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{"id":1359,"date":"2017-03-09T12:17:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T20:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2017-04-01T11:08:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T18:08:18","slug":"chris-walla-song-writer-and-former-member-of-death-cab-for-cutie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/?p=1359","title":{"rendered":"Chris Walla &#8211; Song Writer and Former Member of Death Cab for Cutie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ChrisWalla.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1361 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ChrisWalla-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"Chris walla death cab for cutie \" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ChrisWalla-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ChrisWalla-600x481.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ChrisWalla-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ChrisWalla-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ChrisWalla.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By PDX People<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Born in 1975,\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Walla\">Chris Walla<\/a><\/span> got his start in the music world with Death Cab for Cutie in the mid-1990s following the rise of grunge and alternative rock bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the Stone Temple Pilots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There\u2019s No denying that in the mid-1990&#8217;s just about everyone was walking around wearing Doc Martens and plaid shirts; guys had long hair like Eddie Veder, while girls wanted to be Courtney Love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chris Walla and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/deathcabforcutie.com\/\">Death Cab for Cutie<\/a><\/span> excelled at making music that wasn&#8217;t just typical grunge rock or alternative, their hit songs were beautiful, emotional and a breath of fresh air for a generation that was still trying to find itself and it&#8217;s musical taste.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Quick Rise to Fame<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_Cab_for_Cutie\">Death Cab for Cutie<\/a> in 1997, Chris Walla and the band toured the world while their music was played on every radio station across the Northwest and the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With the rise of the internet in the late nineties, and the birth of YouTube In early 2000\u2019s, Death Cab for Cutie\u2019s music appealed to all generations thanks to songs like \u201cI will possess your heart\u201d and \u201cTitle and Registration\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Chris_Walla_2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1360\" src=\"http:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Chris_Walla_2.jpeg\" alt=\"Chris Walla - Portland People\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Chris_Walla_2.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Chris_Walla_2-600x398.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Chris_Walla_2-300x199.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Post Death Cab For Cutie<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What makes Chris Walla different than most musicians who got their starts in the mid-1990s is that he actually left the band in 2014 to diversify musically, rather than continuing to live off his past success and today he\u2019s still heavily involved in music including working on side projects and producing records at his home studio in Portland Oregon, named Alberta Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Walla\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Walla<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PDX-People-Making-it-Happen-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-513\" src=\"http:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PDX-People-Making-it-Happen-001.jpg\" alt=\"pdx-people-making-it-happen\" width=\"450\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PDX-People-Making-it-Happen-001.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PDX-People-Making-it-Happen-001-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pq-yP7mb8UE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By PDX People Born in 1975,\u00a0 Chris Walla got his start in the music world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,9],"tags":[480,479,481,482],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.5 - 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