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
| 1 | Dark Center Of The Universe | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 2 | Novocain Stain | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 3 | Australopithecus | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 4 | Tundra/Desert | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 5 | So Much Beauty In Dirt | Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks [EP] |
| 6 | Doin' the Cockroach | Lonesome Crowded West |
| 7 | Grey Ice Water | Building Nothing Out Of Something |
| 8 | A Different City | The Moon & Antarctica |
| 9 | Perfect Disguise | The Moon & Antartica |
| 10 | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 11 | Jesus Christ Was an Only Child | Lonesome Crowded West |
| 12 | Dig Your Grave | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 13 | World At Large | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 14 | Beach Side Property | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 15 | Alone Down There | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 16 | Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 17 | Blame It On The Tetons | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 18 | Other People's Lives | Building Nothing Out Of Something |
| 19 | Tundra/Desert | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 20 | What People Are Made Of | The Moon & Antartica |