Isaac Brock (musician)
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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. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon. His style is notable for his word play, lyrical themes, intense performances, vocal pitching, rhythm, guitar scratching, and overall unique voice.[citation needed]
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. Jennings has since moved on to Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records, but holds no ill will towards his "friend," he said.[citation needed]
DUI, attempted murder charge, 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."[1][2]
In his interview with The A.V. Club, Brock described his short jail time:
When I first showed up, there were people who'd try to make me give them my lunch, and I'd be like, "No, get the fuck away from me!" That worked. The white gangsters were hilarious. I was in a holding cell with three of 'em, and they're all just telling their superthug stories about how they can outrun all the cops. I had no sense of humor, and I was like, "Why don't you guys shut the fuck up? You're in jail. You apparently aren't so hot at outrunning cops." There was this one dude wearing the uniform they give you, and he was like, "All right! These are my new club clothes!" I'm just like, "You are an idiot. Shut the fuck up right now until I leave. This isn't fun!" Here's the rad thing: One of the dudes, this Little Lord Badass, was on the same cellblock as me, and when he'd get on the phone, it'd be, "Dad, you gotta bail me out of here!" It was awesome. Mostly, I just kept low-key. I had some late-40s, freaky, child-molester-looking dude basically saying that he was going to rape me. I sat down and played chess with him, and he was making all these creepy comments, so I was like, "OK, we're done playing this game."
— Isaac Brock, The A.V. Club
References
- ^ Fine, Jason (July 14, 2004). "Modest Mouse Roar". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2006-01-02.
- ^ Wanted: one world-famous guitarist | | Guardian Unlimited Arts