Modest Mouse Live 9.26.2001 Atlanta, GA FULL SHOW

[@razors98]

6:48 That is the manliest fucking scream I've ever heard.

[@peterperretta9423]

yes!

[@renatawarec]

Best ever!! Him& black francis!!

[@falloutboy0403]

T I M E S T A M P S for the legendary show 0:00 - 1:50 : Isaac talking / setup / the infamous “hemorrhoids” hecklers 1:55 - 7:20 : “Breakthrough” [“Cut the shit, let’s start the pit” version] ~ 8:00 - 11:14 : “Broke” $ 11:52 - 17:03 : “3rd Planet” 18:45 - 27:13 : “Cowboy Dan” # 28:14 - 34:09 : “Tiny Cities Made of Ashes” [With Scott Plouff, Brett Netson and percussion from !!!] 35:53 - 39:20 : “Diggin' Holes” [With John Orth] 40:13 - 43:24 : “Paper Thin Walls” 44:23 - 46:26 : “Wild Packs of Family Dogs” 46:50 - 54:33 : “Grey Ice Water” [7 and a half minute long version] 54:37 - 58:19 : “Never Ending Math Equation” % 58:20 - 1:00:57 : “Polar Opposites” * 1:02:00 - 1:04:23 : “A Life of Arctic Sounds” ^ 1:04:27 - 1:11:19 : “Doin' the Cockroach” [Extended outro jam] @ 1:12:29 - 1:17:00 : “Spore” [Caustic Resin cover, with Brett Netson] 1:18:15 - 1:26:30 : “Tundra / Desert” [With Scott Plouff and Brett Netson] ! Encore: 1:29:26 - 1:33:22 : “Interstate 8” 1:33:45 - 1:37:30 : “Talking Shit about a Pretty Sunset” [Short Version] ☻ 1:37:56 - 1:41:33 : “Lives” 1:41:43 - 1:44:05 : “What People Are Made Of” footnotes... ~ (Interesting adlib towards the end. Then during the slower part, he sings a line akin to “March into the Sea” @ 6:07) $ (He actually gets all the lyrics, just not in the right order. “It looks like everything, like everything’s been broke so / You livin’ on fancy wine / You livin’ on turpentine / You start a conversation you don’t even know”) # [Jam starts at 24:48 . Extended adlibbed ending, “What’s left, what’s best” @ 26:10] % (@ 57:33 & @ 58:09 “Spend my whole life flippin thru this page / I ain’t sure what’s right / but I am what I ate”) * (A great performance of a rarely performed song) ^ (Song choice from Isaac, "'Night on the Sun' or a 'A Life of Arctic Sounds'?") @ [featuring “Lounge” and adlibbed lyrics] ! [Adlib at the end, “It’ll get you in the end.”] ☻ (Before song banter, “Talking Shit or All Night Diner?”)

[@JammastaJ23]

Hats off to you sir, thanks for posting this.

[@Fightingbadgers]

Ryan Kennedy This is amazing! I can tell you're just about as obsessed by his lyrics as I am :p

[@falloutboy0403]

Fighting Badgers​ someone has to keep a log!

[@MissingTime1]

+Ryan Kennedy Kudos. That's a bummer about them not playing Night on the Sun. Also that's a tough choice on Talking Shit v All Night Diner.

[@MissingTime1]

+Ryan Kennedy Kudos. That's a bummer about them not playing Night on the Sun. Also that's a tough choice on Talking Shit v All Night Diner.

[@goodolfashioncola55]

They need to put this video in the Library of Congress. That's how legendary it truly is. Just keep coming back to hear peak Modest Mouse kill it

[@nashthomason259]

🙏 amen

[@brandontarpy1259]

Agreed

[@timmyanne4931]

This show was amazing. We were all so in shock because 9/11 had just happened. Lot of depressed gen xers in that crowd. We did a lot of drinking and smoking. That annoying guy yelling shit was near me. Love seeing Eric and Isaac together. I remember the Heineken moment perfectly. Wish I could go back. Pretty perfect night for a 25 yr old in the ATL.

[@modestfreak87]

Timmy Anne I have seen this video ever since I got into modest mouse and I regard this as the best live modest mouse show possibly ever (definitely one that was bootlegged) but it’s really cool to see comments from people who were there!

[@bradparsons8970]

Venue?

[@timmyanne4931]

@@bradparsons8970 Variety Playhouse

[@carlosbudge595]

Thx for the context! Sounds crazy. I was 9 years old when this happened, it just doesnt add up

[@7thwavepictures]

@@timmyanne4931 I just found this video and I was at this show. Very cool! I saw the Waterboys just before this concert. That was unbelievable!

[@joejennings2922]

the best live performance of modest mouse on youtube

[@vonkloch1956]

They were so good around this time (1999-2001)......Luckily I saw them live a lot during this time. Black Cat (D.C), Dundalk (Baltimore), Fletcher's (1997?).........All packed sold out smaller venues.

[@joejennings2922]

they even seemed to care about accompanying visuals and giving a very wholesome sound, even with just 4 members

[@castonadams3147]

Jesus what a set list

[@HiMyNameIsKiela]

Caston Adams but where’s dramamine?

[@Timwit84]

Right and fuck dramamine

[@tama0889]

The absolute best set with the absolute most obnoxious crowd ever.

[@Zachary3D]

I hope the guy in the crowd, yelling so much, finally finds the attention he is seeking.

[@treleung]

Hecklers, if talented at their craft as this man seems to be, are well welcome

[@MixMastaMcgriddle]

Iron chef

[@ripbooboo8563]

I get really excited at their live shows, but I try to allow myself just one or too yells at the stage lmao

[@anthonyanthony2156]

i always see those comments that are like "i was there" and im always like "yeah right asshole". but i was here. 16 years old from bumblefuck georgia with my friend young ho, whose parents were from south korea and probably were the only south koreans in the county probably. i had to talk to his mom on the phone before going and pretend that i was my dad and that 'I" would be going with "them". well young ho moved to montgomery, al like 4-5 years ago and one morning i got a call from a mutual friend that he had asphyxiated in his sleep. i was in a weird mood listen to live shit today, and after youtube rabbitholeing for like an hour i found this and maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

[@westcoastogee585]

Fuuuuuck man.

[@RD-zz3pp]

RIP Jeremiah, always an absolute pleasure to listen to, one of the best and got me to tune in to the drumming in a band. So glad we have recordings like this showing him in full flow.

[@jonathangentry1273]

I come back to this video for the drumming alone, it's so smooth, dynamic, explosive and always exciting. I just can't believe he's gone, way too soon.

[@straightcashhomey1261]

Jeremiah is such an underrated drummer. He’s incredible

[@inthekingdom1996]

Precise, slays every show, and his playing has an emotive quality that you don't hear often

[@matildacool3949]

can’t believe he’s gone

[@Watchintubedaily]

RIP to a legend

[@brianbrophy4153]

So glad I found this. My wife and I were at the philly show a few days later. trocadero theatre. The shins opened. it was an amazing show. This is the modest mouse I miss. Nostalgia man. It's crazy how strong it feels. While driving the other day, my 17 year old son put lonesome crowded west on the radio. I asked why and he said becuase I grew up on this Dad. ahhhh. warms my heart.

[@msgesus4518]

🥹

[@peasetill2]

That was a great show and lineup!

[@LSUOdyssey]

MM opened for The Shins just a year earlier, then The Shins were opening for them a year later HAHAHAH

[@kevinyountrevzupak8686]

I was at this show...fucking awesome...built to spill/modest mouse...cant get better

[@starbosstechnology1234]

I was right there with you dude! They blew the roof off.

[@BloodyWallet]

Me three-can NOT believe this show was recorded and now I’m seeing it 20+ years later. Amazing!

[@angelakane7749]

I was there! Unbelievable! With Built to Spill! Damn! I just saw them again last weekend, in Nashville. It was euphoric!

[@cosmicbackwoods]

this reminded me of good times back in a totally different world

[@andyz9793]

I imagine it must have been very wild to see such a set of emotionally raw songs in already very raw post 9/11 america. seems insane.

[@gregorio87]

Know I'm late, but I was looking for this comment... It must have been such a wild atmosphere.

[@bumper9429]

Watch the projector at 5:25

[@codycurtin2295]

Little did anyone realize how much of a hellscape would be created afterwards

[@coynelaundry]

How to sum up the audience: "DRAMAMINE!" "...freebird!"

[@mondomama7223]

Not Only Did They Rock A Seriously Healthy Set List, But Isaac Even Sounded Outstanding. What A Fucking Night!

[@r.t.1710]

The artists that created the weird visuals of the maggots also made the music video "Things I Don't Remember" for Ugly Casanova. Their other works: kzbin.info/door/JaXmHrf7dwGOd8iVdYl23Q their web is yuriafilm.com

[@thytoe]

Breakthrough - 1:57 Broke - 8:03 3rd Planet - 11:53 Cowboy Dan - 18:47 Tiny Cities Made of Ashes - 28:16 Diggin' Holes - 35:59 Paper Thin Walls - 40:15 Wild Packs of Family Dogs - 44:26 Grey Ice Water - 46:51 Never Ending Math Equation - 54:40 Polar Opposites - 58:23 A Life of Arctic Sounds - 1:02:00 Doin' The Cockroach - 1:04:32 Spore - 1:12:30 Tundra/Desert - 1:18:17 Interstate 8 - 1:29:27 Talkin' Shit About a Pretty Sunset - 1:33:52 Lives - 1:37:57 What People Are Made of - 1:41:44

[@jeff7764]

Toeseph thank you, thank you and thank you

[@medefiziks8681]

This crowd got absolutely spoiled that night

[@craziivideos1310]

I've been listening to this concert so much I can't even sing Broke correctly anymore.

[@dallas94bass]

You can't rock n roll "correctly".

[@g0rgth3b0rg]

He changes the order of the verses every time he plays it live. There really is no correct way to sing it unless you consider the studio version correct.

[@divineintervention9380]

true he changes shit up all the time. sometimes i have a feeling he forgets so he just improvs but its great!!! they are the best live

[@austinrose2248]

Almost cried just watching this I want to see them so bad.

[@jose2226]

Have you ever seen them?

[@beckc.5084]

the way he says "your heart felt good" at 14:50 really made me feel an emotion i didn't even know i could still feel

[@Wulffie86]

Change my mind so much I can’t even trust it, my mind changes me so much, I can’t even trust myself.”

[@jamesrobertarchbald6357]

this is the best show ive ever online seen

[@jamesrobertarchbald6357]

he said she will find the blind spots and not he?

[@darkheartlightsoul]

And she’ll do it

[@invertedcrown]

i went to this.... modest mouse opened for built to spill one night, and then built to spill opened for modest mouse the following night... and during the day, they played an acoustic set at the record store (criminal records, i think).... 3 MM shows in 2days!! ..i had driven up from tallahassee w/ my gf cause i was obsessed with both bands at the time... got to meet isaac at the record store. my gf & i were the only ones inside when he walked in. he was looking for records by "the meters". we talked & he asked if we needed tix (which i didn't need of course). nice dude...

[@kevinyountrevzupak8686]

I was here too...

[@alexandrakoch59]

Meters are so good too!

[@kylemclendon1]

Cool story! The Criminal Records parking lot performance was recorded also. I believe it’s been uploaded to KZbin

[@invertedcrown]

@@kylemclendon1 yeah i've seen it on here! u can hear me in the background yelling for them to play "styrofoam boots" (cause it's an acoustic mm song that i love). but they never played it lol... i still have a bunch of great pics from that event....

[@renouncedequation3923]

Cowboy Dan kills it...

[@barefootnorthvideos3118]

That scream at 6:50 just embodies how I'm feeling. I so owe many healing moments to issac. He really is horn to do what he does

[@Calmerthanyouare17]

I was there. This was at the variety playhouse. They also did an outdoor set at criminal records before the show. God it was so amazing to be there. RIP Terry!

[@j3any3s]

I would have lost my mind at this gig. Just insane

[@j3any3s]

Brock reminds me of one of my best friends and we both worked at a bar with our managers name being Brock. Both have incredible music taste. My friend got me into swervedriver 23 years ago. Near the same time I found modest mouse.

[@who7092]

Wish I could've seen Modest Mouse back in these days. Still glad to have seen them at all!

[@weekendwarrior6555]

I'd pay 1000 to see a show like this all day.

[@kevinyountrevzupak8686]

I paid 20 i think

[@weekendwarrior6555]

@@kevinyountrevzupak8686 I got my pal to get a message to Isaac last week or whenever they played Charlotville. I want them to come back to Australia. $20 hey? You just wrecked my day so well done 😜

[@jtd70]

this man is a lyric machine... among other things

[@cskeleton2694]

This is the prime modest mouse era his voice is the shit and he is young!

[@LSUOdyssey]

This is absolutely filmed and recorded beautifully. I'm blasting this on a phone with the loud buzzing of a warehouse conveyer belt going and it's drowning out the conveyor belt. That's when you know. The filming is so watchable and it's such an outrageous set list. Grey Ice Water, probably the best version out there. A Life of Arctic Sounds is such an underrated gem. What People are Made of became a rarity tho here you get the insanity Isaac originally pumps into it. Tundra / Desert is always a barnstormer and masterpiece but here it's even better. Diggin Holes sounds unbelievable, everything so clear and pristine. Lives is another rarity, big time rarity. But here it is, with a great rendition. Plus that screen behind them....you're getting to see the document of MM going from small indie clubs or theaters to now selling out Red Rocks. People think the band suddenly went to arenas after Float On, but that's not true. Isaac's Fender Super Sixes never sounded so clear, so huge or as tonally brilliant, especially when he started using those Wicks guitars, his tone lost something. This is a perfect show. They played a cool set list the first night, but much shorter, then played an in store record shop show the next day, then the day after that played this gig. They spent 3 days in ATL. I love Atlanta, so this is just very cool.

[@lowercasedanger]

was here both nights. ruled. i was 21 road-tripping with one of my oldest friends. rip jeremiah.

[@popetones7400]

They played w Built to Spill good times ….I vividly remember the reverse footage of buildings collapsing. Such a great show, and I can’t remember who played first. 2 super under credited live bands

[@Calmerthanyouare17]

It was chk chk chk (!!!) I was there too!

[@BloodyWallet]

Omg yes the footage if the buildings! It’s all coming back!!!!

[@islifereal]

I was at this show 17 years ago. it was as amazing as you might imagine

[@woodxttyy]

i live in atlanta wher was iit?

[@islifereal]

@@woodxttyy variety playhouse

[@jayham____fromgeorgia]

@@islifereal yeah, they played 2 nights.. built to spill opened the first night, switching to headliner the 26th.. I was at both nights.. just now finding this

[@TranquilHegmony]

Holy fuck, the energy and stage presence on display. This is just sick!

[@tmecrew]

I thank who ever posted this video.. I’ve probably watched it 100 times.. I put it while cleaning or at the gym- or just hanging out..

[@horseplaya71]

Seriously, I just found this about 3 weeks ago and I can’t get enough, it’s so good

[@gurufuttlappele]

that fucking setlist !

[@straightcashhomey1261]

Peak vocal Isaac and that’s a great shirt he’s wearing too

[@garrethgoodworth2494]

Love it!!! 'Grey Ice Water' was my first favorite MM song.

[@jrenn0623]

absolute musical genius

[@wiisalute]

These guys came up while i was listening to Death Cab and The Shins. I also heard Muse. Damn i wish I could find emo/alternative concerts or events near me.

[@renouncedequation3923]

This should be the lineup again...

[@collinmettenbrink337]

Naymlus Esmour he stopped doing it because people always started clapped during the pause

[@codypecklikeschode1]

I miss eric judy..

[@dalekay9ine]

He was half their sound. They don't sound good live now days at all and there's like 3 dudes playing percussion- it's shit.

[@ripbooboo8563]

@@dalekay9ine their live sound can be hit and miss, but I just saw them in New Jersey and they are absolutely killing it this tour. They stripped back the sound a lot, just 1 drummer and the cool ass percussionist guy with the Grey hair doing stuff with shakers and odd cymbals. I think they're touring with new sound guys too because the vocals are much cleaner, the bass doesn't muddy up the guitars, and the kick drum hits like a truck.

[@conoreaton1803]

this is the best live performance of theirs ive heard. oh to be 19 again. cheers man, ive been looking for this for a while.

[@christophermuncie9661]

couldn't go that night. Amazing show and set list. So glad I have seen them a bunch since. JG rocked.

[@vinceadams662]

"ah fuck, my hemorrhoids!" all I heard from the crowd

[@benilak]

i like John Orth's voice, i think it compliments Isaac's voice wonderfully, especially on Ugly Casanova's record

[@keithszmania6521]

What People Are Made Of is sooo good live, I was fortunate enough to hear it back in 09 or so. They came back from an intermission and blew everyone's faces off.

[@matthew3140able]

Oh my God this is so good! its almost 3 in the morning and I dont think I can stop watching it,im getting modest mouse fever again,new album coming and tour,hope I get to see them they my #1 fav band for 20 years.

[@VanessaRegalia]

Falling in love with this all over again. And again. I force new friends to listen to this show with me 🙏🏼✨

[@erolsabadosh]

What an absolutely incredible set list and show, this is so amazing to be able to watch! Thank you internet, thank you uploader. I needed this in my life.

[@chrisdunn3241]

This and Alice In Chains unplugged are two concerts I’d give anything to be able to go back in time and see. This is absolute peak modest mouse.

[@chriscullen5554]

I love that they play talking shit but I am dying to see a live performance of make everyone happy live before I die

[@thecolorfed]

the visuals off the projector are trippy

[@g0rgth3b0rg]

The Breakthrough jam is so good.

[@alvinedison3338]

I feel a lot of Primus in da bass 🔊 😎 I so appreciate you Modest mouse! @ Joe Jennings TY for sharing this killer show! 👨🏼‍🎤☆ 💯 Happy Chanukah 🕎

[@DannyGomez666]

i think this is the best that they've done life of arctic sounds, i mean he even got the numbers right and everything!

[@liamingrouille9905]

probably one of my top favorite bands as of right now.

[@ep9344]

I got chills when he said alright we are modest mouse

[@liamingrouille9905]

rip jeremiah green, the drummer for one of my favorite bands.

[@HeatherIsOn_]

A dream set list.

[@92soothsayer]

Dude that's pretty good quality for 11 years ago!

[@Luschan]

The projected background visuals are incredible. It looks like CG, but if so it’s very advanced for 2001. Looks like something you’d see today. I wish I could know some information about the artist who created it, and how MM got hooked up with them.

[@Shortmetrage]

Must be really intense tour US during september 2001.

[@chrisgrieff1988]

Few weeks after 9/11. MM the goat of Gen X indie rock. Isaac is all world. Wish I was there.. Made it to the Miami show the next year.

[@Hackedaccount7372]

I have a new appreciation for Cowboy Dan. Wow! MM is one of my only constants ❤️

[@ThomasReichJ]

Awesome video. It's nice to see the rest of the set, thanks a lot for posting this.

[@flagemdown66]

He's using three... three? three Fender Quad Reverbs...? Where the hell did he find them?

[@PinkFloydrulez]

+flagemdown66 the gift of brock

[@desmondteague2441]

Those are 3 Fender Super Sixes (6x10) that's 18 speakers

[@vernie_in_hell]

he stole em from gee-tar center

[@SmithsonLeverage]

Man I would have died to be at this show. Modest Mouse at the height of their rock god powers.

[@kenny7023]

I love you Jeremiah

[@nathanwest6617]

What a Cowboy Dan rendition! especially the end solo starting around 24:30 all the way to the end

[@davidbridges2607]

there is nothing more annoying than drunk guys yelling like that at shows

[@randallpetersen9164]

I can think of something a lot more annoying. How about drunk guys and girls smashing into each other constantly throughout the set? That's the kind of crap we get here in Seattle, all the time; dimwits still think it's the '90s.

[@MultiUnreal]

***** Ever heard Isaac Brock explain why he'll never play Freebird?

[@russneversleeps8258]

lots of things are more annoying, but when the guy is next to the recording it seems a lot worse. of course if you experienced it live, you could just tell the dude to shut up. I was at this show (no that isn't me yelling) and no one ever seemed to care; except Issac Brock who handled it well i thought. Of course this was in 2001 and not far removed from Randall's "dimwit 90's" Guess I'm too old already. The "Goddamit!" during the first song "Break through" is very warranted I think

[@JGreen225]

+MultiUnreal Life is too f*ing short to play or hear Freebird.

[@Kelvynnjs]

+Jonathan Green Play or hear

[@banjogalable]

So that’s building 7 innit? Start of the show…..

[@pjfan1210]

The last twenty minutes of this are epic!

[@ryancolemanstudio]

I was at this awesome show… I remember being really moved by the video of the demolished buildings being shown in reverse, having them be reformed (around the 5 min mark). As this was just after 9/11. 😢

[@SuperMeatBro]

i listen this video every once a year since 2006 or something i swear

[@renouncedequation3923]

They need to go back to this type of sound/playing, they don't sound very good live these days.

[@bionicgiblets33]

1.75 hours well spent

[@Plibe]

Wow so many songs. I am happy now.

[@tog_on]

RIP JEREMY

[@megaton624]

I bought a bootleg of this show in some shop in a shop in NY

[@Boyakasha11]

Yes! Live from the Lonesome Crowded Theater. Found a dvd of this show at Independent Records years ago. It's gotten A LOT of play in my dvd player.

[@goodolfashioncola55]

Was at their show yesterday in Columbus Ohio, kept saying "Cut the shit let's start the pit!" in hopes that they'd play Breakthrough. Sadly didn't work

[@finestcustard5647]

Damn. I respect the attempt

[@Mr130377]

Great gig.Had tickets to see them in Brum last July but they cancelled it!Hopefully get another chance.

[@kidada7714]

only played Polar Opposites two more times after that..... :(

[@jrenn0623]

It’s a crime this only has 1.5k likes

[@nh8060]

These have to be the best versions of Tiny Cities Made of Ashes and Tundra/Desert i'll ever hear!! Hopefully not, just showing my respect for these two tracks for this concert..The whole show is epic though :)

[@kevinanderson2013]

Wow! I have a really nice bootleg of this show I made from the balcony. I'll see if I can dig up the minidisc and post it. This is great!

[@UpperCrustthe3rd]

can we can an update on your footage dude?

[@kevinanderson2013]

UpperCrustthe3rd its an audio only bootleg from the balcony

[@johnnyrae7859]

Kevin Anderson That sounds awesome...Any chance there might be a place I could listen to it?

[@jameskatatonic4147]

@Kevin Anderson Were you a taper/trader back than if still on here? If so name sounds familiar an think we mighta traded. I ended up with 2 audios of both nights at Variety & Criminal among many others from 90s on. Also recorded mini discs back than myself. Traveled to Pdx,Chico,SF, etc for MM & Ugly. Visited Seattle 99-01 and moved to Sea mid 01. Just curious if got 1 of the 3 Atl sets via snail mail trade from ya possibly

[@jacobtillman1893]

pretty awesome setlist

[@DiGiTalGameplay]

0:00-8:00 is breakthrough.... never forget breakthrough....

[@modestfreak87]

19 dislikes? I don’t even want to know these people. They have to be miserable downers to be around IRL

[@mikehiggins3444]

I would do something weird for a chance to see these guys!

[@MissingTime1]

+Mike Higgins It says 1 year since comment. I hope you've gotten to see them. Do whatever you can to see them ASAP regardless.

[@dalekay9ine]

Like.....buy a ticket and go???.......

[@BelakorVenator]

Back when everything they played was an unfiltered feeling.

[@CedMusic16]

That's awesome. I just happen to be watching this on 9/11

[@Skapunkfan1]

This is my favorite MM show

[@Gazelle54321]

@sh0rty08 You are the fucking coolest for posting these shows.

[@gurufuttlappele]

great concert