
Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse is an alternative rock band which formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, United States. The band's original lineup consisted of guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Since being signed to Sony's Epic Records in 2000, Modest Mouse has attained significant popular success with songs such as "Float On" and "Dashboard." The band's current configuration is Isaac Brock (vocals, guitar), Tom Peloso (strings, horns, bass, keyboards), Jim Fairchild (guitar), Eric Judy (bass), Jeremiah Green (drums) and Joe Plummer (drums). 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. In 1994, the band recorded their debut EP, Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?, at Calvin Johnson's Dub Narcotic Studios, which was then released on Calvin's record label K Records. Then followed a single with Sub Pop that was recorded by producer Steve Wold at Moon Studios. Wold, who in the mid-2000's would begin to perform under the name Seasick Steve, would also perform on the band's albums, but was never an official member of the band. After moving to Up Records Modest Mouse put out several releases recorded at Moon Studios, including 1996's This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About. This double LP was produced and recorded by Steve Wold. The next offering on UP was Interstate 8; also produced by Steve Wold. 1997's The Lonesome Crowded West, (also recorded at Moon Studios, by Scott Swayze) turned out to be the band's breakthrough album. The Lonesome Crowded West gained the band a cult following and is now widely considered by many critics to be one of the defining albums of mid-90s indie rock. In 2000, Modest Mouse released The Moon And Antarctica, their first album...
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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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Bukowski
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The View
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Missed the Boat
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Bury Me With It
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The Good Times Are Killing Me
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Fire It Up
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Satin in a Coffin
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One Chance
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Dance Hall
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Black Cadillacs
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Blame It On The Tetons
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3rd Planet
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Gravity Rides Everything
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March Into the Sea
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Paper Thin Walls
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Little Motel
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This Devil's Workday
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Florida
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Interlude (Milo)
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Parting of the Sensory
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We've Got Everything
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Dark Center of the Universe
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Education
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People as Places as People
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Fly Trapped in a Jar
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Dramamine
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I Came as a Rat
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Spitting Venom
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Wild Packs of Family Dogs
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A Different City
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Perfect Disguise
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Alone Down There
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Steam Engenius
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Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
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Invisible
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The Cold Part
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Lives
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The Stars Are Projectors
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Life Like Weeds
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What People Are Made Of
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Heart Cooks Brain
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Trailer Trash
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Lampshades on Fire
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Doin' the Cockroach
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Polar Opposites
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Bankrupt on Selling