Mest is an American
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band originally formed by lead vocalist and guitarist
Tony Lovato
Anthony Cappiello John Lovato (born June 20, 1980) is an American musician who serves as the vocalist and guitarist of the pop punk band Mest.
Early life
Lovato was born in Blue Island, Illinois. He started getting involved in music at 12 ...
, bassist Matt Lovato, drummer Nick Gigler, and guitarist Jeremiah Rangel. They broke up in 2006 after eleven years, but temporarily reformed in California in 2008 for a "final tour." Tony released “Not What You Expected” in 2013 and it was announced in 2018 that the classic lineup of Mest, with Tony Lovato, Matt Lovato, Nick Gigler, and Jeremiah Rangel, would be getting back together to track Masquerade.
History
Cousins Matt Lovato and
Tony Lovato
Anthony Cappiello John Lovato (born June 20, 1980) is an American musician who serves as the vocalist and guitarist of the pop punk band Mest.
Early life
Lovato was born in Blue Island, Illinois. He started getting involved in music at 12 ...
formed the band together in October 1995. The band's last guitarist, Jeremiah Rangel, joined the band in 1998. Their previous guitarist was Steve Lovato, Tony Lovato's brother. Nick Gigler joined the band in 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)'', featuring
Benji Madden
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of
Good Charlotte
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.
In 2005, a tour with
Social Distortion
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Emerg ...
was cut short when drummer Nick Gigler required surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in his wrists which was affecting his drumming. The band's last album, ''
Photographs
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'', was released October 18, 2005.
In January 2006, the band announced on their
MySpace
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blog that they would break-up following a U.S. tour.
The tour ran from late January until early March, with support from
Allister and
Scary Kids Scaring Kids.
Mest played a reunion show at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California, on April 17, 2008. In response, Nick Gigler posted a bulletin through his personal MySpace and confirmed that he would not be taking part, and that he had called Jeremiah Rangel and Matt Lovato, who had confirmed that they would not be appearing with Tony either.

After the one-off "One Night Stand" show, Tony decided to rebuild Mest and go on a monthlong tour, with help from Chris Wilson (Good Charlotte, The Summer Obsession), and his brother and founding member, Steve Lovato (at the time in Room One Eleven). Although Matt showed interest, he and Jeremiah were both reported to be too busy with other commitments to join. Nick and Tony had not been on speaking terms since the band broke up. The trek took place in October and November 2008, and featured Quietdrive,
Rookie of the Year, and
Automatic Loveletter.
Mest went on a European tour in spring 2012 with its current members, Mike Longworth and Richie Gonzales, and also toured the US with Escape the Fate and Attack Attack in 2012.
Mest released their album ''
Not What You Expected'' in September 2013, written and recorded with Richie Gonzales and Mike Longworth, making it available for free to download from their website. Mest played 3 dates on the
Warped Tour 2013
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. They self-released another album in 2014, entitled ''
Broken Down''.
On October 25, 2018, Mest officially announced that they had signed with
El Hefe
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, from
NOFX
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's label Cyber Trax Records and a new album with the original lineup would be released in spring 2019. A single entitled "Masquerade" was uploaded to
YouTube
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in July 2019, accompanied by an announcement to the effect that a new album would be released in the fall of that year, produced by
Cameron Webb.
Mest's album ''Masquerade'' was released on January 17, 2020.
On April 12, 2024, Mest released a new song called "When We Were Young" featuring
Jaret Reddick of
Bowling For Soup
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. At this time the band also announced that their upcoming album will be called ''Youth'' and is set to be released May 31, 2024.
Projects
Room One Eleven
Steve Lovato a.k.a. "Locust", went on to assemble a music project called ''Room One Eleven'' which includes former Mest lighting engineer and merchandise salesman, Phil Cirullo a.k.a. "Swylla" and hip hop prodigy Damien Ringo. They are a group based out of Chicago's Southside. This band's first album "Tears Dry Slow" was released in early March 2008.
Kisses for Kings
Tony Lovato went on to form a band called Kisses for Kings, whose line-up consists of Tony Lovato, Mike Longworth, and Richie Gonzales. They have performed on the 2007 Warped Tour and toured in July 2009 with Hollywood Undead, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and The Sleeping on the "Taking Care of Business Tour" a.k.a. TCB Tour. Their first EP was released on May 1, 2010, at the MEST show at the House of Blues, Anaheim.
The Twilight and the Sound
Matt and Jeremiah formed a new band called The Twilight and the Sound, announced publicly via Mest's
MySpace
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page on Monday, October 27, 2008.
London Falling
Tony Lovato’s second project after Mest, they released an EP and their single “Nightmare”, The single also features Ronnie Ficarro ex-bassist of
Falling In Reverse
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.
The Get Go
Nick Gigler's first project after Mest was Chicago-based The Get Go. The band was formed in January 2007, and also features members such as
Allister's Scott Murphy on bass and vocals and Kyle Lewis on guitar and vocals,
Showoff's Chris Messer on vocals and Nate Thruman on guitar and vocals.
The A-Gang
The A-Gang is a current project involving Nick Gigler on drums. Based in Detroit, it also features former
Suicide Machines
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bassist Rich Tschirhart.
Members
;Current
*
Tony Lovato
Anthony Cappiello John Lovato (born June 20, 1980) is an American musician who serves as the vocalist and guitarist of the pop punk band Mest.
Early life
Lovato was born in Blue Island, Illinois. He started getting involved in music at 12 ...
– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
(1995–present)
* Gary Foster - drums (2020-present)
* Bob Amendola - bass (2023-present)
* Devin Parker - lead guitar (2023-present)
;Former
* Casey Artus - bass (2020-2023)
* Matt Lovato – bass
(1995–2006, 2015–2020)
* Nick Gigler – drums
(1995–2006, 2015–2020)
* Jeremiah Rangel – lead guitar, backing and lead vocals
(1998–2006, 2015–2020)
* Chris Wilson – drums
(2008)
* Steve Lovato – guitar, bass
(1995–1998, 2008–2012)
* Richie Gonzales – drums
(2010–2015)
* Mike Longworth – lead guitar, studio bass
(2010–2015)
* Brandon Stewart – bass
(2013–2015)
; Timeline
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Discography
Studio albums
Acoustic albums
Singles
*"Drawing Board" ''from Wasting Time''
*"Cadillac" ''from Destination Unknown''
*"Mother's Prayer" ''from Destination Unknown''
*"Jaded (These Years)" ''from
Mest
Mest is an American Rock music, rock band originally formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Tony Lovato, bassist Matt Lovato, drummer Nick Gigler, and guitarist Jeremiah Rangel. They broke up in 2006 after eleven years, but temporarily reformed ...
'' – No. 88 Australia
*"Take Me Away (Cried Out to Heaven)" ''from
Photographs
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''
*"Kiss Me, Kill Me" ''from
Photographs
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''
*"Almost" ''from
Not What You Expected''
*"Radio (Something To Believe)" ''from
Not What You Expected''
*"When We Were Young" ''from
Youth
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''
*"Hate You Sober (Ft. Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills)" ''from
Youth
Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood (Maturity (psychological), maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as bei ...
''
Music videos
Videography appearances
* ''
The Show Must Go Off!'' (2003) DVD
* ''
Vans Warped Tour
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'' (2003) DVD
* ''
Seven Deadly Sins
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'' (2005) DVD
References
External links
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Maverick Records artists
Musical groups from Chicago
Musical groups established in 1995
Musical groups disestablished in 2006
Musical groups reestablished in 2008
Pop punk groups from Illinois