Birth name Jeremiah Martin Green Role Drummer Name Jeremiah Green | Instruments Drums Occupation(s) Musician | |
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Born 4 March 1977 Oahu, Hawaii ( 1977-03-04 ) Music groups Modest Mouse, World Gang (Since 2006), Red Stars Theory, Vells, Satisfact, Psychic Emperor Albums The Moon & Antarctica, The Lonesome Crowded, We Were Dead Before th, Strangers to Ourselves, This Is a Long Drive for Some Similar People Eric Judy, Tom Peloso, Isaac Brock, Joe Plummer, Jim Fairchild Died December 31, 2022 (aged 45) Sequim, Washington, U.S. | ||
Modest mouse live eric judy and jeremiah green jam part 8 of 18
Jeremiah Martin Green (March 4, 1977 – December 31, 2022) was a founding member and drummer of the indie rock band Modest Mouse from 1993 to March 2003, and again from July 2004 to present.
Contents
- Modest mouse live eric judy and jeremiah green jam part 8 of 18
- Datachoir presents Jeremiah Green and CC Drum Co
- Style and influence
- Death
- References
He was born in Oahu, Hawaii while his father was in the Army. He grew up in Moxee, WA a few miles outside of Yakima. His family moved to the Seattle area in 1989. He had an older brother named Adam, a half sister named Theresa and a stepsister.
In the mid-1990s, Green also played with the bands Satisfact on K Records, Red Stars Theory on Touch and Go Records, and Peeved on Distressed Records. Green also plays with a band by the name of Vells, as well as another band named Psychic Emperor. Both bands play at venues around Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
Green used to can speak a little Japanese, as shown on track 6 of Night on the Sun.
In May 2008, Green released a drum breaks 7" collaboration with Plastiq Phantom under the alias World Gang on the Imputor? label.
In 2007, Green appeared on Graig Markel's "Via Novella" on the Sonic Boom Label.
Datachoir presents - Jeremiah Green and C&C Drum Co.
Style and influence
Of his work on Sad Sappy Sucker, Spencer Owen at Pitchfork Media has said, "Jeremiah Green proves himself to be one of indie rock's best drummers, even this early on in the game."1
In an interview with drummer Benjamin Weikel, who briefly replaced Green during the latter's hiatus from Modest Mouse, he states that Green's drum parts have a "great, loose feeling that's hard to emulate".[1]
He placed 37th in Stylus Magazine's list of "50 Greatest Rock Drummers", where Jonathan Bradley describes his drumming:
Death
On December 25, 2022, it was announced that Green had been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. He died in Sequim, Washington, on December 31, at age 45.