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Article: Death Cab's drive to the top Stint on 'The OC' put band on road to fame
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- August 4, 2006
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Most Death Cab for Cutie fans remember the band's appearance on
Fox's once-trendy show "The OC," back in 2005.
Death Cab certainly benefited from the brief plug. The group's
release at the time, "Transatlanticism," peaked at No. 8 on
Billboard's Top Independent Albums, and Death Cab soon signed to
Atlantic Records.
Ironically, Death Cab almost opted against appearing on the show.
"They asked us if we wanted to be on the program, but we were busy
touring and didn't have a ton of interest in it," Death Cab drummer
Jason McGerr says.
"Once we started to see the list of bands that were doing it and
running into people that we know saying, 'Yeah we did it, and they
were really good to us, and ...