trailer_trash_kid06

modest mouse is my fav band has been since 6th grade.. they're not sell outs. period. sure this newest album was mediocre.. but still. it doesnt matter how big they become they'll always be my fav. in answereing your question, my favorite ablum would have to be Lonesome Crowded West hands down. fav. song.. well thats too hard i love so many of them.. dramamine, trailer trash, karma's pavement, i came as a rat, night on the sun, teeth like god's shoeshine, or willful suspenion of disbelief.. ahhh i dunno im missing a lot theres just too many.. sheesh.

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modestoca

Hey Idiots there is no such thing as selling out, music is music, it has nothing to do with what record label u r making it on, it dont matter what magazine interviews the band because of promotion, it doesnt matter if they are on tv, it dont matter if a bunch of trendy little emo teen ***boys are singing a song from one of my favorite bands who I have listened to for the last 7 years, and they pretend to be modest fans when they dont know **** from thier previous albums at all, what matters is that any fan can listen to a modest cd on thier own time and enjoy it for what it is,oh and Thrics sucks balls for sure, as does emo just my opinion though so dont get angry

franscar

Sums it up perfectly. And so what if a band chooses to join a major label. At the root of that is the fact that it means more people will get the opportunity to actually hear them, and surely for any band being heard is the biggest thrill. I used to work for HMV over here in England, and do you think we EVER stocked albums by the likes of Modest Mouse? Of course not. And as a result nobody over here had heard of them or cared about them. Now they have heard of them, and a lot of people are starting to care about them. If that means the small-minded among you are going to choose to hate them, then meh, I really pity the way you allow your own blinkered views to get in the way of enjoying a band.

xcollapseofmyheartx

modest mouse has released quite a few albums over 10+ years. only since 2001 have they been with epic records. unfortunately people have been calling mm sellouts because of the popularity of float on. Heres my say: people are always going to say bands sell out. no matter what. and people have been saying they've sold out only because of float on. theyve released 2-3 records with epic and no one cared before good news. modest mouse still makes damn good music and i dont think any one is in a position to contest that. rolling stone released an article about them saying good news was the best CD they've heard in 3 months. so put up or shut up.

Thrice

I think they are sellouts because in the late 90's, they constantly bitched about how other bands that sign with big labels are sellouts, and how they weren't going to do that, and how 'indie' they were. Then they turned around and stepped on their own feet by doing exactly what they bitched about. This seems to be a favorite topic with you collapse, because we have sdebated this many times.

You should post that article that you are referring to.

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your s/n is thrice. modest mouse is still sincere about their music and will continue to be when this little fad from them dies down.

IamAlejo

If a band you like has a popular song and the "teenies" catch on, you will be called a sellout. It doesn't matter. Just be happy with the music you like, and don't worry too much about other people's opinions.

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exclamation

It's not that other people's opinions matter...it's that when a band becomes popular...they start to play bigger venues. They start to play at places that have balconies or where you have to sit on the lawn...and ticket prices sky rocket. I just saw Modest Mouse this past weekend and paid $35 (including ticket fees to seem them) I saw them four years ago, and paid $10..no fees. That's a huge difference. Merchandise also gets more expensive. And when I saw them last Saturday...when they played Float On, everyone around me started to freak out and dance and sing along. But for every other song, I think it was about one other person besides myself that was dancing and singing along to every song played. So that is what matters. Not that everyone likes it too...they just ruin it for the people that liked them all along.

IamAlejo

....Do you realize how little they make off CD's? Making people pay to go see the concerts is practically all the revenue that artists get. $35 isn't that much, especially since you (or most everyone) doesn't even pay to get the music on an album.

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the most sincere band?

please explain...