Alex Shumway was the drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

 for the bands Spluii Numa

Spluii Numa

Spluii Numa was a pre-grunge Seattle punk band from the early 1980s. Its members consisted of Erik Aasen , Charles Quain , Keith Strobel , briefly Harold Hollingsworth , and Alex Shumway. Mudhoney's Steve Turner was also a guitarist for the band for a short amount of time before leaving the band...

 and, later, one of the pioneers of the grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

 scene, Green River

Green River (band)

Green River was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington that was active from 1984 to 1988. Although the band had little commercial impact outside of its native Seattle, Green River proved to have significant influence on the genre later known as grunge, both with its own music and with the...

. After Green River had broken up, Shumway moved to Japan

Japan

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. He later moved back to the United States

United States

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 and upon doing so began work in politics and labor union related organizations.

Today he is a stay-at-home father with his adopted daughters and continues to play music.

In 2008, Green River reunited for the 20 year anniversary of the Sub Pop

Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

 record label and have played several live shows since. There are speculative plans for a new album, and possible tour.

In October of 2010 he was location producer and actor for a semi-documentary film tentatively titled "Big In Japan", directed by John Jeffcoat

John Jeffcoat

John Jeffcoat is an American film director. He is most famous for his film Outsourced starring Josh Hamilton and Ayesha Dharker. The film has been adapted as a television series, and was recently picked up by NBC for their fall schedule after The Office....

.