO Death Cab for Cutie he hui mele mele ʻAmelika. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1997 ma Wakinekona State. I loko o nā makahiki, ua ulu ka hui mai kahi papahana liʻiliʻi a i kekahi o nā pūʻulu hoihoi loa i ka indie rock scene o nā makahiki 2000. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia lākou no ke ʻano o ka manaʻo o nā mele a me ke kani ʻole o nā mele.
Ua ʻaiʻē nā kāne i kahi inoa maʻamau mai ka mele o ka Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, i kākau ʻia e Neil Innes lāua ʻo Vivian Stanshall.
Na lala o ka Death Cab no Cutie:
- Benjamin (Ben) Gibbard – ka mea hoʻokani pila, ka mea hoʻokani pila (1997–i kēia manawa), ka mea hoʻokani pahu (1997, 2000), ka mea hoʻokani pila (1997);
- Nick Harmer - bass (1997-i kēia manawa), nā leo hope (2008-i kēia manawa)
- ʻO Jason McGerr - mea hoʻokani pahu (2003-i kēia manawa)
- ʻO Dave Depper - ka mea hoʻokani pila, ka mea hoʻokani pila, ka mea hoʻokani leo hope (2016–i kēia manawa)
- ʻO Zac Rae - ka mea hoʻokani pila, ka mea hoʻokani pila (2016-i kēia manawa)
ʻO nā makahiki mua o ka Death Cab no Cutie (1997-2003)
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua ʻike ʻia ka hui ma ke ʻano he papahana solo a Ben Gibbard. Ua hoʻopaʻa mua ʻo ia i kāna mau mele ma lalo o ka inoa All-Time Quarterback. Ua hoʻohana mua ʻo ia i ka inoa ʻo Death Cab no Cutie ma kahi hoʻokuʻu cassette. Ua lanakila kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia no ka mea hoʻokani, a ua hoʻoholo ʻo Gibbard e hoʻonui i ka hui. Ua lawe mai ʻo ia i ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Chris Walla, ka bassist Nick Harmer a me ka mea hoʻokani pahu ʻo Nathan Good.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui ma Wakinekona DC, no laila aia kekahi o nā mea hoʻokahi i nā kuhikuhi i ko lākou wahi i hānau ai. Ua hoʻokuʻu ka ʻehā i kā lākou album mua Something About Airplanes ma 1998. Ua mahalo nui ka hale paʻi mele iā ia.
Ua haʻalele koke ʻo Nathan Good i ka hui a ua pani ʻia ʻo ia e Jayson Tolzdorf-Larson. Ua pani ʻia ʻo Tolzdorf-Larson e Michael Schorr.
I ka makahiki 2001, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Death Cab no Cutie i kā lākou album ʻekolu, ʻo The Photo Album. A ʻo ke mele "A Movie Script Ending" i hiki i ka 123 ma ka pakuhi UK. I ka makahiki 2003, ua pani ʻo Michael Schorr iā Jason McGerr. ʻO kāna hana mua me ka album aʻe ʻo "Transatlanticism", i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e nā mea hoʻohewa he nui. Mai ia manawa mai, hoʻomaka ka hoʻomohala pāʻoihana o Death Cab no Cutie.
Kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike koʻikoʻi (2004-2006)
Ua hoʻāʻo ka hui e hoʻopili i kekahi mau lepili no ka manawa lōʻihi, akā ʻaʻole i hiki i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kā lākou album ʻehā, ʻo Transatlanticism, hiki iā lākou ke hana pēlā. ʻO ia ka mea nāna i lawe mai i ke kūʻokoʻa noʻonoʻo i nā mea hoʻokani. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Jordan Kurland, ka luna o ka hui, ma hope o nā kūkākūkā he nui, ʻo ka makana mai Atlantic Records ka mea maikaʻi loa.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album hou "Plans" i ka makahiki 2005. Ua loaʻa pū kekahi i ka holomua koʻikoʻi a me ke kālepa. ʻO ke mele "I Will Follow You into the Dark" ka mele kūʻai maikaʻi loa i kēia manawa. I ka makahiki 2005, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Death Cab for Cutie i kahi DVD, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā kope o ia mea e hāpai i nā papahana ola holoholona.
Kaʻa Make no ka lā nui o Cutie (2007-2009)
I ka makahiki 2007, ua ʻōlelo nā lālā o ka hui he mea maʻamau ka album aʻe a ʻaʻole like me nā album ma mua. Ua kapa lākou he mea kupanaha a weliweli. Ma kekahi mau nīnauele, ua ʻōlelo nā mea hoʻokani ke kali nei nā mea hoʻohiwahiwa i ka poʻe hoʻolohe.
ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo "Narrow Stairs" (ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ai kēia album) i ka makahiki 2008. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻohewa - ʻōlelo ʻo James Montgomery e hiki i kēia album ke hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka ʻoihana o nā mea hoʻokani a pepehi iā ia. ʻO ka hope loa, ua koho ʻia ʻo "Narrow Stairs" a me ka "I Will Possess Your Heart" no 51 Grammy Awards. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke lanakila ma kekahi o nā māhele.
Ua hōʻea kēia album i ka #1 ma ka pakuhi Billboard i ka makahiki 2008. Eia naʻe, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Gibbard, ʻo kēia mau mele ka mea kaumaha loa i ka mōʻaukala o ka hui. I ka makahiki 2009, ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui i ke mele "Meet me on the equinox", i lilo i leo kani i ka ʻāpana ʻelua o ka New Moon saga a Stephenie Meyer. Ma hope mai, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi kiʻi me nā ʻāpana o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
ʻO ka manawa o nā album koʻikoʻi ʻekolu (2010-2016)
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Codes and Keys i ka makahiki 2011. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ben Gibbard lāua ʻo Nick Harmer he "ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia album ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe". Eia kekahi, ua pani ʻia nā mele e pili ana i ka ʻeha aloha e nā mele maikaʻi. Ua koho ʻia kēia album no ka Grammy, akā ʻaʻole i lanakila hou lākou ma kēia ʻāpana.
I ka makahiki 2012, he huakaʻi nui ka hui ma nā ʻāina a pau o ka honua. ʻO kēia mau hana he nui i hoʻohui ʻia i ka kaulana o ka band indie rock kaulana.
Ua hana ʻo Rich Costey i ka album ʻewalu no nā kāne. Ua hoʻomaka ka hana ikaika a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mele i ka makahiki 2013. Ua hōʻike pinepine ʻo Gibbard i kona manaʻo e pili ana i ka album hou: "Manaʻo wau mai ka hoʻomaka a hiki i ka hoʻopau ʻana ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia moʻolelo ma mua o ka album mua."
Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Chris Walla, ʻo ia me ka hui mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana, e haʻalele iā Death Cab no Cutie i ka makahiki 2014. Ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana, ua ʻike ʻia nā lālā hou: ʻo Dave Depper lāua ʻo Zac Rae.
I ka makahiki 2015, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album "Kintsugi", kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ka hui i kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi ma kekahi mau ʻāina (ʻo ia me nā lālā hou). I ka makahiki 2016, ua hoʻokuʻu nā mea hoʻokani i ke mele "Million Dollar Loan". Ua hāpai ʻia ma ke ʻano he kūʻē kūʻē i ka moho pelekikena ʻo Donald Trump. Ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kēia mele ma ke ʻano he "30 lā, 30 mau mele". No hoʻokahi mahina, i kēlā me kēia lā hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kahi mele ʻike ʻole ʻia e kekahi mea pena.
2017–i kēia manawa
Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha hoʻomaha ʻana a me ka hana hua nui ma ke keena, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album aʻe ma ka waena o 2018 wale nō. ʻO kāna mele nui ʻo "Gold Rush".
Ma hope o kēlā, ua nui nā hoʻolaha o ka album hou "The Blue EP", akā ʻoiai nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki a pau, ua hoʻokuʻu wale ʻia ma ka hopena o 2020. I loko o ia mea, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Death Cab no Cutie i kekahi ʻano hoʻokolohua. Ua hoʻoholo nā kāne e loaʻa kēia album i nā uhi o nā haku haku nui o Georgia.
Ua hoʻohiki nā mea hoʻokani e hāʻawi i nā kālā i loaʻa mai nā ʻahamele i ka hui ʻo Stacey Abrams, i hana ʻia no ka hanohano o ke koho balota ʻana iā Joe Biden i ka 2020 US Presidential Election. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā makahiki he 20 o ka hui, ke ʻike nei nā lālā i nā kani hou i kā lākou mau mele.
