Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse first broke through to the mainstream audience with the platinum-selling Good News for People Who Love Bad News. Johnny Marr, the legendary guitarist with the Smiths, was an official member when they went all the way to number one with 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. 2015's Strangers to Ourselves reached number three on the Billboard 200 (without Marr).

Modest Mouse was founded in 1992 by guitarist and vocalist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green. In 1994, Modest Mouse booked time at Calvin Johnson's Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Washington, to cut their first record. This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About was Modest Mouse's first proper album. The Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon & Antarctica were released in 1997 and 2000, respectively. In 2003, it was announced that drummer Green had left Modest Mouse. Benjamin Weikel of the Helio Sequence became the group's new percussionist. And Dann Gallucci, who had been a guest guitarist on the sessions for Sad Sappy Sucker, became an official member of the band. The Fruit That Ate Itself was the first Modest Mouse album to be released on K Records. Modest Mouse's sixth studio album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Their last album, Good News, was released in 2004, spawning the hit singles ' Float On' and 'Ocean Breathes Salty' It was followed by 'Good News' in 2005, which proved to be the group's commercial breakthrough, selling over a million copies and spawning the singles 'Float on,' ' Ocean BreathesSalty,' and 'Lampshades on Fire' In 2006, the band recruited Johnny Marr to take his place for the recording of their next album.