Isaac Brock (musician)

Overview

Isaac Kristofer Brock is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, principal songwriter, guitarist and only constant member of the indie rock band Modest Mouse, as well as his side project band, Ugly Casanova.

Isaac Brock
Brock performing with Modest Mouse in 2010
Born
Isaac Kristofer Brock

(1975-07-09) July 9, 1975 (age 51)
Helena, Montana, U.S.
OccupationsSinger, Musician, Songwriter
Years active1992-present
Known forModest Mouse discography
Children3
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • ukulele
  • banjo
  • piano
Labels
Member of
Formerly of
Websitemodestmouse.com

Isaac Kristofer Brock (born July 9, 1975) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, principal songwriter, guitarist and only constant member of the indie rock band Modest Mouse, as well as his side project band, Ugly Casanova.

As a songwriter, Brock is praised for his use of "plain English to communicate complex meditations".[1] Brock is the sole founding member of Modest Mouse still with the band; he is also the only member to appear on all of its studio albums.

Early life

Brock was born in Helena, Montana. During his childhood, he lived with his mother and sister in Montana and Oregon in hippie communes and churches before moving to Issaquah, Washington when he was 11 years old.[2] He was raised in a Christian religious sect called the Grace Gospel Church. He told an interviewer from The Guardian that he was asked to speak in tongues when he was six.[3] In 1992, at sixteen, Brock moved to Washington, D.C. for the summer, then traveled back and forth from the East Coast to Issaquah in Washington State where he took a community-college course to get his high school diploma before moving back to D.C., to New York's East Village, and then the Seattle area. It was there that he, Eric Judy (bass) and Jeremiah Green (drums) first started practicing music together.[citation needed]

Personal life

A photo of Isaac Brock in a Hawaiian shirt playing guitar
Performing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Modest Mouse in August 2021

Although many of his songs use religious themes, Brock describes himself as "not really religious at all", adding "I'm 100 percent on the whole Christianity thing being a crock of shit, pretty much." He claims to "toy around with the whole Biblical thing," because it "just has amazing characters" and also identifies himself as "pretty much" an atheist.[4]

Brock was arrested for driving under the influence and attempted murder after a getting into a car accident in which one of his passengers dislocated her thumb. He explained that "in Oregon, they give you attempted murder for any injury involving alcohol."[5]

In 2004 his adopted brother Ansel Vizcaya was killed in an avalanche climbing Mount Rainier.[6]

Brock is a former member of the A&R team for the record label Sub Pop, and signed Wolf Parade in 2004.[7]

Discography

With Modest Mouse

With Ugly Casanova

References

  1. ↑ Schreiber, Ryan (May 12, 2002). "Sharpen Your Teeth". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 12, 2002.
  2. ↑ "SPIN - Google Books". July 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ Simpson, Dave (March 9, 2007). "Wanted: one world-famous guitarist". The Guardian. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ Modell, Josh (April 7, 2004). "Modest Mouse interview". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
  5. ↑ Brock, Isaac (April 7, 2004). "Modest Mouse". The A.V. Club (Written article). Interviewed by Josh Modell. Archived from the original on May 16, 2026. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ Valania, Jonathan (March 30, 2015). "Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock Wants To Be More Than A Myth". BuzzFeed. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Apologies to the Queen Mary". Sub Pop. Archived from the original on November 30, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2007.

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