Play Modest Mouse Radio
Modest Mouse
On Tour
59,761,585 plays (1,203,676 listeners)
Issaquah, Washington, USA (1993 – present)
Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band. The band was formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, USA by guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Since being signed to Sony’s Epic Records in 2000, the band has attained significant popular success with songs such as 
Float On, Dashboard and Missed the Boat.
The band’s current configuration is Isaac Brock (vocals, guitar), Johnny Marr (guitar), Tom Peloso (guitar), Eric Judy (bass), Jeremiah Green (drums) and Joe Plummer (drums). Jim Fairchild will replace Marr for their 2009 tour while Marr focuses on his other band, The Cribs. Marr is a former member of legendary alternative band The Smiths and Plummer has recently become the new drummer for The Shins.
Brock came up with the name “Modest Mouse” when he read the Virginia Woolf stream of consciousness essay The Mark On the Wall in which the author described the working middle class as “modest, mouse-coloured people.”
Brock frequently moved around with his mother when he was a child. Around this time, his mother left his father for his father’s brother (Brock’s uncle). Brock’s mother’s house flooded and forced them to move into his mother’s new husband’s trailer, but there was no room for Brock. Brock stayed behind, living in the second story of the flooded house, until he was eventually evicted by police. He then moved into a shed next to his mother’s house and it is said this is where Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy first began playing music.
Float On, Dashboard and Missed the Boat.The band’s current configuration is Isaac Brock (vocals, guitar), Johnny Marr (guitar), Tom Peloso (guitar), Eric Judy (bass), Jeremiah Green (drums) and Joe Plummer (drums). Jim Fairchild will replace Marr for their 2009 tour while Marr focuses on his other band, The Cribs. Marr is a former member of legendary alternative band The Smiths and Plummer has recently become the new drummer for The Shins.
Brock came up with the name “Modest Mouse” when he read the Virginia Woolf stream of consciousness essay The Mark On the Wall in which the author described the working middle class as “modest, mouse-coloured people.”
Brock frequently moved around with his mother when he was a child. Around this time, his mother left his father for his father’s brother (Brock’s uncle). Brock’s mother’s house flooded and forced them to move into his mother’s new husband’s trailer, but there was no room for Brock. Brock stayed behind, living in the second story of the flooded house, until he was eventually evicted by police. He then moved into a shed next to his mother’s house and it is said this is where Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy first began playing music.
Top Albums
-
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Modest Mouse Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $7.99
- 7digital $9.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $18.98
- eBay Search
-
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Modest Mouse Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $9.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $24.00
- eBay Search
-
The Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
The Moon and Antarctica
Modest Mouse Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
Float On
full track
|
|||
| 2 |
|
Dashboard
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
The World at Large
full track
|
|||
| 4 |
|
Ocean Breathes Salty
full track
|
|||
| 5 |
|
The View
full track
|
|||
| 6 |
|
Bukowski
full track
|
|||
| 7 |
|
Missed the Boat
full track
|
|||
| 8 |
|
Bury Me With It
full track
|
|||
| 9 |
|
3rd Planet
full track
|
|||
| 9 |
|
Fire It Up
full track
|
|||
| 11 |
|
The Good Times Are Killing Me
full track
|
|||
| 12 |
|
Gravity Rides Everything
full track
|
|||
| 13 |
|
Satin in a Coffin
full track
|
|||
| 14 |
|
One Chance
full track
|
|||
| 15 |
|
Black Cadillacs
full track
|
Shoutbox
-
fantasianazn wrote:
What if God was one of us?
-
Blueblaze12 wrote:
If "Exit Does Not Exist" plays in the middle of a forest, and no one is there to here it, does that mean that Exit DOES exist?
-
R0b0hobo wrote:
What if Isaac Brock's parents never met each other?
-
aaronws wrote:
wait, wait wait.... what if they ONLY released Long Drive...?!? what then you guys? what then? discuss.
-
Blueblaze12 wrote:
If 'good news' and 'we were dead..' were the only two albums modest mouse ever made, people would like them more. OK. But you've forgotten one crucial factor in this wonderful alternate world you've created. Why should anyone care what happens to bizarro Modest Mouse? Do we live our lives wondering about what could have been? Lets live in the present. Also- Building Nothing Out of Something ≠ Interstate 8
-
Jedidude77 wrote:
No, simon, Building > interstate. oh and "If 'good news' and 'we were dead..' were the only two albums modest mouse ever made, people would definitely have a more positive opinion on them." i think you might be on to somefin.....
-
frimsah wrote:
seamantis, I see your point, but then they would be a weird poppy band instead of an incredible alt rock band. their musical history is rich and shapes them significantly
-
seamantis wrote:
If 'good news' and 'we were dead..' were the only two albums modest mouse ever made, people would definitely have a more positive opinion on them.
-
Hanges wrote:
ok I regret saying the bad things about modest mouse althought their new albums are as bad as I said, but the long drive album isn't bd at all!
-
Blueblaze12 wrote:
I think Isaac Brock and Kim Deal have hired Ranzatsu and bkondev to spread pro-lisp propoganda. This is bullshit.
-
Ranzatsu wrote:
Mr Brock has the sexiest lisp in the history of man kind.
-
StegSC wrote:
SWEET, DAISY IS MODEST MOUSE'S BEST ALBUM YET. <lol
-
bkondev wrote:
Mr Brock has the sexiest lisp in the history of man kind.
-
Simon_FM wrote:
Things I like > Things you like Haha, That was the wisest thing anyone's said on here in a long time.
-
JUAK91 wrote:
Grey Ice Water's cool
-
obaash wrote:
check out the our indie rock band in heart of axis of evil TEHRAN/Iran http://www.last.fm/music/The+Yellowdogs
-
Hardcorey1990 wrote:
SWEET, DAISY IS MODEST MOUSE'S BEST ALBUM YET.
-
Blueblaze12 wrote:
Things I like > Things you like
-
prophetpope wrote:
No, simon, Building > interstate.
-
mannequin777 wrote:
im not really feeling the new album. good news for people who love bad news will be one of the albums i listen to until im dead tho.
Videos
See more
Featured Tracks
|
|
Float On full track | 3:28 |
|
|
Dashboard full track | 4:07 |
|
|
The World at Large full track | 4:31 |
Events
-
Dec
5
Modest Mouse
Black Box, Galway, Ireland
24 shouts
| 26 attendees
-
Dec
6
Modest Mouse - the second Galway show
Radisson Hotel, Galway, Ireland
2 shouts
| 10 attendees
-
Dec
7
Modest Mouse
Academy, Dublin, Ireland
11 shouts
| 26 attendees
News
New Video For "The Whale Song" Out Now
8 Oct 2009 | from www.modestmousemusic.com/news
Modest Mouse premiered the new video for “The Whale Song” on Pitchfork.com earlier today. This new 6 minute video was directed by Nando Costa and created with the help of Bent Image Lab…
-
"King Rat" Video on MySpace Now!
5 Aug 2009 | from www.modestmousemusic.com/news -
"No One's First, and You're Next" EP Available Now!
4 Aug 2009 | from www.modestmousemusic.com/news -
King Rat Video directed by Heath Ledger to premiere on MySpace Music starting 8/4
3 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/modestmouse
Listeners
-
jor_belzberg
Listening now
to 3rd Planet -
calmdowngrizzly
Listening now
to Tiny Cities Made of Ashes -
StampsWithGuns
Listening now
to The World at Large -
mileycyruslol
Top Listener
-
DonovanG89
Top Listener
-
sounsexy__
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
ddesouza, NathanScott94, chris893269004 and 90 other people added Modest Mouse to their libraries. 4 minutes ago
-
bogdanlitvin tagged Modest Mouse with alternative rock, rock, alternative and 2 other tags. yesterday afternoon
-
bogdanlitvin and eerilygenius added Modest Mouse to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
-
sonofawidow wrote about Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News in do it. Friday evening
-
koyus wrote about Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica in wish list. Wednesday evening
-
untilwebleed wrote about Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica in Everyone's doing it: Top 50 albums of the 00s.. Tuesday morning
-
untilwebleed wrote about Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News in Everyone's doing it: Top 50 albums of the 00s.. Tuesday morning
-
murali_manson wrote about Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News in Top 50 Albums. 7 days ago
-
tihsymtae wrote about Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News in Best Songs of 2004 - One Man's Opinion. 7 days ago
-
apatheticFUU wrote about Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica in a deleted journal. 7 days ago
Related Journals
-
Top 20 genres.
by neonlights13 |
8 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
Četvrtih godinu dana (plus puno)
by kralj_svemira |
7 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
We Love Pixies
by atris |
7 Nov 2009 | Add comment
Groups (641)
-
Isaac Brock
561 members
-
Black Blood and Old Newagers
63 members
-
I'm so hip I shit hipsters
61 members
-
Extensive Musical Taste
28,915 members
-
1989 - born
15,477 members
