Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green

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Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse drummer, dead at 45 (Corvallis Gazette Times)

Jeremiah Green, the founding drummer for the rock band Modest Mouse, has died just days after the band announced he had been diagnosed with cancer.

Green had a breakdown around the time of “Good News for People Who Love Bad News,” released in 2004, and briefly left the band. Modest Mouse was originally based in the Seattle suburb Issaquah and later relocated to Portland. Green was barely in his teens when he joined the newly formed Modest Mouse, which featured singer-guitarist Isaac Brock and bassist Eric Judy among others.

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Jeremiah Green, Drummer for Modest Mouse, Dies at 45 (The New York Times)

Mr. Green was one of the founding members of Modest Mouse, an indie rock band founded in Washington State in the 1990s that was known for its textured and ...

He cited early percussive influences like Brendan Canty of the band Fugazi and Bill Ward of Black Sabbath. “I don’t know why I picked drums.” He spoke about the serendipitous way he began drumming as a child, recalling that he became jealous after his brother received a bass. Green said he lived in Port Townsend, Wash., in the Pacific Northwest. It was the band’s first album in six years. Green was one of the founding members of Modest Mouse, a band that formed in Issaquah, Wash., outside Seattle, in the 1990s. [said on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm28AkErYXn/) that Mr. She did not specify the type of cancer. It was not immediately clear where he had died. Green had cancer](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cms36u7OvH1/) and was undergoing treatment. He was 45. Mr.

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Jeremiah Green death: Modest Mouse drummer dies aged 45, days ... (The Independent)

Jermiah Green, the drummer of Modest Mouse, died “peacefully in his sleep” on New Year's Eve (31 December). He was 45. The band announced news of his death ...

He was one of the founding members of the US rock band together with frontman Isaac Brock and bassist Eric Judy. I was like, ‘I’m gonna do something about this Afghanistan war! I was really anti-war and if [other people] weren’t down, I would just go nuts –weird revolutionary type stuff. I was out for trouble. These will come later, and from many people.” I’d like to say a bunch of pretty words right now, but it just isn’t the time.

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Jeremiah Green dead: Modest Mouse drummer, 45, had cancer (Los Angeles Times)

On Christmas Day, Jeremiah Green's mother revealed via Facebook that the Modest Mouse drummer had been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.

Green had a breakdown around the time of “Good News for People Who Love Bad News,” released in 2004, and briefly left the band. Popular rock radio DJ Marco Collins previously shared that Green had pulled out of Modest Mouse’s concert tour to receive chemotherapy, adding that his oncologist was “a big fan” of the band. In 1992, Green founded Modest Mouse alongside Brock and bassist Eric Judy in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah, Wash. 1 show with Green at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. “I don’t know a way to ease into this,” read the Modest Mouse statement. Jeremiah’s loved ones would like to thank everyone for their continued well wishes and support.” Please appreciate all the love you give, get, have given, and will get. He was back for more recent albums, including “Strangers to Ourselves” and “The Golden Casket,” which came out in 2021. I’d like to say a bunch of pretty words right now, but it just isn’t the time. “Jeremiah was a light to so many,” she continued in her statement. We love you.” He laid down to rest and simply faded out.

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Modest Mouse founding member Jeremiah Green dies at age 45 (The Guardian)

Green, who had been the band's drummer, had been diagnosed with cancer 'a short while ago'

As their name suggested, they came from modest beginnings, and had rehearsed their music in a shed. The article described the mice, other than Brock, as “quieter than Belle and Sebastian’s doorbell”. [ confirmed](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/modest-mouse-drummer-jeremiah-green-cancer-1234652982/) that Green had been “diagnosed with cancer a short while ago” without going into specifics of his condition.

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Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green dead at 45 (CNN)

Just days after his cancer diagnosis was publicly announced, Jeremiah Green -- the drummer for the rock band Modest Mouse -- has died, according to ...

He laid down to rest and simply faded out,” the post read. Jeremiah’s loved ones would like to thank everyone for their continued well wishes and support.” These will come later, and from many people.” “I’d like to say a bunch of pretty words right now, but it just isn’t the time. “Jeremiah was a light to so many. [his cancer diagnosis was publicly announced](http://www.cnn.com/2022/12/28/entertainment/jeremiah-green-modest-mouse-drummer-cancer-health-sick/index.html), Jeremiah Green – the drummer for the rock band Modest Mouse – has died, according to statements from his mother and bandmates.

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Johnny Marr pens tribute to Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green (Metro)

It was announced on New Year's Day that Green had died and his former bandmate has now shared an emotional Instagram tribute.

Please appreciate all the love you give, get, have given, and will get. Marr shared: ‘One of my favourite ever things to do in Modest Mouse was to go out shopping with Jeremiah. The famed musician continued: ‘Being in the Walmart in Mississippi at 3 a.m. [stage four cancer](https://metro.co.uk/tag/cancer/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P16_LNK1). All the furniture had been sprayed gold…the rugs, the lampshades…everything. ‘These will come later, and from many people. Everything was sprayed gold. [Worried fans respond to Jeremy Renner’s bittersweet tweet about the New Year following snow plough accident](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/02/jeremy-renner-fans-flood-actor-with-support-after-snow-plough-accident-18024892/?ico=more_text_links) [New Year’s Day](https://metro.co.uk/tag/new-years-day/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P11_LNK1) in a Facebook post written by his bandmates. [Johnny Marr](https://metro.co.uk/tag/johnny-marr/) has paid a touching tribute to his former [Modest Mouse bandmate Jeremiah Green](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/01/jeremiah-green-dead-modest-mouse-drummer-dies-aged-45-after-cancer-18020799/). [battling stage four cancer](https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/27/modest-mouse-drummer-jeremiah-green-45-diagnosed-with-stage-4-cancer-18002238/). [Marr](https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/26/johnny-marr-gives-withering-response-to-morrissey-plea-over-interviews-15995962/) posted a throwback photo of his late friend alongside an emotional caption on social media.

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Johnny Marr pens tribute to Modest Mouse bandmate Jeremiah Green (Far Out Magazine)

In a social media post, legendary guitarist Johnny Marr paid tribute to his former Modest Mouse bandmate Jeremiah Green after the drummer's death this week.

[remained effusive with his praise for the band](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/johnny-marr-isaac-brock-greatest-lyricist/). Marr’s tenure in Modest Mouse was short, with the guitarist contributing to one studio album, 2007’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, and the subsequent tour before departing in 2008. Green’s death came as a shock to many in the music industry, especially since he had only disclosed his diagnosis six days prior to his death.

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