John Martin Marr is an English musician,songwriter and singer. He first achieved fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of the Smiths,who were active from 1982 to 1987. He has since performed with numerous other bands and embarked on a solo career.
Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah,Washington,and currently based in Portland,Oregon. The founding members were lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock,drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Strongly influenced by Pavement,Pixies,XTC,and Talking Heads,they rehearsed,rearranged,and recorded demos for almost two years before finally signing with small-town indie label K Records and releasing numerous singles. The band achieved mainstream success with their fourth album,Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004),and its singles "Float On" and "Ocean Breathes Salty".
The Sargasso Sea is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. Unlike all other regions called seas,it has no land boundaries. It is distinguished from other parts of the Atlantic Ocean by its characteristic brown Sargassum seaweed and often calm blue water.
The Moon &Antarctica is the third studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse,released on June 13,2000,by Epic Records. The album's title is taken from the opening scene of the 1982 film Blade Runner,where the main character reads a newspaper headlined "Farming the Oceans,the Moon and Antarctica".
Good News for People Who Love Bad News is the fourth studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse,released on April 6,2004,by Epic Records. Founding member Jeremiah Green did not perform on this album due to his temporary absence from the band,and it would be the only release during his time with Modest Mouse that he would not appear on.
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was released in 1977 on the album Bat Out of Hell,with vocals by the American musician Meat Loaf alongside Ellen Foley. An uncommonly long song for a single,it has become a staple of classic rock radio and has been described as the "greatest rock duet".
The discography of Modest Mouse,an American indie rock band,consists of seven studio albums,six extended plays,two compilation albums,four low fidelity cassette releases,one live album,twenty-five singles,and nine reissues. Three of their releases have been certified at least Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. One release has further been certified Platinum,for shipments in excess of 1,000,000 copies.
"Ocean Breathes Salty" is a song by American rock band Modest Mouse,released on August 23,2004 as the second single from their fourth studio album Good News for People Who Love Bad News.
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse,released in 2007. It followed their previous studio album,2004's Good News for People Who Love Bad News. It is the band's only full-length with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as a member. It is also their last with founding member and bassist Eric Judy. It has a strong nautical theme and was originally envisioned as a concept album about a boat crew that dies in every song.
Chad Brock is an American country music singer and disc jockey. Before beginning his musical career in the late 1990s,he was a professional wrestler in World Championship Wrestling (WCW),until an injury forced him to retire.
"Sleep Walk" is an instrumental song written,recorded,and released in 1959 by American instrumental rock and roll duo Santo &Johnny Farina,with their uncle Mike Dee playing the drums. Prominently featuring steel guitar,the song was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan,New York City. "Sleep Walk" entered Billboard's Top 40 on August 17,1959. It rose to the number 1 position for the last two weeks in September and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. "Sleep Walk" also reached number 4 on the R&B chart. It was the last instrumental to hit number 1 in the 1950s and earned a gold record for Santo and Johnny. In Canada,the song reached number 3 in the CHUM Charts. In the UK it peaked at number 22 on the charts.
"Missed the Boat" is a song by American indie rock band Modest Mouse and is the sixth track on their 2007 album,We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. The song was released as the second single from that album and peaked at #24 in Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.
"King Rat" is a song by indie rock band Modest Mouse and appears as the title track to their fifth promotional single,following "The World At Large". The single was later released on the band's 2009 EP No One's First,and You're Next. The promo also features the song "Fire It Up" from their 2007 album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
"A Country Boy Can Survive" is a song written and recorded by American musician Hank Williams Jr. The song was released as a single in January 1982 and reached a peak of number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in March 1982. It is considered one of Williams's signature songs even though it never reached number one.
No One's First,and You're Next is an EP by American indie rock band Modest Mouse,released on August 4,2009. It features unreleased tracks and B-sides from the band's previous two studio albums,Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007). The collection of repolished outtakes was first mentioned in February 2008 when Rolling Stone conducted a short interview with frontman Isaac Brock in their "Smoking Section" column;however,no other news regarding its release surfaced until an entire year later.
"The Show Goes On" is a song by American recording artist Lupe Fiasco,released on October 26,2010,as the lead single from his third studio album Lasers. The song was produced by Kane Beatz,and the melody of the song was based on the 2004 song "Float On" by Modest Mouse. The song features backing vocals from JR Get Money. It was released to iTunes on November 9,2010,and debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100,eventually reaching a peak of No. 9. It was released in the UK on February 20,2011. The song was a major point of contention for the artist and a reason for the lengthy delay of the album,making the title fitting;as Lupe was told unequivocally by record producers:"If you don't do 'The Show Goes On',your album's not coming out." However,XXL named it 14th Best Song of 2011. The song was nominated for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 54th Grammy Awards.
"Float On" is a song by American rock band Modest Mouse,released on March 8,2004,as the lead single from their fourth studio album,Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004). The song topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2005. The music video is portrayed in the style of a pop-up book with the band wearing turn of the century style clothing and in an underwater scene with flotsam suits.
Strangers to Ourselves is the sixth album by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse,which was released on March 17,2015,two weeks after its initially announced release date of March 3. The album was leaked to the internet on March 7,2015. On March 16,2015,the day before the album's official release date,Strangers to Ourselves was made available for download on Amazon.com and the iTunes Store.
"Homesick" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Kane Brown. It was released as the third single to his second major-label album,Experiment,on August 5,2019. Brown wrote the song with Brock Berryhill,Matt McGinn,and Taylor Phillips,and it was produced by Dann Huff.
This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2007.
