According to various articles, including this one from the Seattle Times, Modest Mouse bass player Eric Judy has been MIA for their past several shows, including their appearance on David Letterman. The band has denied rumors that he's split for good, but no one has said when he's returning either. Curious.

In other more exciting Modest Mouse news, their latest record We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank {review} has sold 400k copies, which means they're heading toward gold record status. Congrats on that, fellas!

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