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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
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Good News for People Who Love Bad News
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We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
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The Lonesome Crowded West
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The Moon and Antarctica
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Top Tracks
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Float On
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Dashboard
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The World at Large
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Ocean Breathes Salty
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The View
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Bukowski
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Missed the Boat
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Bury Me With It
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3rd Planet
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Fire It Up
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The Good Times Are Killing Me
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Gravity Rides Everything
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Satin in a Coffin
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Black Cadillacs
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One Chance
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Shoutbox
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fantasianazn wrote:
I didn't feel angry or depressed
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Simon_FM wrote:
if I did I'd have nothing to say
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MrsLovatt wrote:
Being already in Europe why don't you guys drop in to Poland or Germany? Ohhh pleaaaaaaase /of course if you're not done, done, done with all the circ, circ, circlin' round/.
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Jedidude77 wrote:
I haven't hung out with anyone
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Pensi wrote:
I like how most of the top tracks are from Good News for People Who Love Bad News or We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, with Float On and Dashboard being the top two.
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frimsah wrote:
I'm fed up and I need to go, out of existence or just down the road, for-everrrrrrr. Later that night on the side of the road, I'm out of gas and I should have known, better
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munchy_bandages wrote:
<3 <3 <3 awww
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fantasianazn wrote:
I didn't leave my bed for eight days straight
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ZoidbergatKHI wrote:
I didn't go to work for a month.
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badoom_bum wrote:
and I miss you when you're around. Although nothing beats the feel of Other People's Lives.
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Ha-ha-hA-ha wrote:
опачки,йа в топе :D
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mathewjordan wrote:
maybe it's just my seattle roots plaguing my perspective on things, but I'd argue modest mouse was popular before float on.
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KayEmX wrote:
And if this doesn't make us motionless I do not know what can.
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frimsah wrote:
I loved it when they played Baby Blue Sedan last I saw them
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LowPulp wrote:
Modest Mouse is popular because of 2 singles: Dashboard and Float On. They're both alright in their own respect, but speaking for a lot of the fans out there, the hits don't even scratch the surface. Modest Mouse has some of the most layered, complex-meaning, raw songs of any artist to date. They're fantastic and they deserve all the fame they get, even if it might not be for their best work.
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LowPulp wrote:
And it's harder as anything else (one of my favorites)
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Jedidude77 wrote:
And it's hard to be a human being
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ZoidbergatKHI wrote:
Henry, you dance like a wooden indian.
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Simon_FM wrote:
And I miss you when you're around
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PatrickGombert wrote:
And I'm never lonesome when I'm by myself.
Videos
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Featured Tracks
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Float On full track | 3:28 |
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Dashboard full track | 4:07 |
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The World at Large full track | 4:31 |
Events
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Dec
5
Modest Mouse
Black Box, Galway, Ireland
24 shouts
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Dec
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Modest Mouse - the second Galway show
Radisson Hotel, Galway, Ireland
2 shouts
| 13 attendees
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Dec
7
Modest Mouse
Academy, Dublin, Ireland
11 shouts
| 29 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…
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"King Rat" Video on MySpace Now!
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"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
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