Modest Mouse - Float On live in Sioux Falls 3/18/07

[geven08]

Isaac was fucked up. I was with him in Fargo the night before... The band left him.. had to get a ride from Fargo friends to the show the next day. No sleep. All party. Crazy shit the night before in Fargo.. he always steps up when its time. Cheers.

[cosmin5678]

this song will never get old

[somuchdirt74]

so does anyone know if there is a video of him freaking out here before he started bleeding and shit here?

[jocopa3]

Shit. Forgot I went to this...

[somuchdirt74]

dam guys he most likely just drunk, shooting before shows and still playing this good....nah, wished i was there tho

[sunchild90]

which video is it where we tells a story that ends with him saying "WELL I THINK YOU SUCK!!"? anyone know?

[marcusdc3]

I was there . They came to sioux falls a couple times.

[silverflame47905]

dude they came to Sioux Falls?!? GAAAH missed em... i live in rapid

[jesse9283]

well its not like hes an addict. Pretty much everyone struggles with drugs. its hard to stay away from em.

[lindseydickey]

the lead singer was screwed up on drugs.

my friend did security and told me he was back stage shooting something...

[jesse9283]

ya right. Your friend doesnt know shit. Isaac only does weed.

[iheartlagger]

brock has had a lot of issues with drugs in the past tho and still struggles on and off with some harder shit...

[XxEmoHippiexX]

OMG, they played here! I didn't know that! O_O

Dang...

[moyesboy123]

i was at the show and the reason he's bloody is 'cause some SoDak dildo threw a bottle at him during the first song. The band threatened to walk off.

[seanybooboo]

not true, he cut his chest. Pitchfork reported it

[mwr0585]

When the hell wear they in sufu

[wiyam]

He's got blood on his shirt.

[bigclarinet0179]

OMG i live like a half an hour away from sioux falls and i didn't even know they were coming. I love this band and this song...i'm so mad now...where did they perform at?

[onarole]

i was there

[kristyn111]

I was there too, it was awesome. if you look close you can see blood on his shirt he cut himself during the concert. pretty hardcore and still played on !!

[bonniefayeOO8]

:O :( I never ever even had any inkling of this concert...

I would've walked all the miles from here in Central South Dakota, in the rain, or extreme heat, to see this band! I LOVE THEM.

:( So sad!

Bad audio quality too. :/

[onarole]

i was at that concert

[mst3000k]

lollapalooza

[wiyam]

the 0's are redundant.

[mst3000k]

lollapalooza...

[mst3000k]

I saw this show too. drove from cresco IA. 7 of my friends went in 3 cars. THEN i saw the 4/20 show(brilliant, also), AND ive got my tix to loll IN HAND! 3 times in '07 i'll see em!

[afx237v12]

i was there! that recording does not live up to it all. the best part of the concert was the end of concert jam session.

[MrT1ki]

horrible recording

[dantuck7]

youtube dot com/watch?v=43ZKU3eCGHM

This is closer to what they actually sound like....

[untchablerider]

i live in sioux falls and this was by far the best show ive seen..the last time he came here he was drunk as fuck and was way late, i would have been like ten feet to the left of this person

[poohkie923]

So kids wanna know what sucks? I live in South Dakota, missed the Sioux Falls show, drove 10 hours to Minneapolis to see them on 4/21 AND THEY F-ING POSTPONED (cancelled to me because I am not going to be able to drive back!). Yeah. 10 hours on Friday, no show Saturday, 10 hours home on Sunday. GO me!

[kooldudeky99]

That. Would. Suck.

[skyblu333]

We talked to Green for about half an hour and he gave us tickets to their show the next day in chicago. So we got up 5 hours later and went back to newton then across another 5 hours to chicago. He gave us backstage passes too. It was the best performance ive ever seen. I cant wait till lolla

[skyblu333]

I drove 7 hours from newton iowa to see them in minneapolis. We were so pissed we got hammered in our hotel room across the street from the theatre and at 2 in the morning went back to there tour buses. My girlfreind and i met isaac, green and got a picture with eric judy.

[justinheyd]

I was able to witness this concert... It was a complete eye opening experience.

[oceanbreathessalty]

You know, sometimes brilliant people are nutters. I just hope he sticks around long enough to keep giving us his amazing fucking lyrics time and time again. I love his music, even if he's a little unstable.

[crazymangos]

it's not like it's anything new. isaac's cut himself before at shows. and it really does not matter why he did it, it was still a good concert [i didn't go, just saw a lot of good vids]

[DC35]

y he cut himself????

[trogdor111]

why the fuck dose it matter?...

[Teledildonics5000]

Old Isaac must have realized how monumentally stupid his band is and just decided to kill himself right there. Better luck next time!

[jonny336]

fuck you

[danielg523]

i think he did it because he was high and drunk and completely out of his mind and lost all grasp on reality it happens to the best of us cept not really just to real junkies like brock even tho i saw them live and he was a drunken mess but he was great

[jonny336]

fuck yes

[danielg523]

ya for reals tho he is the only one i know who can be so drunk he can complete a freaking word and still put on a crazy good concert

[CaptJoJoBones]

I believe he did it to show that they are still that raw garage jam band band from seattle, and just because they make alot of money now he's not a fake.

[joeyrapjr]

yea that makes alot of sense actually...who knows.

[keremyeah]

dude...no.

[joeyrapjr]

I think he may have done it as a protest for Native American humanity...he is the type of guy who would do that and he was in Sioux Falls...also it could have been purely for attention, which it probably was...he definatly did not become faint from loss of blood...his cuts were very intentional and he was very precise about where he made them...

[joeyrapjr]

I think he may have been trying to make some type of protest for Native American humanity....trying to signify some type of massacre analogy...sounds crazy but he is that type of guy who would make a protest like...also for attention....no one would care about the performance if he didnt cut himself...

[klopsesgirl420]

OMG I WAS THERE!!! i was standing next to u when u were recording it

yeah so how crazy was that when he cut him self...

[Stinkwell]

Well he's said Elliot smith was an influence.

[codeseven]

actually he's not drunk, he's faint from the loss of blood. before this video took place issac cut himself across the chest with a knife. the sound guy had to wrestle it away from him. you can even see the blood stains on his shirt.

and if you don't believe me just google it.

[gougereyeout]

I highly doubt it's from loss of blood. I read the article and this song preceded the cutting incident. He's likely delirious because he's drugged up or intoxicated in one way or another...as it appears he tends to cut himself frequently. He would have to lose a good amount of blood to become delirious.

[rkratzer]

I totally agree gougereyeout. To become "faint from the loss of blood." Thats a lot of blood. So no way did that happen.

[patrickpants]

maybe hes a vampire

[nengelbr]

odd that this happened the day before the album release? coincidence?

[citizensband]

No. No coincidence. If your implying he is mutilating himself for commercial appeal then you are completely wrong.

[delldell81]

Yeah, must have sucked for him to downgrade to "Fago" after playing in Sioux Falls. Fargo is like 5 steps down. I saw the show in the Twin Cities and he was going on about how he is dreading playing in Fargo because of all the child molesters and foot fetish people. Hilarious.

[heatmoon]

I was at the show in Fargo the day after this show. He (lead singer/guitar) said that at the night before's show he drank to much and could hardly play guitar during the show. He said his show in Fargo was the exact opposite of that, he played great. I would drink if I were playing in Sioux Falls too, not that Fargo is a whole lot better, but its no Sioux Falls.

[thnkrnr]

this my friends account, so don't attribute this post to this name. but i was at this show and up close--the cut happened during tiny cities while isaac's mic's weren't working...it looked like he was trying to cut something on the mic or on a box or something and then he wiped the blade across his shirt and it put two wholes in his shirt and caused him to bleed from each spot--the cut itself wasn't really 12 inches long, it just broke through the shirt in two different spots.

[lloydg72]

This is the most sensible explanation I've heard. He was seriously pissed at the mics all night and he was just drunk enough to mess up like that.

[jzahourek]

your pry right...because he got the tool from his guitar tech and was fucking w/ the mic..and then all i remeber is seeing him gettin pissed and so he started playing guitar...so yea it was from the tool...

[donomite88]

well he may have stopped doing drugs, (though he has mentioned in an interview that he smokes a little pot) I hear he still drinks some which might explain his behavior that night. I hope he's okay, the cuts weren't that deep, but I mean mentally.

[crystaltrench]

Moousseee! naaah not really!

[Lightblueness]

The funny thing about people assuming it was alcohol or drugs is that he publicly distanced himself from both after The Moon & Antarctica. So, obviously, something else is going on with him.

[mitta394]

What makes you think he wouldn't lie?

[ironkittenx]

You can see the blood on Issac's shirt, and if you watch the "tiny cities" video from this same night the blood is not there. According to pitchfork, "after deliberately bonking his head, Brock "then walked back to his amp, grabbed a pocket knife, and cut a 12 inch cut across his chest. His assistant had to grab the knife and stop him. He was bleeding the rest of the concert, and later fell off the stage into the barrier before singing in the crowd."

[patrickpants]

i bet he cut himself b/c "float on" was performed on american idol. i wouldcut myself too.

[windtakensoul]

that's exactly what i was thinking

[willlliw]

he was wasted and probably on some drugs and he cut his chest

[jzahourek]

the place sucked so fucking bad...feedback was happening all the time from the mics...the mic stopped working so on the song tiny cities made of ashes he took the mic off the stand and starting singing w/ it and then got the guitar on and it happend again so he got pissed and started throwing his guitar around and the strings cut him...what a man!

[haugen3001]

Were you even at this show?!? He wasn't even wearing his guitar at the time it happened, and there is NO possible way a guitar string could rip a hole through a shirt much less cut you that badly.

[grizham1]

What a fool, it will be a miracle if they make it through this tour.

[elfkicker]

Yeah ... Someone has a problem that you can't understand so just brand them a fool.

[grizham1]

Therapy

He makes enough money to help himself, perhaps he can understand something along those lines.

[jonny336]

you are a @#$%ing dumbass you should not be allowed to listen to modest mouse. I was at the show and it was absolutely brilliant

[grizham1]

I love how the idea of cutting yourself is brilliant. Please refrain from reproducing.

[grasking]

Maybe he watched an old Stooges' video before going on stage.

[camazotzz]

Hes not bleeding that bad, ppl exaggerated

[davidyow]

haha what a douche. grow up, kid.

[jayney02]

self-mutilation is WICKED COOL.

[lloydg72]

I just read that on pitchfork. I didn't see it happen but I was on the other side of the stage so I didn't have the best view of it. Tiny cities was freakin awesome though. I hope that someones got a bootleg of it.

[jsheimer]

he prolly heard how much the new stooges record sucked and was trying to remember the good old days

[killswitchh]

he cut himself with a knife, hes a badass rocker. LEAVE HIM ALONE!

[lloydg72]

Great clip! I didn't see what happened that he cut himself but he was bleeding like a stuck pig. Was it a guitar string or what?

[deathrockduck]

i think it's called a knife.