Editing Modest Mouse (section)

=== Formation and early years: 1992–1999 ===
When Isaac Brock was a teenager, he was employed at a local family video store just outside Seattle, where he met bassist [[Eric Judy]]. Brock and Judy later discovered drummer [[Jeremiah Green]],<ref name="Carpenter, Susan 2004">Carpenter, Susan. "THE ARTS; POP MUSIC; from Modest Beginnings ...; nearly 15 Years from its Seattle Grunge Origins, Modest Mouse's Career has Taken a Mighty Turn". Los Angeles TimesMar 18 2004. ProQuest. Web. 20 July 2015.</ref> who also resided near Seattle, at a heavy metal show, at which point they decided to make music together. Brock says he made a point of the band being from [[Issaquah]] to avoid association with the music scenes of Seattle or Olympia and to keep with the band's suburban lyrical themes. In 1994, at [[Calvin Johnson (musician)|Calvin Johnson]]'s Dub Narcotic Studios, Modest Mouse recorded its first [[Extended play|EP]], ''[[Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?]]'', which was released by [[K Records]]. This was followed by a single, "[[Broke (Modest Mouse song)|Broke]]", recorded by Steve Wold ({{a.k.a.}} bluesman [[Seasick Steve]]) under [[Sub Pop]] records at Moon Studios in [[Olympia, Washington]]. During this time, Modest Mouse also recorded what would have been its first album, ''[[Sad Sappy Sucker]]'', but constant delays caused the album to be shelved and forgotten. It was not until 2001 that it was officially released. Before the band made its way into the pop music world in 2004, many of Modest Mouse's tours included stops at DIY/punk venues such as [[Speak in Tongues]] in Cleveland, Ohio, where they continued to play even after becoming popular enough to fill larger venues.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sandy |first1=Eric |title=Speak In Tongues: An Oral History of Cleveland's Infamous DIY Punk Venue |date=2022 |publisher=Microcosm Publishing |location=Portland |isbn=9781648410642 |url=https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/29099 |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref>

After moving to [[Up Records]],<ref>"[http://epitonic.com/artists/modest-mouse/ Modest Mouse]" [bio]. ''[[Epitonic]]''. epitonic.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.</ref> Modest Mouse released two full-length albums and other recordings including the 1996 LP ''[[This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About]]''. Steve Wold also recorded and produced this album (and at the time was assisting in the recordings as well, but was not officially part of the band) along with the next offering, ''[[Interstate 8 (album)|Interstate 8]]''. The 1997 album, ''[[The Lonesome Crowded West]]'' (also recorded at Moon Studios, by Scott Swayze) served as the band's breakthrough. ''The Lonesome Crowded West'' gained the band a [[cult following]], and is now popularly considered to be one of the defining albums of mid-1990s indie rock.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=McMurray|editor-first= Jacob|title=Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind: a Visual History from the Permanent Collection of Experience Music Project|publisher=Fantagraphics Books|location=Seattle|year=2011|isbn=9781606994337|oclc=1065713061}}</ref> During this time, Nick Kraft became involved with the task of refining the band's sound. Prior to its release, the band had recorded the EP ''[[The Fruit That Ate Itself]]''. In 2000, Up Records released a singles and rarities collection entitled ''[[Building Nothing Out of Something]]'' that included the entirety of ''Interstate 8'' except for the songs "Edit the Sad Parts" and "Buttons to Push the Buttons".