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Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard (born August 11, 1976) 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 I'm Gone'' (2009), with Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt's Jay Farrar. While performing guitar in the band Pinwheel, Gibbard recorded a demo cassette under the moniker Death Cab for Cutie, entitled ''You Can Play These Songs with Chords'' (1997). After receiving a positive response to the material, Gibbard expanded the project into a full band, with the addition of Chris Walla (guitar), Nick Harmer (bass) and Nathan Good (drums). The following year, the band released its debut album, ''Something About Airplanes'' (1998), on Barsuk Records, and released its follow-up, ''We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes'', in 2000. ==Life and career== 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 haven't been to church of my own volition in 10 or 15 years now."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FILTER Magazine )〕 In a 2003 interview Gibbard stated that while he had previously been a vegan, he had recently become a pescetarian.〔(IGN: Death Cab For Cutie ), September 4, 2003. Retrieved March 21, 2009.〕 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.〔"(Zooey Deschanel Gets Married )." People.com. September 20, 2009.〕 They announced their separation on November 1, 2011. Deschanel filed for divorce on December 27, 2011, citing irreconcilable differences.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zooey Deschanel Files for Divorce from Ben Gibbard )〕 The divorce became final on December 12, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=December 17, 2012 )〕 He is currently dating Rachel Demy, of Per Diem Productions. He reportedly gave up alcohol in 2008 and began running marathons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.spin.com/articles/how-death-cab-cuties-ben-gibbard-got-sober )〕 Gibbard is a strong agnostic, lapsed Catholic: "I don’t want to falsely believe in something solely so I can jump to the front of the line for whatever this awesome place is we go after we die. () The vastness of that idea is so beyond my comprehension that I feel like if there was a God, then that God would accept me saying I’m not able to believe because it’s so outside of my ability to understand it. I understand that’s where faith comes into play." Gibbard is an activist for gay rights and wrote an article in The Daily Beast voicing why this issue is important to him. He stated that when his lesbian sister got married, that it was "the most beautiful thing" he had ever seen. In the article, he voiced his strong support for Referendum 74 and discussed raising money for the issue. He stated, "I would just feel so much pride for my state if we could pass it by a popular vote and show the rest of the country that this is the direction we are going in."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/31/ben-gibbard-of-death-cab-for-cutie-on-why-he-supports-gay-marriage.html )〕 In September 2014, it was reported that Gibbard would appear as a guest on the Foo Fighters' eighth studio album Sonic Highways.〔http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/09/foo-fighters-recruit-death-cab-for-cuties-ben-gibbard-for-new-album/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben Gibbard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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