Joseph E. Plummer is an American

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from

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. From 2004 to 2012, Plummer was a percussionist and drummer for the

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band

Modest Mouse Modest Mouse is an American rock music, rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, and currently based in Portland, Oregon. The founding members were lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock (musician), Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and ba ...

and performed on their album, ''

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''. Before joining Modest Mouse, Plummer played with the indie rock bands

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and The Magic Magicians. Plummer was one of the 88 drummers who participated in Japanese noise rock pioneers

Boredoms Boredoms () (later known as V∞redoms) is a rock band from Osaka, Japan formed in 1986. The band's sound is often referred to as noise rock, or sometimes Japanoise (Japan's noise music scene), though their more recent records have moved towar ...

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performance on August 8, 2008. In May 2009, Plummer replaced Jesse Sandoval as the drummer for

The Shins The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's c ...

. He is also a member of Mister Heavenly, a collaboration with Honus Honus of

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and

Nicholas Thorburn Nick Thorburn (born 27 November 1981), also known by his stage name Nick Diamonds, is a Canadian musician originally from Campbell River, British Columbia. He has fronted numerous bands such as The Unicorns, Th' Corn Gangg, Islands, Reefer, an ...

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and

The Unicorns The Unicorns were a Canadian rock band formed in the year 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn (Nick Diamonds) of British Columbia and Alden Penner (Alden Ginger) of Quebec. J'aime Tambeur joined in December 2003. The band announced their split in late ...

, experimenting with a new genre entitled "doom wop". Plummer also works as a freelance composer. He contributed music for the episodic comedy '' Antarctic...huh?''. An early version premiered at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - La Jolla in 2010. On November 10, 2013, the

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announced that Matt Aveiro of

Cold War Kids Cold War Kids are an American indie rock band from Long Beach, California. Band members are Nathan Willett (vocals, piano, guitar), Matt Maust (bass guitar), David Quon (guitar, backing vocals), Matthew Schwartz (keyboards, backing vocals, guit ...

had left the band, and that Plummer would be holding his place indefinitely. On July 15, 2014, the Cold War Kids released the first single, "All This Could Be Yours" from their fifth album '' Hold My Home''. The release of ''Hold My Home'' had Plummer and multi-instrumentalist/singer Matthew Schwartz credited as full members of Cold War Kids on the album's liner notes as opposed to touring members as previously credited. On August 7, 2015, Plummer's "Built in Sun" EP project with Pall Jenkins and Richard Swift was released. Plummer announced a new project called The Coromandelles with Matt Maust from Cold War Kids and Daniel Michicoff from

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* American percussionists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) The Shins members Modest Mouse members Mister Heavenly members Musicians from Portland, Oregon People from Pleasanton, California {{US-drummer-stub