Who is Modest Mouse

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High-energy Indie Band

Modest Mouse is an American alternative band. The band was formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington 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.

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,  (read more)

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Modest Mouse - Dashboard 

Well, it would've been, could've been
Worse than you would ever know
Oh, the dashboard melted
But we still have the radio

Oh, it should've been, could've been
Worse than you would ever know
Well, you told me about nowhere
Well, it sounds like someplace I'd like to go

Oh, it could've been, should've been
Worse than you would ever know
Well, the windshield was broken
But I love the fresh air, y'know
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)

Modest Mouse Dashboard Lyrics

Modest Mouse - Dashboard

Official video for the new single "Dashboard"

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Top Albums 

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

1. March Into The Sea 2. Dashboard 3. Fire It Up 4. Florida 5. Parting Of The Sensory 6. Missed The Boat 7. We've Got Everything 8. Fly Trapped In A Jar 9. Education 10. Little Motel 11. Steam Engenius 12. Spitting Venom 13. People As Places As People 14. Invisible

Release Date: 03/20/2007

Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Release Date: 04/06/2004

The Moon & Antarctica

Release Date: 03/09/2004

Lonesome Crowded West

Release Date: 11/18/1997

Links 

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Here are a few of the best places where Modest Mouse fans can find more about their favorite band.
Modest Mouse
Official site at Epic Records includes news, sound files, biography, and tour dates.
Modest Mouse Blog » Waiting for Tom
Click here to find out how to contribute your Modest Mouse photos, stories and videos.
Modest Mouse - Wikipedia
Modest Mouse is an influential American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah ...
MySpace.com - Modest Mouse - Issaquah, WASHINGTON - Indie / Rock
MySpace music profile for Modest Mouse with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more.
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Stream: "Satellite Skin” – Modest Mouse | More Music n News
The boys of Modest Mouse have just released in your official Myspace the first simple one of your new EP not One's First and You're Next, which will be thrown.
Modest Mouse at The Grove Of Anaheim (Anaheim, CA) on 29 Aug 2009 ...
Last.fm concert page for Modest Mouse at The Grove Of Anaheim (Anaheim, CA) on 29 Aug 2009. Discuss the gig, get concert tickets, see who's attending, find similar events.
Download upcoming music: Modest Mouse - No One's Next, and You're ...
Ok, so I thought Satellite skin was the new Modest Mouse EP, it clearly wasn't. Here is the real thing, the complete "No One's Next, and You're First" - EP. Satellite skin is included ;-) Uploaded to Rapidshare, Megaupload and Sendspace ...
MODEST MOUSE || OFFICIAL WEBSITE » Isaac and Officer Sean
Modest Mouse will hit the road for a run of dates beginning August 17 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The tour includes stops at Street Scene in San Diego, CA on August 28, Outside Lands in San Francisco, CA on August 30 and Bumbershoot in ...

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