As far as rock-‘n’-roll excess is concerned, Death Cab for Cutie probably isn’t the first band that jumps to mind. Especially back in their mid-aughts heyday, when they were soundtracking shows like The OC and posing with bloody hearts on the cover of Spin, the beloved Seattle indie rockers—and their frontman Ben Gibbard, in particular—were poster children for a sweeter, more sensitive, less chaotic brand of guitar gods. But the temptations that came with life on the road eventually caught up to... Read this story
