Joe Plummer is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 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...

 from Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. Since 2004, Plummer has been a member of the indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...

 and performed on their album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, released in 2007. The album is the first studio album by the band since their 2004 album, Good News for People Who Love Bad News and is also the first album with former Smiths guitarist Johnny...

. Since joining in 2004, Plummer has been one of two drummers

Double drumming

Double drumming is a musical technique, used mostly in rock music, where two drummers play two drum kits at the same time. One may play the rhythm while the other may play another style, or both may play the same rhythm...

 for Modest Mouse, along with founding drummer Jeremiah Green

Jeremiah Green

Jeremiah Martin Green is a founding member and drummer of the indie rock band Modest Mouse from 1993 to March 2003, and again from July 2004....

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Before joining Modest Mouse, Plummer played with the indie rock bands The Black Heart Procession

The Black Heart Procession

The Black Heart Procession is an indie rock band from San Diego, California. The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins and Tobias Nathaniel...

 and The Magic Magicians

The Magic Magicians

The Magic Magicians is an indie rock duo from Seattle, Washington formed in 2000. The group is composed of John Atkins and Joe Plummer , and is heavily influenced by '70s rock and pop music...

. Plummer was one of the 88 drummers who participated in Japanese noise rock pioneers Boredoms 88 Boadrum

88 Boadrum

88 Boadrum was a duo of free concerts following 2007's 77 Boadrum, hosted by Japanese noise rock band Boredoms. The concerts took place at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California and the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn, New York and featured a new 88-minute composition.Each concert...

 performance on August 8, 2008.

According to a James Mercer

James Mercer (musician)

James Russell Mercer is an American guitarist and Alternative rock musician. He is a founding member and lead singer-songwriter of the Grammy-nominated indie rock group The Shins. In 2009, Mercer and producer Danger Mouse formed the side project Broken Bells, for which they released a...

 interview published on Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

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 on May 6, 2009, Joe Plummer replaced Jesse Sandoval

Jesse Sandoval

Jesse Sandoval is the former drummer of U.S. indie rock group The Shins. Sandoval initially formed Flake with singer-songwriter James Mercer, guitarist Neal Langford and bassist Marty Crandall in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1992...

 as the drummer for The Shins

The Shins

The Shins are an American indie rock band comprising singer, songwriter, and guitarist James Mercer, guitarist/bassist Dave Hernandez, Eric Johnson of Fruit Bats, drummer Joe Plummer and bassist Ron Lewis. Their sound draws on several musical genres, including pop, alternative rock, indie rock,...

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Joe is also a member of Mister Heavenly

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 string of tour dates supporting Passion Pit, joined...

, a collaboration with Honus Honus of Man Man

Man Man

Man Man is an experimental band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Man Man is known for their exuberant live performances. When performing, the members of the band sometimes coordinate their outfits, often seen in white outfits and, more commonly, war paint....

 and Nicholas Thorburn

Nicholas Thorburn

Nicholas Thorburn is a Canadian musician who has fronted The Unicorns, Th' Corn Gangg, Islands, Reefer, and Human Highway. He has gone by the stage name "Nick Diamonds."...

 of Islands

Islands (band)

Islands is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York.-Return to the Sea:In mid-2005 Islands recorded a debut album titled Return to the Sea, which was released in April 2006...

 and The Unicorns, experimenting with a new genre entitled "doom wop."

Joe Plummer also works as a freelance composer. He contributed music for the episodic comedy Antarctic...huh?

Antarctic...huh?

Antarctic...huh? is a yet to be released episodic comedy created by Matt Hoyt with art direction and production design by artist Jason Sherry...

 directed by Matt Hoyt

Matt Hoyt

Matt Hoyt is an American director, actor, voice actor, writer, musician, and entrepreneur from San Diego, California. Hoyt is best known for his music videos for the bands Pinback, The Blackheart Procession, Goblin Cock, & Paradise Boys. Hoyt is the founder of WormwoodFilms.com...

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.