and "Death-Cab for Cutie". Going further back, a 1949 detective pulp fiction novel by Hank Janson (the pen-name of English author Stephen Daniel Frances) was published in the UK with the title Slay-Ride for Cutie. Ben Gibbard used the title of the song as the name of the rock band he founded in 1997. "I would absolutely go back and give it [the band] a more obvious name," he reflected in 2011; "Thank God for Wikipedia. At least now, people don’t have to ask me where the fucking name came from every interview." He later revised this stance, stating that he's "glad we have the name now, but in the early days it was tough" during a solo concert that was streamed online in March 2020. References 1967 songs Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band songs Novelty songs Songs written by Neil Innes Songs written by Vivian Stanshall