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 | Dashboard | We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank |
| 2 | Beach Side Property | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 3 | Every Penny Fed Car | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 4 | Dog Paddle | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 5 | Sleepwalkin' | Building Nothing Out Of Something |
| 6 | Summer | The Fruit That Ate Itself |
| 7 | Wild Packs of Family Dogs | The Moon & Antartica |
| 8 | It Always Rains On A Picnic | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 9 | Tundra/Desert | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 10 | Other People's Lives | Building Nothing Out Of Something |
| 11 | The World At Large | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 12 | Alone Down There | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 13 | Karma's Payment | The Fruit That Ate Itself |
| 14 | Tiny Cities Made of Ashes | The Moon & Antarctica |
| 15 | Float on | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 16 | Call To Dial-A-Song (Left By Spencer Mody) | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 17 | The Devil's Work Day | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 18 | Life Like Weeds | The Moon & Antarctica |
| 19 | I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock) | Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks [EP] |
| 20 | Grey Ice Water | Building Nothing Out Of Something |