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Washington D.C., United States (1993 – 2003, 2011 – present)

The Dismemberment Plan is a rock band which formed in Washington D.C., United States on January 1, 1993, considered part of the and genres. Also known as D-Plan or The Plan, the name comes from a stray phrase uttered by the insurance salesman in the popular comedy Groundhog Day. The band members included Eric Axelson (bass), Jason Caddell (guitar), Joe Easley (drums) and Travis Morrison (vocals and guitar). Axelson, Caddell, Morrison and original drummer Steve Cummings formed the band after attending Lake Braddock Secondary School together in Burke, Virginia. Cummings left the band after the recording of the Plan’s debut album ! and was replaced by Easley, who had attended Woodson High School. That cemented the band’s lineup for the rest of its existence.

Band History:

Aside from a brief interlude in 1998 and 1999 when they were signed by Interscope Records, the band recorded for local label DeSoto Records. Their breakthrough album, Emergency & I, was actually created during their time at Interscope. However, they were dropped from the label shortly after its completion, and thus took it back with them to DeSoto, where it wound up being released. The EP for “The Ice of Boston” is the only item of theirs Interscope actually released during their tenure there.

Following the massive underground success of Emergency & I, the band received an even higher profile after being invited to open for the European leg of Pearl Jam’s 2000 tour. A co-headlining tour in 2002 with Death Cab for Cutie (cheekily called the “Death and Dismemberment Tour”) also worked well to raise both bands’ profiles and cross-pollinate their fanbases, as well as forge creative ties between several members.
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  • YorkNew

    Beast drummer.

    5 hours ago

  • IlaiA

    you guys have a depressingly low amount of plays for Respect, that song is probably one of their best. (notice that there is room for an amazing pun that I have left for you guys to fill)

    6 hours ago

  • IlaiA

    Terrified, no doubt. I love Travis' attitude on it and the whole "we play in every scale and every time signature but we're still punk and awesome as fuck also travis morrison likes to read his poetry out loud" thing is beast ass. Change is a bit too Travis and a bit less D-Plan.

    yesterday evening

  • YouAreInvited

    Which do you guys think is better, ...Is Terrified or Change?

    yesterday afternoon

  • IlaiA

    posting the WEEKLY shout ):

    Monday evening

  • Slowbrosif

    Not too bad, I keep checking it now and then, but not often enough, I suppose.

    last week

  • YouAreInvited

    I've always been here :(

    14 days ago

  • IlaiA

    Been checking this shoutbox almost daily but it seems dead.

    15 days ago
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