All-Time Quarterback (stylized ¡All-Time Quarterback!) was a solo side-project of

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, best known as the singer/guitarist for

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and as one third of

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. Gibbard started the project in the spring of 1997, and a series of songs resulted in two

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EPs, '' ¡All-Time Quarterback!'' and '' The Envelope Sessions'', released in 1999 on Elsinor Records, which was documenting the

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music scene. Gibbard had also started

in 1997, a second side-project which eventually grew into a full band. A small tour occurred in 1999 to support the releases, but afterwards Gibbard went back to Death Cab for Cutie to record their second album. The song "Underwater!" from ''The Envelope Sessions'' was later re-recorded by Death Cab for Cutie for a 7" single on

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. In 2002, with both original releases

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released an album on CD titled '' ¡All-Time Quarterback!''. The album contains songs from both releases, along with an outtake from the original EP sessions and a video for "Plans Get Complex", which was shot in a variety of locations across

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, including

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and a

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train.

Discography

* '' ¡All-Time Quarterback!'' (CD EP, 1999) * '' The Envelope Sessions'' (Cassette EP, 1999) * '' ¡All-Time Quarterback!'' (CD album, 2002)

External links

All-Time Quarterback / Barsuk Records
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