Joseph E. Plummer is an American drummer from

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

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band Modest Mouse and performed on their album, '' We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank''. 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

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performance on August 8, 2008. In May 2009, Plummer replaced

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as the drummer for

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. He is also a member of

Mister Heavenly Mister Heavenly is an indie rock supergroup consisting of Honus Honus of Man Man, Nicholas Thorburn of Islands and The Unicorns, and Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse and The Shins. They recorded their first album in late 2010, finishing the year with a ...

, a collaboration with Honus Honus of

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and

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and

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, experimenting with a new genre entitled "doom wop." Plummer also works as a freelance composer. He contributed music for the episodic comedy '' Antarctic...huh?'', directed by Matt Hoyt with art direction and design by Jason Sherry. An early version premiered at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - La Jolla in the summer of 2010. On November 10, 2013, the Orange County Register announced that Matt Aveiro of

Cold War Kids Cold War Kids is an American alternative 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, ...

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 being credited as proper members of Cold War Kids on the album's liner notes as opposed to touring members as previously credited. On August 7, 2015, Joe's "Built in Sun" EP project with Pall Jenkins and Richard Swift was released. Plummer recently announced a new record with Matt from Cold War Kids and Daniel from Tijuana Panthers - The Coromandelle

Plummer is mentioned in Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg: One Comedian's Tour of Not-Quite-the-Biggest Cities in the World" by Todd Barry. He is also mentioned in "Set the Boy Free: The Autobiography" by Johnny Marr. Plummer has appeared as a musical guest on ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!''.

References

External links

joeplummermusic.com/
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