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Mest
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pop punk, punk, punk rock, rock, pop-punk… see all
History
Cousins Matt Lovato and Tony Lovato formed the band together in October of 1995. The band’s last guitarist, Jeremiah Rangel, joined the band in 1998. Their previous guitarist was Steve Lovato, Tony Lovato’s brother. He left the band due to creative differences. Nick Gigler played drums for Mest from 1997.
In 1998, the band self-released Mo’ Money, Mo’ 40z. Their debut album on Maverick Records, Wasting Time, was released in July 2000 and Destination Unknown in 2001. They toured as an opening band for Goldfinger on July 20, 2002 in Las Vegas and then a few months later, released a DVD called The Show Must Go Off! in January 2003. Later, that same year, the band released their self-titled album, which featured the single Jaded (These Years) which featured Benji Madden of Good Charlotte. Some saw Jaded as an attempt to cash-in on Good Charlotte’s popularity, because they had been one of the biggest selling bands of 2003. However, Tony Lovato defended this by saying, “The song was going to happen, whether GC had become famous or not.”
In 2005, a tour with Social Distortion was cut short when drummer Nick Gigler required medical attention. The band’s last album, Photographs, was released October 18th, 2005. Two singles released on the internet from the disc, “Take Me Away (Cried Out to Heaven)” and “Kiss Me, Kill Me”, which can be found at MySpace, along with the video for the lead single, “Take Me Away (Cried Out to Heaven)”. “Kiss Me, Kill Me” is notable for being the only single to be released that featured Rangel as the lead vocalist; something fans on Mest’s message board had been demanding for some time.
Break up
Cousins Matt Lovato and Tony Lovato formed the band together in October of 1995. The band’s last guitarist, Jeremiah Rangel, joined the band in 1998. Their previous guitarist was Steve Lovato, Tony Lovato’s brother. He left the band due to creative differences. Nick Gigler played drums for Mest from 1997.
In 1998, the band self-released Mo’ Money, Mo’ 40z. Their debut album on Maverick Records, Wasting Time, was released in July 2000 and Destination Unknown in 2001. They toured as an opening band for Goldfinger on July 20, 2002 in Las Vegas and then a few months later, released a DVD called The Show Must Go Off! in January 2003. Later, that same year, the band released their self-titled album, which featured the single Jaded (These Years) which featured Benji Madden of Good Charlotte. Some saw Jaded as an attempt to cash-in on Good Charlotte’s popularity, because they had been one of the biggest selling bands of 2003. However, Tony Lovato defended this by saying, “The song was going to happen, whether GC had become famous or not.”
In 2005, a tour with Social Distortion was cut short when drummer Nick Gigler required medical attention. The band’s last album, Photographs, was released October 18th, 2005. Two singles released on the internet from the disc, “Take Me Away (Cried Out to Heaven)” and “Kiss Me, Kill Me”, which can be found at MySpace, along with the video for the lead single, “Take Me Away (Cried Out to Heaven)”. “Kiss Me, Kill Me” is notable for being the only single to be released that featured Rangel as the lead vocalist; something fans on Mest’s message board had been demanding for some time.
Break up
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Shoutbox
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Edwards-18 wrote:
wesley-edwards-18@live.co.uk
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marlenemuffin wrote:
Mest and Bowling For Soup both have covers of I Melt With You (along with a lot of other artists), and Bowling For Soup's suckssssss
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UniversalNix wrote:
Doesn't Bowling For Soup sing, 'I Melt With You' not Mest? - They sound too similar..
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sHaNk-TH wrote:
good stuff
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XwoOtyX wrote:
noz, they are on tour in a few weeks, but its more some kind of thanks for the last 8 great years to all their fans ! startet listening music with them....hope they get back together...back to the roots and goin to do some more oldsql fun stuff
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ChapterXIII wrote:
some new stuff from this band soon? :D
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murih wrote:
up on a rooftop listenin' to punnk rock nobody believed us that was all we had!
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Casualties_army wrote:
Tony is only tainting what Mest have left behind. I say it should be the Tony Lovato project, cause thats what it is. Certainly not Mest. I genuinely like Tony, and hope it does go well for him, but I just dont agree with him.
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Robinho93 wrote:
hamma band hab aber kein album :( noch nicht
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Joey-Fortuna wrote:
yeah.. new EP...
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Jonesy11886 wrote:
I'm interested, but im sure it will only be dissapointing. Like Casualties said, its a completely new band. Hopefully I get proved wrong though, mest kick(ed)s ass.
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CrAzYSLiWkA wrote:
Fucked up visions in my head I'm a fucked up kid is what they said XD YeAhHH! SUPER BAND!!XD MEsssSST 4 EVER!xO
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Casualties_army wrote:
All under the name of Mest. Its like Gene Simmons preforming alone, and calling himself Kiss
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Casualties_army wrote:
No matt, Nick or Jerre. Its only Tony who is preforming under the name 'Mest'. He did it at the start of the summer already, and he's recording an EP with a totally new band
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JaimeChiens wrote:
not matt and nick...
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NoOneCanTouchUs wrote:
Dude...mest....possibly back together? Seriously? *dies*
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Freakyeyes666 wrote:
oh maaaaaaaaaaaaaan... so ne verdammt geile band... warum is alles so vergänglich??? -.-
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murih wrote:
while listenin' came all the memories back from the age of 14,15,16 boah...their song rooftops describes it perfekly :D
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aznsupragrl182 wrote:
Away from keyboard - with the top down seat back, rollin' in my Cadillac ;)
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guiyelici0us wrote:
a mi se me parecen mucho a sum 41 y el ultimo disco es una mierda, tocan todo igual con el mismo ritmo de bateria
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The Glass House, Los Angeles, United States
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El Corazon, Seattle, United States
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- Oct 29 Mest House of Blues, Chicago, United States
Recent Activity
- thriftstore1039 tagged Mest with ‘pop punk’ and ‘punk’. 36 minutes ago
- thriftstore1039, mustermoffinxxx, any0 and 30 other people added Mest to their libraries. 40 minutes ago
- Burkman tagged Mest with ‘checka’. Tuesday evening
- mendostoner420 added Mest to mendostoner420’s library. Tuesday evening
- yreks connected Mest to the group Kalifornijski punk rock, Alternative rock, pop punk Polska. Tuesday afternoon
- Highmallica, Corasoda, kx250f and 25 other people added Mest to their libraries. Tuesday morning
- Kill-River tagged Mest with ‘pop punk’ and ‘punk’. last month
- ridgarou, Born2suicide, eriyin and 1 other person added Mest to their libraries. last month
- britttttttttty added Mest to the lineup of Mest at Stratus Nite Club. last month
- fadeddays, FROMxNOWxON, nakamine and 1 other person added Mest to their libraries. last month
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