Editing Modest Mouse (section)

===''Good News for People Who Love Bad News'' and ''We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank'': 2003–2009 ===
[[File:Modest Mouse UPT.jpg|alt=Shows members of Modest Mouse performing in concert|right|thumb|200x200px|Modest Mouse performing live in 2007]]
In March 2003, Green left the band after suffering a [[nervous breakdown]];<ref name="Pappademas">{{cite magazine|last=Pappademas|first=Alex|date=August 2004|title=The Long Way Home|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/11/modest-mouse-isaac-brock-good-news-for-people-who-love-bad-news-august-2004-interview-the-long-way-home/|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=20|issue=8|pages=76–79|access-date=January 1, 2023}}</ref> official reports stated he was leaving to work with his side project, [[Vells]]. The same year, he and Judy appeared on [[Adam Forkner]]'s first solo album, ''[[VVRSSNN]]''. Drummer [[Benjamin Weikel]] joined the band, replacing Green, along with [[The Murder City Devils|Murder City Devils]] guitarist [[Dann Gallucci]], who had previously played with Modest Mouse. Prior to starting the band's writing and recording process, Brock was devastated by the loss of "a couple of the most important people in my life", he said.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carpenter|first=Susan|date=2004-03-18|title=From Modest beginnings ...|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-18-wk-pop18-story.html|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> Following these events, the band released their fourth album, ''[[Good News for People Who Love Bad News]]'', on April 6, 2004. The following August, the album was [[Platinum certification|certified Platinum]],<ref name="Carpenter, Susan 2004"/> having two hits with "[[Float On (Modest Mouse song)|Float On]]" and "[[Ocean Breathes Salty]]" (both of which they performed on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on November 13, 2004).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://snl.jt.org/ep/|title=SNL Archives &#124; Episodes|website=Snl.jt.org|access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref> The album was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album]] that year, and "Float On" was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]]. Green rejoined the band in May 2004,<ref name="Pappademas"/> while Weikel returned to drumming exclusively for the Helio Sequence. The public radio program [[Marketplace (radio program)|''Marketplace'']] used "Float On" as bumper music, which helped propel the group to a broader audience.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

In 2006, [[Johnny Marr]] (formerly of [[the Smiths]]) joined the band after Gallucci quit amicably. Modest Mouse released their next album, ''[[We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank]]'', on March 20, 2007<ref>[http://www.modestmousemusic.com Music&nbsp;– Modest Mouse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321024734/http://www.modestmousemusic.com/ |date=2007-03-21 }}. Retrieved November 6, 2008.</ref> after its original release date of December 19, 2006 was delayed. The album also included bonus track and single "[[King Rat (song)|King Rat]]", which actor [[Heath Ledger]] had known about before the track was released; the band was formally introduced to the actor while on their 2007 tour in Australia. Ledger proposed an outline for a music video to the group, and with his film collective, [[The Masses (collective)|the Masses]], immediately began working on it once he had the band's approval.<ref name="nydaily-heath-film">{{cite news| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/heath-ledger-music-videos-37th-birthday-article-1.2588029| first= Brian | last= Lisi |  work=New York Daily News | date=2016-04-04 | title=Heath Ledger's sister says it took blessing from Michelle Williams to get new documentary made}}</ref> Upon Ledger's death in January 2008, the video went unfinished.<ref>Ganz, Caryn. "Rock & Roll: Music Video: Inside Heath Ledger's Modest Mouse Video". ''Rolling Stone'' Sep 3 2009: 22. ProQuest. Web. 21 July 2015.</ref>
[[File:Sasquatch-2008-modest-mouse.jpg|thumb|280x280px|Modest Mouse performing at [[Sasquatch! Music Festival]] in Washington State in 2008. ]]
''We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank'' was the first Modest Mouse album to reach No. 1 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] charts and had the hit single "[[Dashboard (song)|Dashboard]]", as well as "[[Missed the Boat]]" and "[[We've Got Everything]]". Modest Mouse released singles for the songs "[[Satellite Skin]]", "[[Autumn Beds]]" and "Perpetual Motion Machine" in limited edition—a total of 4,000 copies each—vinyl 7&nbsp;inches, featuring artwork by art director and illustrator Joshua Marc Levy, J. Alex Stamos, and [[Natasha Wheat]].

The band began a North American tour in June 2008. They returned to Florida, with three shows in Miami, Orlando and St. Augustine, for the first time since they were cut off stage early during the November 2006 Bang Music Festival show.<ref>{{cite web |title=Modest Mouse announce US headlining tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/modest-mouse-37-1329001 |website=NME |access-date=January 9, 2023 |date=May 5, 2008}}</ref> Modest Mouse finished its tour supporting ''We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank'' after two years of promoting the record.

Marr left Modest Mouse to join [[the Cribs]], and was replaced with Jim Fairchild, beginning with the tour of ''[[No One's First and You're Next]]'', which was released on August 4, 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/93275/modest_mouse|title=Modest Mouse Confirm EP Details|access-date=2009-07-24|date=2009-07-23|publisher=[[idiomag]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227155739/http://www.idiomag.com/peek/93275/modest_mouse|archive-date=2012-02-27}}</ref> composed of unreleased tracks from the recording sessions of ''Good News for People Who Love Bad News'' and ''We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|title=Heath Ledger Directed a Modest Mouse Video|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/34824-heath-ledger-directed-a-modest-mouse-video/|access-date=2009-03-13|date=2009-03-12}}</ref>