Ben Gibbard

Singer + Musician + Songwriter

Male

Born Aug 11, 1976

Age 36

Hometown Bremerton, Washin...

Genres Indie Rock + Alte...

Instruments Fender Telecaster...

Performed With Pedro the Lion + ...

Record Label Sub Pop Records

Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard is an American musician known as a member of several successful indie rock bands. He is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, and is also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback! and his first band, Pinwheel.… Read More

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Zooey Deschanel
Married 2009 - 2011

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New York
Apr 24, 2012
Ben Gibbard Sighting: Buffalo, New York/ Kleinhan's Music Hall #celebrity

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Give Up: Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition
Rolling Stone - Apr 22, 2013

Today you can't toss a guitar pick without clipping a synth-tickling indie-rock softy But in 2003 when Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard traded tapes through the mail with Jimmy Tamborello (dance handle Dntel) the one-off result felt like discovering a rock-scene chill room on high-purity drugs The album runs...
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Special Delivery: The Postal Service Story
NPR - Apr 08, 2013

Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard reflect on Give Up, which emerged from a casual collaboration. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Is A Postal Service Reunion In The Works?
Huffington Post - Jan 21, 2013

Good news for Postal Service fans! The indie band that had a short run in the early 2000s is reportedly reuniting. The band's website was changed on Jan. 21 to read simply "The Postal Service 2013." Billboard reports that The Postal Service's label, Sub Pop, is planning to release a deluxe edition of the band's only album, 2003's "Give Up." The deluxe edition will be made available in celebration of the 10th anniversary of "Give Up." Billboard is also reporting that the band w...
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Ben Gibbard Duets With Aimee Mann On 'Colbert'
Rolling Stone - Jan 11, 2013

Ben Gibbard brought help to handle Stephen Colbert last night performing "Bigger Than Love" with Aimee Mann on The Colbert Report Mann sang the first verse playing bass while Gibbard hammered away at an electric guitar before joining in on the chorus of the song from last year's album Former Lives In...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1976 Birth Born on August 11, 1976.

TEENAGE

1994 17 Years Old He graduated from Olympic High School in 1994. … Read More

TWENTIES

2003 26 Years Old In a 2003 interview Gibbard stated that while he had previously been a vegan, he had recently become a pescetarian.

THIRTIES

2007 30 Years Old He had a small 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 completed a solo tour through the US in the spring of 2007 that featured David Bazan of Pedro the Lion and singer-songwriter Johnathan Rice. Gibbard became engaged to actress and musician Zooey Deschanel in 2008. The couple married in September 2009 near Seattle, Washington. They announced their separation on November 1, 2011 after two years of marriage. Deschanel subsequently filed for divorce on December 27, 2011, citing irreconcilable differences.

2008 31 Years Old He reportedly gave up alcohol in 2008 and began running marathons. … Read More

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