1. Jason McGerr was born on July 19,1974 and is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie.
12 Facts About Jason McGerr
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Jason McGerr joined the Bellingham, Washington-based indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie in early 2003, to replace drummer Michael Schorr.
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Two members of the band, Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer, had previously played in Eureka Farm, where Jason McGerr was Gibbard's replacement.
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Jason McGerr debuted on Death Cab for Cutie's fourth album, Transatlanticism, released in October 2003, featuring two songs co-written by Jason McGerr.
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Jason McGerr was a guest performer on Tegan and Sara's album The Con, released in July 2007, and can be seen recording in studio with them on the DVD entitled The Con DVD by Tegan and Sara.
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Jason McGerr played drums for their next album, Sainthood, released in October 2009.
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Jason McGerr played drums on half of the tracks on Matt Nathanson's 2007 album, Some Mad Hope, and was a guest drummer on Nathanson's 2009 album, Modern Love.
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Jason McGerr performed drums on three songs for his Death Cab for Cutie bandmate Chris Walla's debut solo album, Field Manual, released in 2008.
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In June 2007, Jason McGerr opened his own recording studio, Two Sticks Audio, located in Seattle.
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Jason McGerr is an instructor at the Seattle Drum School, and has helped and mentored teen indie-pop group Smoosh.
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Jason McGerr currently plays Gretsch Drums, Remo drumheads, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks, and Drum Workshop pedals and hardware.
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Jason McGerr has an assortment of cymbals from Zildjian's K Constantinople and A Avedis lines, however the set-ups above are his most used.