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Jeremiah Martin Green (March 4, 1977December 31, 2022) was an American musician best known as a founding member and drummer of 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 ...
from 1993 to March 2003, and again from May 2004 until his death in December 2022.


Early life

Jeremiah Martin Green was born on March 4, 1977, in
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, while his father was stationed there in the Army. He grew up in Moxee, Washington, a few miles outside of
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. His family moved to the
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area in 1989. He had an older brother named Adam. His father was an alcoholic who was abusive to Green; he later apologized and reconciled with his son. Green took drumming lessons for three months in his early teens but was uninspired by his teacher. He immersed himself in the
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, joining a band and attending concerts at night. His early influences included local groups such as
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and
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. His first favorite band was the English
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band
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; Green was particularly inspired by the drumming on their 1982 album ''
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''. However, Green cited the Washington, D.C., post-hardcore band
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as his biggest influence for starting a band.


Career

Green began his touring and recording career while he was in high school. In 1993, he became a founding member of
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 ...
, formed with
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and
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in
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. In the mid-1990s, Green played with the bands
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on
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, Red Stars Theory on
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, and Peeved on Distressed Records. Green also played with the bands Vells and
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. Both bands played at venues around Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. In 2003, on his birthday, Green quit Modest Mouse. He later revealed that he suffered a
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and was briefly admitted to a psychiatric hospital. He had earlier been diagnosed with
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and prescribed the antidepressant
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. Combined with alcohol and
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, he experienced severe manic episodes. After quitting, the band had quickly convinced Green to return, but on the second day of recording in Portland he exploded in argument and then disappeared for two months. He stopped taking his
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and experienced a painful period of withdrawal. Faced with Green's absence, Modest Mouse initially considered breaking up. Green was eventually replaced by Benjamin Weikel of
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. Green's departure caused him to be absent during the entire recording process of the band's 2004 album ''
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''. Green officially rejoined the band in May 2004. In 2007, Green appeared on Graig Markel's ''Via Novella'' on the Sonic Boom Label. In May 2008, Green released a drum breaks 7" collaboration with Plastiq Phantom under the alias World Gang on the Imputor? label.


Style and reception

Of his work on '' Sad Sappy Sucker'', Spencer Owen at
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said, "Jeremiah Green proves himself to be one of indie rock's best drummers, even this early on in the game." In an interview, Benjamin Weikel stated that Green's drum parts have a "great, loose feeling that's hard to emulate". Green placed 37th in ''
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''s list of "50 Greatest Rock Drummers", where Jonathan Bradley described his drumming:


Personal life and death

Green was married to Lauren, who owned the store Thuja in downtown
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. Their son was born in 2016. On December 25, 2022, it was announced that Green had been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. He died in
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, on December 31, 2022, at age 45.


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