Modest Mouse

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Formed:
1993, over 19 years ago.
One Liner:
American Indie rock band
Snapshot:
A Group with 20 releases, and credited 12 times on others' music. 9 members.

Biography

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Modest Mouse are US indie-rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, WA. They are credited with producing the archetypal indie-rock album in The Lonesome Crowded West.

In 1994 Modest Mouse released their debut EP, Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?, followed in 1996 by the double album This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About. Success came with the 1997 release The Lonesome Crowded West which established the band's cult status and is cited by many to be a perfect example of the genre. As a follow-up the band released the critically acclaimed The Moon & Antarctica.

They introduced some new fans to their music during the Unlimited Sunshine Tour in 2001, playing alongside The Flaming Lips, De La Soul and Kinky.

The band went through some line-up changes in 2003. In 2004 the band released Good News for People Who Love Bad News which won over a whole new set of listeners and went on to achieve platinum sales. The album produced the hit singles "Float On" and "Ocean Breathes Salty".

In 2006 the band were joined by Johnny Marr, the guitarist from famous UK indie band The Smiths. Their next album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank went straight in at No.1 on Billboard 100.

Pictures

Modest Mouse - Modest Mouse Press Shoot Getty Images

Modest Mouse Press Shoot

Modest Mouse - Modest Mouse Press Shoot Getty Images

Modest Mouse Press Shoot

Modest Mouse - V Festival 2008 - Gold Coast Getty Images

V Festival 2008 - Gold Coast

Modest Mouse - Live 105's Not So Silent Night 2007 - San Francisco CA Getty Images

Live 105's Not So Silent Night 2007 - San Francisco CA

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Genres

Indie, Alternative Rock, Folk, Alternative, Noise, Pop, Rock. Vote on Genres

Discography

32 releases – 20 under their own name and 12 credits on others' music Edit

Members

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Eric Judy

current & founder member
  • bass guitar:
    • 1993-

Isaac Brock

current & founder member
  • lead singer, songwriter, guitar:
    • 1993-

Jeremiah Green

current & founder member
  • drums, percussion:
    • 1993-2003,
    • 2004-

Joe Plummer

current member
  • percussion:
    • 2004-

Tom Peloso

current member
  • keyboards, vocals, percussion:
    • 2004-

Johnny Marr

current member
  • guitar:
    • 2006-

Dann Gallucci

  • guitar:
    • 1997-1998,
    • 2003-2004

Benjamin Weikel

    • 2003-2004

John Wickhart

  • bass guitar:
    • 1994-1995

In the News

Stranger Than Fiction Friday: Modest Mouse & Big Boi

Apr, 29 2011

This week, through a series of Tweets, rapper Big Boi, has teamed up with Modest Mouse to work on the indie act’s next album. He also revealed that Chris Carmouche, who worked on Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, is involved in the sessions. “Been camped out in the Lab with Modest Mouse all week, workin on the new mouse LP, coolest cats ever. Long Live The Funk,” tweeted half of Outkast. Now “funk” and “Modest Mouse” are not words I would ever put in the same sentence, so I am all the more excited to hear the resulting recording. Though this certainly is not the first hip-hop/rock crossover – remember Aerosmith and Run DMC’s “Walk This Way” and Linkin Park and Jay-Z teamed up for the EP, Collision Course – it promises to be as intriguing. Big Boi also revealed that he and the other half of Outkast, Andre 3000, have begun work on a new album. The release will be their first since 2006’s Idlewild. There is no further information about Modest Mouse’s album, but you know we’ll keep you posted! -Court

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