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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..."