Biography (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...

Album Records (Modest Mouse)

Float On Dashboard The World at Large Ocean Breathes Salty Bukowski Missed The Boat The View Bury Me With It 3rd Planet The Good Times Are Killing Me Gravity Rides Everything Fire It Up Satin in a Coffin One Chance Dance Hall Black Cadillacs Blame It On The Tetons Paper Thin Walls March Into The Sea Little Motel

Good News Fo We Were Dead The Moon & A