Modest Mouse
Biography
Modest Mouse were one of the most surprising commercial success stories of the new millennium — while their music was by turns taut and elliptical, and the lyrics sometimes cryptic and introspective, the band broke through to the mainstream audience with the platinum-selling Good News for People Who Love Bad News, and they became genuine rock stars at a time when their musical peers remained cult figures. Modest Mouse was founded in 1993 by guitarist and vocalist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green. Brock, who had a nomadic childhood, was only 18 and living in a shed next to his mother's trailer home when Modest Mouse began working together, with the shed becoming the new band's rehearsal space and base of operations. In 1994, Modest Mouse booked time at Calvin Johnson's Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Washington to cut their first record, and Johnson released their debut 7", "Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?," on his K Records label. Modest Mouse soon began work on an album, but the project was abandoned and the material went unreleased until 2001, when it appeared on a collection called Sad Sappy Sucker.. After releasing a handful of singles, Modest Mouse went into the studio with Johnson as producer to record an EP, The Fruit That Ate Itself, but by the time it was released, the group had already moved on to another Northwest-based indie label, Up Records. 1996's This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, produced in collaboration with Steve Wold (who would find fame a few years later as grizzled blues hobo Seasick Steve), was Modest Mouse's first proper album, and received enthusiastic reviews in the independent music press. In 1997, Modest Mouse returned with The Lonesome Crowded West, which earned more positive press and was a considerable sales success by indie label standards, supported by extensive touring. As Modest Mouse's following grew, they were courted by major-label scouts, and they eventually signed with Epic Records, who released The Moon & Antarctica in 2000. A collection of demos and session outtakes, Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks, was issued in 2001, and Brock released an album with his side project Ugly Casanova in 2002. In 2003, it was announced that drummer Green had left Modest Mouse; Benjamin Weikel of the Helio Sequence became the group's new percussionist (he also doubled on keyboards), and Dann Gallucci, who had been a guest guitarist on the sessions for Sad Sappy Sucker and The Lonesome Crowded West, became an official member of the band.
Top Albums |
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6. No One's Fir..
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| 8. Everywhere a..
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11. This Is a Lo..
| 12. Building Not..
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| 15. Float On - S..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Float On | Good News for People Who Lo.. | 3:28 | $1.29 | |
2. | World At Large | Good News for People Who Lo.. | 4:32 | $1.29 | |
3. | Dashboard | We Were Dead Before the Shi.. | 4:06 | $1.29 | |
4. | Ocean Breathes Salty | Good News for People Who Lo.. | 3:44 | $0.99 | |
5. | Missed the Boat | We Were Dead Before the Shi.. | 4:24 | $0.99 | |
6. | Too Many Fiestas for Rueben | Too Many Fiestas for Rueben.. | 1:17 | $1.29 | |
7. | White Lies, Yellow Teeth | White Lies, Yellow Teeth / .. | 5:42 | $1.29 | |
8. | Float On | Float On - Single | 3:29 | $1.29 | |
9. | 3rd Planet | Moon & Antarctica | 3:59 | $0.99 | |
10. | Gravity Rides Everything | Moon & Antarctica | 4:19 | $0.99 | |
11. | Dramamine | This Is a Long Drive for So.. | 5:42 | $1.29 | |
12. | Fire It Up | We Were Dead Before the Shi.. | 4:34 | $1.29 | |
13. | Good Times Are Killing Me | Good News for People Who Lo.. | 4:16 | $0.99 | |
14. | Trailer Trash | Lonesome Crowded West | 5:49 | $1.29 | |
15. | Buttons to Push Buttons | White Lies, Yellow Teeth / .. | 2:18 | $1.29 | |
16. | Spitting Venom | We Were Dead Before the Shi.. | 8:27 | $0.99 | |
17. | Little Motel | We Were Dead Before the Shi.. | 4:44 | $1.29 | |
18. | Black Cadillacs | Good News for People Who Lo.. | 2:43 | $0.99 | |
19. | Blame It On the Tetons | Good News for People Who Lo.. | 5:24 | $0.99 | |
20. | Bukowski | Good News for People Who Lo.. | 4:14 | $0.99 | |
21. | Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on.. | Lonesome Crowded West | 6:53 | $1.29 | |
22. | Bankrupt on Selling | Lonesome Crowded West | 2:53 | $1.29 | |
23. | Polar Opposites | Lonesome Crowded West | 3:29 | $1.29 | |
24. | Shit Luck | Lonesome Crowded West | 2:22 | $1.29 | |
25. | Long Distance Drunk | Lonesome Crowded West | 3:42 | $1.29 | |
Top Music Videos |
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