Ben Gibbard

Benjamin Ben Gibbard is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums, and as one half of the electronica duo the Postal Service. Gibbard released his debut solo album, Former Lives, in 2012, and a collaborative studio album, One Fast Move or Im Gone , with Uncle Tupelo and Son Volts Jay Farrar.

Gibbard was born in Bremerton, Washington, where he spent his formative years, during the time of the grunge music explosion in the early 1990s. He graduated from Olympic High School in 1994. He also cites Jack Kerouac as a major influence. He studied engineering at Western Washington University. He was raised Roman Catholic and referred to himself as this indoctrinated Catholic even though I havent been to church of my own volition inoryears now. In a 2003 interview Gibbard stated that while he had previously been a vegan, he had recently become a pescetarian.

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