OK, so these guys have fame, fortune, and mainstream success, but they are also a great band that paid their dues to rise up from the ranks of shoe-gazing indie-emo bands. I saw them numerous times before they achieved fame and always hoped that everyone else would someday know they were as good as I did.
One of my fave concert-going experiences was seeing DCFC at a free show in some youth club in Bellevue with my girlfriend (later to become my wife). DCFC always have great and intricate songs and have much more of a sense of humor than one might think. I saw them once play a show playing Cure songs as if they were the band Krafftwerk. They called themselves Death Cab for Krafftwerk. Fun stuff.
Other fun stuff... one show they sold the usual t-shirts along with DCFC Pillowcases!
I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Bunny Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfBw0IWwO5U
Crooked Teeth (2nd version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBkQuoIjnJg
DCFC side projects are also quite good.
Ben Gibbard solo and All Time Quarterback
Ben Gibbard gained fame and success with The Postal Service
Such Great Heights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMOkfI7wCrI
Chris Walla produced his own solo album as well as attaining industry attention for greatness as a producer.
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