Benjamin 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. Gibbard released his debut solo album, Former Lives, in 2012. In November 2014, Gibbard appeared as a guest on Foo Fighters’ eighth studio album Sonic Highways. He married photographer and tour manager Rachel Demy on October 21, 2016.
About Ben Gibbard in brief
Benjamin 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 which he has recorded nine studio albums, and as one half of the electronica act the Postal Service. Gibbard released his debut solo album, Former Lives, in 2012, and a collaborative studio album, One Fast Move or I’m Gone, with Jay Farrar. In November 2014, Gibbard appeared as a guest on Foo Fighters’ eighth studio album Sonic Highways. On October 10, 2016, Death Cab For Cutie released the first song in the Dave Eggers project, 30 Days, 50 Songs. The song targets Donald Trump as it satirizes the fact he asked his father for a million dollar loan.
In a 2003 interview Gibbard stated that while he had previously been a vegan, he recently became a pescetarian. He reportedly gave up alcohol in 2008 and began running marathons. He ran his first trail ultramarathon in 2013 and has since completed several each year. He married photographer and tour manager Rachel Demy on October 21, 2016 in Seattle. He had a minor role in the John Krasinski film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men based on the David Foster Wallace short story collection of the same title. He has been open about his political views, expressing his support of the Democratic Party.
You want to know more about Ben Gibbard?
This page is based on the article Ben Gibbard published in Wikipedia (as of Dec. 24, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
