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 The Dismemberment Plan at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City in 2003 | |
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| Origin | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Website | dismembermentplan.com |
The Dismemberment Plan is a Washington, D.C.–based indie rock band formed on January 1, 1993. Also known as D-Plan or the Plan, the name was derived from an industry phrase used by insurance salesman Ned Ryerson in the 1993 comedy film Groundhog Day.[1] The band members include 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 in college, knowing each other from attending northern Virginia high schools (Axelson, Cummings, and Morrison attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia). Cummings left the band after the recording of their debut album ! and was replaced by Easley, cementing the band's lineup.
The Dismemberment Plan released four albums before breaking up in 2003, the best known being 1999's critically acclaimed Emergency & I. They reunited three times after their initial disbandment for additional tour dates, and to produce their fifth studio album Uncanney Valley in 2013.
- ^ Hearon, Liza. An Interview with Travis Morrison of The Dismemberment Plan Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on October 6, 2006.