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 | Sucker Bet | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 2 | Grey Ice Water | Building Nothing Out Of Something |
| 3 | Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 4 | Alone Down There | The Moon & Antartica |
| 5 | Dashboard | We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank |
| 6 | Karma's Payment | The Fruit That Ate Itself |
| 7 | Space Travel Is Boring | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 8 | Convienent Parking | The Lonesome Crowded West |
| 9 | Styrofoam Boots - It's All Nice on Ice,... | Lonesome Crowded West |
| 10 | Float on | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 11 | The Cold Part | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 12 | Alone Down There | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 13 | Secret Agent X-9 | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 14 | Breakthrough | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 15 | The World At Large | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 16 | Bankrupt On Selling | The Lonesome Crowded West |
| 17 | The View | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| 18 | Other People's Lives | Building Nothing Out Of Something |
| 19 | Space Travel Is Boring | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 20 | Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |