Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse performing in August 2021
Background information
Origin	Issaquah, Washington, U.S.
Genres	Indie rock alternative rock post punk revival punk rock synthpop emo (early)
Works	Modest Mouse discography
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Epic Up K Matador Glacial
Spinoffs	Ugly Casanova
Members	Isaac Brock Tom Peloso Russell Higbee Ben Massarella Simon O'Connor Damon Cox
Past members	Jeremiah Green Eric Judy Joe Plummer Dann Gallucci Benjamin Weikel Jim Fairchild Lisa Molinaro John Wickhart Johnny Marr
Website	modestmouse.com

Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, and currently based in Portland, Oregon. The founding members were lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. They achieved critical acclaim for their albums The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) and The Moon & Antarctica (2000) and found mainstream success with the release of Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) and its singles "Float On" and "Ocean Breathes Salty".

From their 1996 debut album This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About onwards, the band's lineup mostly centered on Brock and Green, undergoing multiple changes. As of 2024, Brock is the only original member of the band, Green having died in December 2022. Judy performed on every Modest Mouse album until his departure in 2012. Guitarist Johnny Marr (formerly of the Smiths) joined the band in 2006, shortly following percussionist Joe Plummer (formerly of the Black Heart Procession) and multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso, to work on the album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007). Guitarist Jim Fairchild joined the band in 2009. The band's sixth album, Strangers to Ourselves, was released in 2015 and their seventh, The Golden Casket, in 2021.