'Isaac Brock' (born on
July 9,
1975 in
Issaquah, Washington) is the lead singer, guitarist, banjoist, and songwriter for the
American indie rock band
Modest Mouse, as well as his
side project band,
Ugly Casanova. Brock currently resides in
Portland,
Oregon. His style of singing is notable for his often complex word play, vocal pitching and unique sense of humor and rhythm.
Early life
During his childhood, Brock and his mother moved around in different religious offshoot circles throughout the
Pacific Northwest. Around this time, Isaac's mother left his father for his father's brother. Brock was home-schooled for part of his school career.
[1] His mother's house flooded, forcing her to move in to her new husband's trailer where there was no room for Isaac. So, Isaac stayed behind in the flooded home on the second floor until he was evicted by the police. After he was evicted, Isaac lived in friends' basements until he lived in a shed next to his mother's trailer. It is in this shed that he,
Eric Judy (bass) and
Jeremiah Green (drums) supposedly first started practicing music together.
[2]
Personal life
Despite having written several songs with religious themes, most of them being against it, Brock describes himself as "not really religious at all" and that "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, just as amazing characters." He has addressed his substance abuse in the song "The Good Times Are Killing Me", and says that most drugs are "just something I kind of have to fight... I just try and make sure that it's not around, or I'm not around it."
5
Brock is a former
A&R man for the record label
Sub Pop; his most notable accomplishment with them was signing
Wolf Parade in 2004.
[3]
Brock is currently engaged to Naheed Simjee. The two plan to marry in the Fall of 2007.
Glacial Pace
In October, 2005, Brock started his own record label called Glacial Pace. The label is a subsidiary of
Epic Records, Modest Mouse's current record label. Its first signing is
Minnesota singer-songwriter Mason Jennings. Naheed Simjee, Brock's Fiancee, is the current General Manager.
Accusation of rape
In March, 1999, a 19-year-old woman filed a police report accusing Brock of rape.
[4] Charges were never pressed, and Brock maintains his innocence.
[5] In an interview with ''
The A.V. Club'',
5 he claimed:
DUI, attempted murder charge and jail time
In various interviews Brock stated that he served a 10 day stint in jail in
Niagara County, New York on an attempted murder charge related to a
DUI incident in Oregon. According to Brock, he was driving along when he was passed a whippet of
nitrous oxide. When he tried to inhale some, he lost control of the car and crashed it. During the crash his friend dislocated her thumb, which meant, under Oregon law, that because the injury was sustained due to a DUI, the charge was elevated to attempted murder, "which looks pretty bad on paper."
2[6]
In his interview with ''The A.V. Club'', Brock described his short jail time:
Later, charges were pressed and he was accused.
References
1. Doran, Bob. "A Conversation with Isaac Brock," Panache Magazine. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
2. Modest Mouse Roar Jason Fine
3. Apologies to the Queen Mary
4. Rape Case in Limbo Samantha M. Shapiro
5. Modest Mouse interview Josh Modell
6. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2029089,00.html
External links
★
Official Modest Mouse Website
★
Epic Records' Modest Mouse site
★
Glacial Pace Recordings
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