Eric Judy

Eric Judy

Eric Scott Judy (born November 16, 1974) is the bass guitarist, background vocalist, and founding member of the indie rock band Modest Mouse. He has a wife and two children, and resides in Seattle, Washington.

He started playing bass because no one else played bass he knew and he thought it was cool. He always wanted to be in a band growing up and Modest Mouse was the first band he was in.

After meeting, Judy, Isaac Brock and Jeremiah Green began jamming in a provisional home next to Brock's mother's trailer. They met when Brock approached Judy, who was wearing an Econochrist shirt, and said "Econochrist sucks". Judy moved north and the three were unable to continue making music. However, Brock and Judy sent phone messages to each other with song ideas and guitar riffs. The three were reunited when Judy moved back, and went on to form Modest Mouse.

On the album The Moon & Antarctica, producer Brian Deck used Judy's direction at various times as guidance for additional sonic sounds and fills. Onstage, Judy plays Fender and Rickenbacker bass guitars, as well as the double bass. He also plays the pump organ and the acoustic guitar on Good News for People Who Love Bad News. Judy plays guitar on "The World at Large", "Bukowski", and "Satin in a Coffin", with Tom Peloso playing upright bass on the last two of these songs. He also does some background vocals on songs like "Ocean Breathes Salty".

Judy has a five year old son, named Milo, who supplied the cooing on track twelve of Good News For People Who Love Bad News, aptly titled "Interlude (Milo)".

During a Modest Mouse Japanese tour, a band looking for a name approached Eric Judy and asked him to name their band. Eric, who was intoxicated at the time, wrote down Ogre You Asshole and said “How about this?”. Years later, the name stuck. When the band met them again years later, Judy did not recall the event.