Ben Gibbard  Ben Gibbard Reinvents Himself as Rock Bad Boy in
New Video  Picture it: The leader of Death Cab for Cutie in an
Ed Hardy shirt   /  November 2, 2012  If there's one thing that
Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard is not, it's a bad boy.
Which is why the premise for his new music video, from his solo
debut Former Lives, is so damn hilarious. Gibbard undergoes a
makeover into an Ed Hardy-sporting bad boy at the behest of a
sales-hungry label exec. The name of the song: "Teardrop
Window." It just seethes danger, right? It's charming, however,
to see Ben joking around with his image.  So Ben is given a bad
boy checklist: get arrested, get a bad tattoo, get a reality
show. I won't spoil it, but the results are hilarious. Comedian
Kurt Braunohler stars as the glad-hanging label ex, while Joan
Hiller, the Riot Act publicist and painter extraordinaire, plays
a character in Gibbard's reality show. The overall gist here: No
matter what, Gibbs will never, ever, ever be a bad boy. Ever.
Ever. Ever.  The 