Nick Harmer
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Nicholas Harmer (born January 23, 1975) is the bass guitarist for the group Death Cab for Cutie.
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[edit] Personal life
Harmer was born in Landstuhl, Germany. He attended Governor John R. Rogers High School in Puyallup, Washington, and was President of his senior class. He played water polo and swam on the swim team.
Nick also attended Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA where he was a member of several bands before joining the band Death Cab for Cutie.
In the short documentary "Open Windows" Nick said he only wears black, blue and brown for concerts, cutting long sleeve shirts down to three quarter length.
His father, George Harmer, is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and is a former controller for Gensco, Inc, a Tacoma, Washington wholesale firm. His mother, Sheryl Harmer, recently resigned as a director with the nonprofit organization Committee for Children, based in Seattle, Washington. Nick has one brother named Andrew who was married in May 2008.
[edit] Equipment
- (Taken from DCFC's official website):
[edit] Basses
- '77 Fender P-Bass Black with Warmoth Neck
- '77 Fender Precision Bass
- Custom Warmoth P-Bass Black
- Custom Warmoth P-Bass White 'Gandalf'
For Narrow Stairs he played/plays (taken from updated dcfc website):
- Lakland -Skyline Bob Glaub Signature- Black
- Lakland -Skyline Bob Glaub Signature- White
- Mike Lull Custom- White
- Mike Lull Custom- Black
- Epiphone Jack Casady Signature (a gift from Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam)
[edit] Amps
- Ashdown ABM 900 EVO II Head
- Ampeg SVT Pro 4 Head (Backup)
- Ampeg SVT 8x10 Cabinet with Eminence Delta's
- Ashdown NEO 2x15 Cabs
[edit] Discography
- Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (2008, Atlantic Records, Barsuk Records)
- Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (album) (2005, Atlantic Records, Barsuk Records)
- Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003, Barsuk Records)
- Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album (2001)
- Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000)
- Death Cab for Cutie - Something About Airplanes (1998)
[edit] External links
- 20 Questions to Nicholas Harmer from 2000.
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