Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy
-Wikipedia
Members:
Isaac Brock - lead vocals, guitars, banjo, keyboards, ukulele
(1993-present)
Jeremiah Green - drums, percussion
(1993-2003, 2004-present)
Tom Peloso - guitars, bass guitar, upright bass, keyboards, vocals, fiddle, horns
(2004-present)
Name Origin:
Their name is derived from a passage from the Virginia Woolf story "The Mark on the Wall" which reads,"I wish I could hit upon a pleasant track of thought, a track indirectly reflecting creditupon myself, for those are the pleasantest thoughts, and very frequent even in the mindsof modest, mouse-coloured people, who believe genuinely that they dislike to hear their own praises."
From: Issaquah, Washington, United States
Genre(s):
Indie rock,
indie folk,
lo-fi,
Experimental rock
Active From: 1993-present
Associated Acts:
Big Boi,
Built to Spill,
The Cribs,
The Flaming Lips,
Grandaddy,
The Helio Sequence,
The Murder City Devils,
Red Stars Theory,
Seasick Steve,
The Shins,
The Smiths,
Ugly Casanova