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Modest Mouse
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Issaquah, Washington, USA (1993 – present)
Modest Mouse is an American alternative band. The band was formed in 1993 in issaquah, Washington, USA by guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Since being signed to Sony’s Epic Records in 2000, the band has attained significant popular success with songs such as 
Float On, Dashboard and Missed the Boat.
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.
Float On, Dashboard and Missed the Boat.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.
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Modest Mouse-Little Motel
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Modest Mouse - We've Got Everything
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The World at Large
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Ocean Breathes Salty
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The Good Times Are Killing Me
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March Into the Sea
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Satin in a Coffin
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Shoutbox
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KJSmith wrote:
Moon and Antarctica is by far my favorite album. Gravity Rides Everything ftw
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rehabdoll0 wrote:
I despise Float On
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zer0sp wrote:
Yes, we all absolutely love it. Where have you been?
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notevenifsober wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't like Float On?
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bweav89 wrote:
Dramamine: 69,000 listeners. Float on: 330,000 listeners. DOES NOT COMPUTE
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Yosemite_Tim wrote:
how is Dramamine not in the top 15? it is one of the most fantastic songs I have ever heard.. gotta be kidding me...
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chaostar wrote:
i like turtles
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DreadfulYgg wrote:
No.
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oozabooman wrote:
I ONLY LISTEN TO BANDS WHICH HAVE ANIMALS THAT DO NOT BRAG.
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krhdonnan wrote:
not rock and roll music :/
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Betterdayz502 wrote:
Oh,I kinda enjoy the new stuff more but then again I'm a Hip Hop fan first and everything else comes second.So I might be looking for/at something else then your average rock fan.
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Localdummiesguy wrote:
because more people know about the newer stuff man! :)
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Betterdayz502 wrote:
Everyone says their old shit is the best but the newer shit has all the plays..whys that?
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skazzembar wrote:
http://www.lastfm.it/music/Loveless+whizzkid
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krhdonnan wrote:
ME TOO!
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vanishdoom wrote:
wow cool i've never listened to about 99% of all the world's music so i must be different as well, hot damn
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BoringArcade wrote:
And the help ain't short, When you're digging your grave There's a lot of stuff about graves in Issac's lyrics.
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Localdummiesguy wrote:
@Nehemiah_13, to each his own! I do enjoy M&A, but not as much as Lonesome Crowded West, or the first album. @Jepascoe, I can't say it's one of the best songs ever, but it is really good. :)
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Nehemiah_13 wrote:
Wow i really enjoy reading this shoutbox because is probably the most polemic of all Last Fm here are a lot of freaks and radical minds....so i want o create more polemic saying that my favorite Modest Mouse album is Good News For People Who love Bad News...and I really don't like M&A. Soooo?? lol
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jepascoe wrote:
3rd Planet is one of the best songs EVER written.
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