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One of the bands who popularized indie rock during the 1990s and 2000s, Modest Mouse first emerged from Issaquah, Washington in 1993, taking their name from a line in the Virginia Woolf short story The Mark On The Wall. Founded by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock with drummer Jeremiah Green and bass player Eric Judy, they released their debut EP Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect in 1994. They followed it with the 1996 album This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About, but their mainstream commercial breakthrough didn't occur until they'd undergone several personn...