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Modest Mouse
| Modest Mouse | |
|---|---|
![]() Performing at the United Palace Theatre, New York City in 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Issaquah, Washington, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock Indie rock Noise Pop Lo-Fi |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Label(s) | Epic Up Records K Records |
| Associated acts | The Smiths Dirty Dozen Brass Band Ugly Casanova The Helio Sequence Seasick Steve |
| Website | www.modestmousemusic.com |
| Members | |
| Isaac Brock Eric Judy Jeremiah Green Johnny Marr Tom Peloso Joe Plummer | |
| Former members | |
| John Wickhart Dann Gallucci Benjamin Weikel | |
Modest Mouse is an North-American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, bassist Eric Judy, and guitarist Dann Gallucci. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, their lineup has centered around Brock, Green and Judy. Guitarist Johnny Marr (formerly of The Smiths) joined the band in May 2006, along with percussionist Joe Plummer (formerly of the Black Heart Procession) and multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso, to work on the album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Since being signed to Sony's Epic Records in 2000, the band has attained significant popular success. Elements of Modest Mouse's early sound have been likened to or inspired by that of Pixies, Built to Spill, and numerous other alternative rock bands. Their name derives from a passage from the Virginia Woolf story "The Mark on the Wall" which reads "...and very frequent even in the minds of modest, mouse-coloured people..."
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