The Untold Truth Of Modest Mouse
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- If you’re a fan of mainstream rock, you’re probably familiar with Modest Mouse’s 2004 hit single “Float On.” That song, along with its followup “Ocean Breathes Salty” rocketed the group to success, but they were released over a decade - and three albums - after the band originally came together.
Modest Mouse was formed in 1992 by lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. The band is known for putting darkly comic lyrics against an upbeat sound, which is thanks in part to Brock’s own eccentricity. There’s a lot more to this Portland-based group than you might think. This is the untold truth of Modest Mouse.
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Band Name Origin | 0:00
Isaac Brock's wild childhood | 1:08
White Panther connection | 2:04
Famous collaborators | 3:19
Killer cow | 4:17
The Phoenix Lights Incident | 5:21
Broken jaw | 6:31
Jeremiah Green's mental struggles | 7:20
Their own studio | 8:14
Vehicular lawsuit | 9:08
Isaac Brock's stalkers | 9:55
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Are you a fan of Modest Mouse?
I have seen them at Riot Fest and it was a great show…but then I worked a side hustle and came through the VIP gate with half the group and torn off wristbands…I honestly didn’t know who they were, but they sure let me know and that they were there to cancel…then I realized they were supposed to be playing… like then! They were pretty mean/f’d up, but rock on 🤘🏽 I helped them.
My most favorite band in the world!!
Yas queen!!!
Yes
Yes
The untold truth of Modest Mouse is they backed their car into a cop car the other day. Well, he just drove off, sometimes life's okay.
I heard they also ran their mouths off a bit too much, but what could they say?
except the cop car sued him $865k the second time around
I think that part was told
Hahaha cute!
Lol.
I once saw Isaac Brock in a supermarket reading the nutrition labels on the backs of boxes of cereal. True story.
OK, that's random but OK.
Which cereal
Sounds like Issac lol
@@larsonfamilyhouse can't remember exactly but i wanna say it was like honey bunches of oats, something with an orange/golden yellow box
@@AmirRazan not rlly random lol
Modest Mouse is my favorite band. They helped me overcome being a stranger to myself
hi cheeteh !!
:0 Hey Cheeteh!
Okayyy I know what you did there ;)
We can tell lol, thank you for making such incredible MAPs
One time I had a long drive with nothing to think about, so I just listened to modest mouse
0:56 Brock decides a band name is too long.. then proceeds to name every album the longest names ever 😆
That's why he regretted not making it longer
"Well" and car references are a drinking game to get shyt faced in 2 songs.
I never met Isaac Brock. Here's my story about never meeting Isaac Brock: I was born into this world. Heard a band called Modest Mouse, and I never met the singer--whose name is Isaac Brock.
🤣 hilarious! Thank you!
i don't believe that for 1 second
Beautiful story, thanks for sharing!
Scintillating odyssey!
Modest Mouse has been my favorite band since I was 13. I'm 34 now. The first song I ever heard was Neverending Math Equation in a bmx video. It totally changed my perspective on life.
Same but I heard, "Doin' the Cockroach" in a Skateboarding video. I was 13, too, hahah.
Duuuude same. Well, almost same-so..similar. First song I fell in love with was 3rd Planet (or Trailer Trash.. or Cowboy Dan😂) when I was about 8. Quickly felt more and more captivated with every song I heard, particularly on that album. My aunt is who turned me onto them and I have a vivid memory of every single time “Doin’ The Cockroach” came on we would drop to the floor, lying on our backs, with our arms and legs above us flailing like a cockroach stuck on its back. 😂🥹 Anyway, i didn’t listen to “Never Ending Math Equation” until I was around 12 and I just listened to it on repeat for hours at a time. Modest Mouse played a big part in my philosophy on life, death, existing, ‘God’, and religion.
My first song was at 14 and now I'm 35! It was fruit that ate itself. My brother played it in the car. Same huge change in perspective/confirmation of things.
Such a good song
I'm the same as I was when I was 6 years old
And oh my God I feel so damn old
I don't really feel anything
On a plane, I can see the tiny lights below
And oh my God, they look so alone
Do they really feel anything?
I feel that Lyric! Great first song to discover MM
Wow same except snowboarding video when I was 12 or 13
I briefly got to meet Isaac Brock once, I believe back in 2018. Had to stay around the venue at a concert in Charlotte until about 2 AM, but it was absolutely worth it. In the way that you assume you might struggle to find something to say to your heroes, when you realize you're actually going to get to meet them, I grasped for some words and came out with the fact that, The Moon and Antarctica was extremely helpful for me getting over my father's death when I was 20. He responded by a saying, he just became a father and he certainly hopes that he would be around for more than 20 years of his daughter's life. Man the world has really gotten fucking weird since then... I miss seeing Modest Mouse live.
They are mortal you can literally surpass them.
I enjoyed reading your story. You are very articulate and it was a wonder for me to read in such a short but concise paragraph. In what must have been such a extremely meaningful moment for you given your circumstance. I'm sorry you lost your father so soon. He must be so proud of you for finding the strength to carry on in his absence. 😁
@@melloyellogsxr Hey, thanks so much for the response! I certainly never expect someone's response on RUclips to make me smile quite as much as this one did today. Or ever really for that matter, usually people go out of their way to be jerks, not to be kind. It's great to know that someone actually took the time to read my word vomit, and incredible seeing that someone actually thought it worthy of a well thought-out response.
Thank you for being a stellar human :)
@@ants_in_my_eyes_Wilson yeah lemme smell dem toes
He meant he just became a father again lol
The best part about these stories--they're just the tip of the Antarctic iceberg. I've seen Modest Mouse 8 times and each show has had its own unique and crazy happenings.
Hey! I’ve seen them 8 times too! First time was ‘96 at the black cat in d.c. Favorite show was at a spot in Lancaster called the chameleon club. Most memorable was Red Rocks!!
I saw them in I think 2011 and the crowd was really weak because it was like early afternoon and they played mostly new material at the time that no one knew and they got pretty upset with the crowd. Was probably the worst show I've ever been to tbh. I'd definitely check them out again though if I get the chance.
i saw them only twice.
first time in Barcelona, at primavera. the set / sounds wasn't as good. but brock wore this eyepatch the entire set. he lifted it up for a second and he had a huge black eye. Classic Brock
some years slater saw them in Amsterdam. they were huge and didn't expect too much tbh, except that they'd play "whale song" which was on repeat (they played it). they started the set with "first world planet" and half of the set were older classics. i had a drink and somebody offered me mdma, so i was a bit enthusiast and yelled along with a random dude for "custom concern". i hate people yelling for songs, but yeah. the crowd was huge, and Isaac caught our eyes when he heard us yelling. He mumbled sure, and started playing it. Half of the band stood around as it's guitar + bass + drum. The entire set was so good, and this show remains of my favorite shows until today.
One of my fav moments on the internet is from super old footage of a show in my home town in okc in 1997 I believe, where he’s asking the crowd for a knife and started cutting himself on stage. (Self harm isn’t cool at all, BUT it was def rock n roll asf ). My fav personal experience was them playing a surprise show at that same small venue in 2008 (they were huge then) and they started the show with ‘Never Ending Math Equation’ (one of their best songs) and then Isaac smashed the shit out of his guitar, handed it to the crowd and continued a really great show. Me and my friend waited for them to come out after the show and they came out way later and Isaac was like “ah, I don’t really wanna ..” and my super duper young and very drunk ass was like “aww cmon man! I spent 100’s of dollars to see y’all” (which wasn’t cool to say, but I was a kid) but he was like “oh alright just a few minutes’ and talked with us for a bit, then everyone ran up and started hounding him. Felt bad, but he was very cool for that.
Never in a million years did I expect this channel to do a video about Modest Mouse. Thank you.
we all miss jeremiah green so much. absolute gift to the world
Their music literally saved my life and I thought I knew everything about the band lol, thanks for teaching me differently.
I feel that! Agreed
their music saved me too, since their early days
I hope your well
Me as well. These guys own the top spot of my S-Class music shelf. The music transformed the way I look at the world several times and I continue to fall deeper in love with them every year.
I couldn't pick a favorite, cuz it changes every year or two, but Dashboard was my first love.
@@Atamastra They have so many great songs. Teeth like god's Shoeshine was my first favorite.
I used to know them for Float On because my guitar teacher taught it to me. I saw them live in 2021 and they were amazing, and it got me listening to them and knowing their music more. RIP Jeremiah
I actually got to meet Issac Brock, he was performing where I live and I just got out of the mental health ward and my sister bought me tickets to go see them
His music helped me learn how to better myself and express myself through my own art and music and even my old band did covers of king rat and Bukowski, even to this day I still cry every time I listen to interstate 8 and the album building nothing out of something, it’s been a long journey for me and I’m happy I chose life over ending it all
We’re glad too man
So happy you’re here Vinny.
I wish i could meet em, I'm excited for that possibility soon in an upcoming concert
This band has been my crutch for the past 22 years.
Modest mouse is literally a part of my life. Not a day goes by that I don’t listen to at least one song and know all the lyrics as well.
Top 3:
1) stars are projectors
2) 3rd planet
3) teeth like god shoeshine
Those my top 3 thanks for more info on them as well. 🖤
I could’ve written this comment myself! People ask me if i still listen to them… am I still alive?
The malls are the soon to be ghost towns. Well so long, farewell, goodbye.
@@JK-gm6kk Give a shit!💚
Same bro. My cats name is Cowboy Dan...... broken hearts want broken necks.....
@@drewwood6790 That's cool. Is he a major player in the Cowboy scene?
The first time I saw Modest Mouse IB complained a bunch about how low the volume was, then played a 15 minute version of Tiny Cities Made of Ashes before breaking some of their equipment and walking off in a huff. I was sold.
That Phoenix Light bit blew my mind, can only imagine Isaacs view. Love this band! 🛸
whoosh
I’ve been jamming out to MM for years. I never knew the story behind the band’s name nor half the shenanigans Isaac Brock got into. Thanks for sharing stories!
I saw them for the first time recently at a music festival. The Strokes were headlining for the night so I wasn’t expecting much from Modest Mouse, just was going to watch them beforehand but they actually put on an awesome high energy show.
Shaky knees? They were awesome! From my experience, they can be hit or miss in a festival setting but that was the best festival performance I’ve seen from them. Their current setup/lineup sounds very tight I think they recently slimmed down the number of band members
Love them! Saw them last summer for my first time! Was an amazing experience!
Lonesome crowded west is an incredible album and one of my all time favourites
I am absolutely in love with this band. Seen them in October , they still put on a good show!
Once upon a time in the year 2000 I walked into a little dive bar of a venue called the Orpheum in Ybor City, Fl.
That might feature a little band called Modest Mouse touring their Moon and Antarctica LP.
Turned out they were really F’n good and proceeded to blow my 21 year old mind.
My favorite album of theirs. You lucky soul.
Definitely one of my favorites of theirs as well. Love it. Wish I could have seen them on that tour.
Seems like the "untold" story of Modest Mouse is INCREDIBLY well-documented - you could even call it "told" - by Newsweek, AV Club, BuzzFeed, Studio 360, and SPIN Magazine
Buzzfeed is no more.
And good riddance!
😂
These dudes were my favs for years. I enjoyed the music and melodies, but always wondered what he was talking about.
Favorite band since 2004 and it's gonna stay that way till I die! I saw Isaac after a show once and said, "I saw you in the past and-" he interrupted me and said "I have no future and I have no past."
Excellent video as always 👍🏼👍🏼💯💯🙏🙏 did you ever or can you do one on people in planes? I haven’t heard about or anything from them in years, it’s driving me crazy 🤣🤣😩
Yes, yes! Modest Mouse! Isaac Brock!
Love this band!
The Mark on the Wall reference is a often mentioned one - there's also the 19th century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, whose personality reminds me a bit of Isaac Brock. Wish I could ask the guy if it's just a coincidence. Anyway, I hope Modest Mouse gets considered as a legendary band like a lot of those early rock bands are nowadays - Eric Judy, Jeremiah Green, and Isaac are three criminally underrated musicians on their respective instruments. Isaac's style on guitar is pure inventiveness and imagination - Jeremiah's drumming is so flexible and constant that it almost has a fluid consistency to it as he rolls effortlessly with the rest of the band or takes the reigns on his own - and Eric is probably the most underrated of the bunch, just go listen to some isolated bass lines off their earlier stuff like Breakthrough, where he's showing the same inventiveness as Isaac - his bass lines often bleeding over to where you can't easily tell what's bass and what's guitar - and even later on when the distinction is more clear he's coming up with some downright funky stuff.
I would be totally satisfied with life in general, if I could write a song that's one quarter as good as "Blame it on the Tetons". While it and shoeshine have gotta be my favorites, their entire catalog is fantastic
Seriously bro hiz songs are so basic. You can do it.
What a lot of folks don’t know about modest mouse is that cowboy Dan is a major player in the cowboy scene. He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean .
I swear they are one of the best bands I've heard. I wish I could leech just a tad of Isaac's musical prowess.
Favorite band of all time.
Love Modest Mouse ever since I first heard Float On, I listened to their back catalogue and I was hooked. Been listening ever since. Side note, if you you dig blue grass and modest mouse, look into a band called Iron Horse. They did a whole album of modest mouse covers and it’s fantastic. Some of the covers I like even better than the originals 😬.
Love those covers, mm with even more banjo? Yes plz
Modest Mouse is also Joshua James' favourite band and he made a very good cover album called "Well, Then I'll Go To Hell". That is Indie Folk.
I saw them play at a small-ish club in 2000. The first 2 albums are their best.
saw them for the second time a few weeks ago in Grand Rapids. what a damn good show. been listening to them since '02
I discovered this fact while I was studying English and was assigned this story to read. You can't imagine how excited I was.
I'm from Detroit and I used to hang out with John Sinclair. He used to frequent a weekly drum circle that I went to. The two of us became pretty close and we would often get into intense conversations about politics, race and philosophy. He's a really enlightened kind of person and very easy to talk to if he respects your mindset. I was a little starstruck the first time that I met him, but his personality makes you very at ease very quickly. Still, it blows my mind that I am somebody born in the late 80s who has a friend that John Lennon wrote a song about. That's freaking wild. I love Detroit.
My untold Story.. I first saw MM in 94 playing in the parking lot of my Community College..In 96 after a show was locked out of a parking garage and helped load their equipment.
I'm so glad I saw them live last year.
Modest Mouse will always absolutely be my number one favorite fucking band.
Stop just go away.
@@kinglittlefoot do you really have nothing better to do with your life?
The broken jaw story didn’t just come up in an interview. It’s also in an unreleased song - don’t know what it’s called but I call it “Angora Fleece”
jawbreaker
And in Might
Interesting Small Documentary!!!
So Kurt Russell and the leader of modest mouse both were in planes and both saw the Phoenix lights.
I saw Modest Mouse live back in 2010. Isaac Brock is… intense.
“No person how ever modest, could detest the use of a brilliant mouse. Lay not upon him the rules of the house, know them that dwell here are modest…..damn messed that up..
This plane is definitely crashing
Dig the earlier. Don’t know much about the latter. Beach Side Property… introduced ❤️
Amazing band I saw them last October on mushrooms and it was one of the best experiences of my life!
October 4 in Nashville?
nice
I saw them for the first time in Burlington in October of 2015 on an entire smorgasbord of substances. All I can say 7 years later is....wow. my grandmother died a month later (rather suddenly) and I feel in my heart and soul that I was meant to see that show as a precursor to what was coming.
Fourth. Hope you have chill days. Be safe and all 🍀🍀
This should be the untold story of Issac Brock that's been told before
Favorite band since 2003
Wild pack of family dogs is such a good song. And I got see them play cowboy dan live once. My dream gig would be them and neil young jamming.
Brock is singer who barks his lyrics, and it works.
A surf...rock....band
from the land of plenty!
Modest Mouse is the greatest band of all time
badass video dude or dudette
Modest Mouse. Hell yeah.
Ironic that a Beatles ad played before the video played bc MM is the Beatles of my generation. Hands down the best band around!
My favorite band.
Been listening to them since "this is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about".
Just saw them play halftime at seahawk game in seattle was priveledged to have them wave back at me when i was cat hing air in the back of the stadium.what a treat.glad to hear ther back story. Wow
My favorite band of all time
Whatever happened (good or bad) to that man, I'm thankful it did. He's a treasure.
You didn't mention James Mercer from The Shins as one of the musicians who collaborated with Modest Mouse. He did a bunch of songs on 'We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank'
I grew up in Washington and these guys captured the PNW sound better than anyone else. Just my opinion doe🤙
check out the Accused
Check super secret band or vedasay
1994 to 2000 modest mouse is my favorite music ever
Long drive
Interstate 8
Lonesome crowded west
Building nothing out of something
Moon and Antarctica
Modest mouse and built to spill have parallel careers
They definitely do...they were both had early releases on Up records based in Seattle . And I could not agree more about 1994 - 2000 Modest Mouse. Brilliant music
This is the weirdest chronological history of a non-linear person I have ever tried to conceptualize, anyhoo- Cheers from Boise, Idaho
I love Modest Mouse! When I have a bad day I listen to "Float On" ❤ 😊
God tier band
An omage is not simply based on a topic it’s usually based on a person whose style one emulates.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW AWAY THAT A BODY COULD GET AWAY!
DOES ANYBODY KNOW, A, WAY
RIP Jeramiah Green🌹
Huh, guess I can say that me and the vocalist of my favorite band both have had our jaws broken from a punch. I say that as I currently have my jaw wired shut - not fun.
was really worried there for a second about the “white panthers” 😭😂
RIP Jeremiah
All them books sitting on that shelf, looking much smarter than me
Circa 2005 I met Isaac at 4 .peaks brewery a day before a concert I was attending. I was 20 years old and I knew it was him because he had on the same costume he had on in the “Float on” video and he loud and drunk and very friendly. Awesome dude and I don’t doubt the stories are true of him getting jumper. Ffffff those kids may Karma hit them so
The name is cool. Thought it was a clever play on the name Mighty Mouse. Either way, they have a great sound.
Wikipedia used to credit the Virginia Wolfe novel for their name.
Modest Mouse is great. So good live. Their older stuff is timeless
I literally hit the back of a police car once, and it was all ok!
I jumped out and checked on him immediately. Thats when I realized it was a cop. Not much more than a scratch, so he drove off and it was all ok :)
The moon and Antarctica is hands down there best album
I saw Isaac Brock in a video once
Growing up, my neighbor's cousins went to school in Redmond, WA. I guess their school teacher was isaac brock's mom
Best band of all time 👌🤙
I'm convinced the object was a black ops stealth blimp and turned its lights on because it blew off course.
My boss just quit the job and said he's going out to find the blind spots. And he'll do it.
Cool band
That lawsuit is pretty standard in car accidents. It goes through insurance he didn’t get directly sued
I've seen them three times in person but they were only good live once. I love them, but I have to be honest about the live stuff edit: the good on was with Johnny Marr in 2007 or 08 when they opened for REM
In regards to his jaw I thought he used pictures of his face from that night on a cover of some zine
Best band ever. The music is as amazing as the lyrics and always brings me out of my manic bs
You take Seroquel?
@@nbagametime3295 I use to. At age 12 was given the 100mg pills and the 300mg big ones every night. Now I smoke
@@angelabuettner2255 thanks, just curious because my sister was prescribed that but I too would prefer if she smoked cannabis. Anything specific that helps you the most like a type of CBD or something
@@nbagametime3295 I totally get it. I adore the Delta 8 CBD. It's all the relief but not the head cloud so I can function at normal. When I'm in real bad shape I tend to stick w Indicas
@@angelabuettner2255 Thank you for the info ❤️
I appreciate the mini doc, but I'd run it by a skilled editor next time.
Do one on Cadalack Ron plzzz
3.0 till infinity!!
Forgot the white panther party was a thing. I’ll do more research but the fact that they took someone in to take care of sounds panther party like. My dad was a part of it in Oakland and it’s all about looking out for each other at the end of the day. We all have to work on stopping the hate, me included.
I was at the party, for MM, that Brock got thrown out of up in the U-District.
“It was weird”
-Isaac Brock
I saw the first show with Jonny Marr. Nobody to include Issac seemed to give a shit.
I heard different. I was under the impression the name came from speech classes Isaac took due his speech impediment where they had him repeat the words modest mouse to improve