Modest Mouse
乐队介绍：
按照感慨Grunge英年早逝的美国青年的说法，独立摇滚依然可以在西雅图一带撑起门户，或者Grunge其实根本就没有达到过以西雅图为核心的西北地区摇滚的极致。奥林匹亚、华盛顿近一两年传递着一个陌生的名字“Modest Mouse”，炙手可热。不，它其实算不上摇滚，更像是Ween乐队的孪生乐队，一支拥有平常心的绅士乐队。没有露骨的愤怒，优美的旋律和漫不经心的嗓音下，Modest Mouse几乎天真地用嘲讽的话语和深层的处世哲学阐述着非常摇滚的内容。并不是任何人都愿意用直白的态度来表明立场，而这正是Modest Mouse的风格。
Modest Mouse本身具有一种天生的亲和力，简单的音乐中融合着其它许多类型的音乐，从Post-Fugazi的Emo-core到Pixies和 Pavement甚至早期的Talking Heads。Pixies的歌曲结构一直是乐队的主要特点，还有非常少的爆发片段都非常像Pixies，总体听起来又有些像轻型的Pavement。除去上述较明确的音乐影响外，Modest Mouse本身其实就是一个怪胎，60年代的节奏布鲁斯和新浪潮的No Wave之声竟然会被融合在一起，用管弦乐模式作为内在驱动力，这还不算“犹抱琵琶半遮面”的生涩Solo（其实这也是故意的）。
这种风格在同时期的摇滚乐队中是极为罕见的，究其原因，Modest Mouse流行/摇滚的独立姿态并不是刻意追求一贯的DIY精神，音乐细致富有张力，在足够的空间感下形式紧凑，表现方法随意又不失谨慎严密。可以说，他们的音乐体现了摇滚的另一种境界，也可以说是一种极端——纯粹的唯美主义。任何极端总是有一定的弊端，“不够摇滚”于是就成为了Modest Mouse最大的缺点（这恐怕还是我一厢情愿的主观臆断，也可以说是不良习惯）。历史上不够“摇滚”却摇得厉害的乐队不胜枚举，Jimi Hendrix、Rush、Pink Floyd、R.E.M.……审美标准的不同的结果在此时就非常明显了，Modest Mouse的评语中绝对没有一丝一毫“重量”感，却稳稳地和Ween一起占据着校园排行榜。
可还是有人会说，“这也算摇滚乐？”
专辑列表/曲目：
This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
April 9, 1996
1. Dramamine
2. Breakthrough
3. Custom Concern
4. Might
5. Lounge
6. Beach Side Property
7. She Ionizes & Atomizes
8. Head South
9. Dog Paddle
10. Novocain Stain
11. Tundra/Desert
12. Ohio
13. Exit Does Not Exist
14. Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset
15. Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds
16. Space Travel Is Boring
Interstate 8
August 6, 1996
1. Interstate 8
2. All Night Diner
3. Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night)
4. Tundra/Desert
5. Edit The Sad Parts
6. Beach Side Property
7. Pushing the Buttons
8. Novocain
9. Broke
10. Positive Negative
11. Edit the Sad Parts
Lonesome Crowded West
November 18, 1997
1. Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
2. Heart Cooks Brain
3. Convenient Parking
4. Lounge (Closing Time)
5. Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
6. Doin' The Cockroach
7. Cowboy Dan
8. Trailer Trash
9. Out Of Gas
10. Long Distance Drunk
11. Shit Luck
12. Truckers Atlas
13. Polar Opposites
14. Bankrupt On Selling
15. Styrofoam Boots / It's All Nice On Ice, Alright
Building Nothing Out Of Something
January 18, 2000
1. Never Ending Math Equation
2. Interstate 8
3. Broke
4. Medication
5. Workin' On Leavin' The Livin'
6. All Nite Diner
7. Baby Blue Sedan
8. A Life Of Artic Sounds
9. Sleepwalkin'
10. Grey Ice Water
11. Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In (Positive Negative)
12. Other People's Lives
The Moon & Antarctica
June 13, 2000
1. 3rd Planet
2. Gravity Rides Everything
3. Dark Center Of The Universe
4. Perfect Disguise
5. Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
6. A Different City
7. The Cold Part
8. Alone Down There
9. The Stars Are Projectors
10. Wild Pack Of Family Dogs
11. Paper Thin Walls
12. I Came As A Rat
13. Lives
14. Life Like Weeds
15. What People Are Made Of
Sad Sappy Sucker
April 24, 2001
1. Worms Vs. Birds
2. Four Fingered Fisherman
3. Untitled
4. Wagon Ride Return
5. From Point A To Point B
6. Path Of Least Resistance
7. It Always Rains On A Picnic
8. Dukes Up
9. Think Long
10. Every Penny Fed Car
11. Mice Eat Cheese
12. Race Car Grin You Ain't No Landmark
13. Red Hand Case
14. Secret Agent X-9
15. Blue Cadet -3, Do You Connect?
16. Call To Dial A Song
17. 5-4-3-2-1 Lips Off
18. Woodgrain
19. BMX Crash
20. Sucker Betru
21. Black Blood And Old New Agers
22. Swy
23. Australopithecus
24. Sin Gun Chaser
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
April 6, 2004
1. Horn Intro
2. The World At Large
3. Float On
4. Ocean Breathes Salty
5. Dig Your Grave
6. Bury Me With It
7. Dance Hall
8. Bukowski
9. This Devil's Workday
10. The View
11. Satin In A Coffin
12. Interlude (Milo)
13. Blame It On The Tetons
14. Black Cadillacs
15. One Chance
16. The Good Times Are Killing Me
Baron Von Bull**** Rides Again (live)
2004
1. 3rd Planet
2. Never Ending Math Equation
3. Wild Packs Of Family Dogs
4. Broke
5. Paper Thin Walls
6. I Came As A Rat
7. Doin' The Cockroach
8. Bankrupt On Selling
9. Interstate 8
10. The Good Times Are Killing Me
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
March 20, 2007
1. March Into The Sea
2. Dashboard
3. Fire It Up
4. Florida
5. Parting Of The Sensory
6. Missed The Boat
7. We've Got Everything
8. Fly Trapped In A Jar
9. Education
10. Little Motel
11. Steam Engenius
12. Spitting Venom
13. People As Places As People
14. Invisible