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 | Lounge | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 2 | Paper Thin Walls | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 3 | Make Everyoine Happy/Mechanical Birds | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 4 | 3rd Planet | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 5 | Dramamine | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 6 | The Air | Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks [EP] |
| 7 | Truckers Atlas | Lonesome Crowded West |
| 8 | Dog Paddle | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 9 | Tundra/Desert | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 10 | Bankrupt On Selling | The Lonesome Crowded West |
| 11 | Secret Agent X-9 | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 12 | Ohio | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 13 | The Devil's Work Day | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 14 | Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 15 | Wild Packs Of Family Dogs | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 16 | Dukes Up | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 17 | Wild Packs of Family Dogs | The Moon & Antarctica |
| 18 | I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock) | Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks [EP] |
| 19 | Life Like Weeds | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 20 | Lounge | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |