![]() ![]() Weikel being new to the band and Gallucci returning to the band for the first time since This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About. He was replaced with two members, drummer Benjamin Weikel (who also drummed for The Helio Sequence) and guitarist Dann Gallucci (Murder City Devils). ![]() In 2003, drummer Jeremiah Green quit the band the official word was that he was quitting to work with his side project, Vells. The band enjoyed some success on alternative radio with the singles "3rd Planet" and "Gravity Rides Everything." Lead singer Isaac Brock has since put out an album with his side project Ugly Casanova on Sub Pop Records. In 2000, Modest Mouse released The Moon And Antarctica, their first album on a major label (Epic Records). The Lonesome Crowded West gained the band a cult following and is now widely considered by many critics to be one of the defining albums of mid-90s indie rock. 1997's The Lonesome Crowded West, (also recorded at Moon Studios, by Scott Swayze) turned out to be the band's breakthrough album. The next offering on UP was Interstate 8 also produced by Steve Wold. This double LP was produced and recorded by Steve Wold. After moving to Up Records Modest Mouse put out several releases recorded at Moon Studios, including 1996's This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About. Wold, who in the mid-2000's would begin to perform under the name Seasick Steve, would also perform on the band's albums, but was never an official member of the band. Then followed a single with Sub Pop that was recorded by producer Steve Wold at Moon Studios. 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. 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. Brock stayed behind, living in the second story of the flooded house, until he was eventually evicted by police. 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. Around this time, his mother left his father for his father's brother (Brock's uncle). Plummer has recently become the new drummer for The Shins.īrock 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"īrock frequently moved around with his mother when he was a child. The band's current configuration is Isaac Brock (vocals, guitar), Tom Peloso (strings, horns, bass, keyboards), Jim Fairchild (guitar), and Eric Judy (bass)). Since being signed to Sony's Epic Records in 2000, Modest Mouse has attained significant popular success with songs such as "Float On" and "Dashboard." The band's original lineup consisted of guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Read Full Bio Modest Mouse is an alternative rock band which formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, United States. Modest Mouse is an alternative rock band which formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, United States. ![]()
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