American rock group Modest Mouse was established in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, and is now located in Portland, Oregon. Isaac Brock, the band's lead singer and guitarist, Jeremiah Green, and Eric Judy, the drummer, were the original members. They practiced, rearranged, and recorded demos for nearly two years, heavily influenced by Pavement, Pixies, XTC, and Talking Heads, before finally signing with small-town independent label K Records and releasing multiple singles. The band's lineup has largely revolved around Brock and Green since their 1996 first album, "This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About," with some changes. The band's fourth album, "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" (2004), particularly the songs "Float On" and "Ocean Breathes Salty" from it helped it become a household name. Up to his departure in 2012, Judy contributed to every Modest Mouse album. In order to work on the record "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank," guitarist Johnny Marr (formerly of the Smiths) joined the group in 2006, shortly after percussionist Joe Plummer (previously of the Black Heart Procession) and multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso (2007). Jim Fairchild, a guitarist, joined the group in 2009. "Strangers to Ourselves," the band's sixth album, which is also known as "The Golden Casket Vol. 1," was published in 2015; "The Golden Casket," their seventh, will be out in 2021..

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