One of the bands that helped bring indie rock into the mainstream during the
1990s and 2000s, Modest Mouse emerged from Issaquah, Washington, in 1993, taking
their name from a line in Virginia Woolf’s short story “The Mark on the Wall.”
Founded by singer, lyricist, and guitarist Isaac Brock with drummer Jeremiah
Green and bassist Eric Judy, they released their debut EP, Blue Cadet-3, Do You
Connect?, in 1994. They followed it with the 1996 album This Is a Long Drive for
Someone with Nothing to Think About, but their commercial breakthrough came
after several personnel changes, wh...