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 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). (Steve Cummings was the original drummer, and left the group following !.) Aside from a brief interlude in 1998 and 1999 when they were signed by Interscope Records, the band remained fiercely loyal to 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's2000 tour. A co-headlining tour in 2002 with Death Cab for Cutie also worked well to raise both bands' profiles and cross-pollinate their fanbases, as well as creating creative ties between several members. Later that summer and fall the Dismemberment Plan started to debut songs for their follow-up to 2001's Change. On January 19, 2003, however, the band announced on their website that they had decided to break up after a few tours that year. On September 1, 2003, they closed out their career with a sold-out show at the renowned 9:30 Club. Morrison took the post-Change songs with him for further work, and released many of them on his first album, Travistan, released in 2004.
The DismembermentPlan feel little need to show off with self-conscious musical ostentation and excess, instead choosing to focus themselves on making a fantastic, understated and involving record.
Change, while unquestionably more mature than anything the DismembermentPlan have released in the past, is also, at times, an incredibly powerful record that can make mundane ruminations seem like Socratic philosophy.
DismembermentPlan is definately one of the best Indie bands ever and this is their best albumn.
The DismembermentPlan was a Washington D.C. based indie rock band formed on January 1, 1993.
While drawing heavily from previous Washington-based art-punk acts such as Fugazi and Jawbox, the DismembermentPlan were significant for incorporating RandB (in stage banter, Morrison often talked of his obsession with Gladys Knight) and hip-hop influences to their sound.
The DismembermentPlan's live shows were generally high-energy affairs, with Morrison frequently inviting audience members to dance on stage during "The Ice of Boston".
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