I've covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don't think there should be any kind of preconceptions about where good pop songs come from.

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. Personal life and career
Gibbard was born in Bremerton Washington where he spent his formative years during the time of the grunge musical explosion in the early 1990s.

Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard (born August 11 1976) 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.