Jeremiah Inexperienced, Modest Mouse founding member and drummer, dies at 45

Jeremiah Inexperienced, one of many founding members of Modest Mouse and the band’s drummer, died on Saturday of most cancers, the band confirmed on social media. He was 45.

Modest Mouse posted a loving tribute to their bandmate on Instagram, writing, “Right now we misplaced our expensive pal Jeremiah. He laid right down to relaxation and easily pale out.”

“Please recognize all of the love you give, get, have given, and can get. Above all, Jeremiah was about love,” the band wrote.

Simply 4 days in the past, the band disclosed Inexperienced’s most cancers prognosis on their official platforms, writing that his most cancers remedy appeared to be “going easily and making a constructive distinction.” His mom, Carol Namatame, additionally requested followers on Christmas to ship “therapeutic vibes” to her “robust” and “courageous” son, whose most cancers was stage IV, she mentioned.

Inexperienced was a founding member of the indie rock band Modest Mouse, alongside frontman Isaac Brock and bassist Eric Judy. The trio got here collectively within the early 1992 in Issaquah, Washington, releasing their debut album in 1996 on Seattle-based unbiased label, Up Information.

They launched their third album, The Moon & Antarctica, on Epic Information, a label owned by Sony Music Leisure, in 2000, however did not discover mainstream success till 2004’s Good Information For Folks Who Like Dangerous Information. The album’s lead single and arguably the band’s greatest hit, “Float On,” topped the Billboard Different tracks chart, and was nominated for a Grammy for Finest Rock Tune in 2005. 

Inexperienced briefly stepped away from the band throughout this time, returning earlier than the top of 2004, making Good Information the one album he didn’t carry out on, in line with Rolling Stone. 

The band’s most up-to-date album, their seventh studio work, was launched in June 2021. In November, they introduced an upcoming tour for the twenty fifth anniversary of their second album, The Lonesome Crowded West. On the time, Inexperienced took a pause whereas present process chemotherapy, in line with Rolling Stone. 

Johnny Marr, a former member of Modest Mouse, posted a tribute on Twitter, writing, “The good Jeremiah Inexperienced. My pal, bandmate, and probably the most artistic musician I ever met,” alongside an previous {photograph} of Inexperienced. 

Inexperienced is survived by his spouse, Lauren Inexperienced, and their son, Wilder. 

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