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MestWasting Time (2000)MaverickInterviews Tony Lovato (Mest)Monday, April 9, 2012 at 8:00 PM (EDT)FSU founder to debut first film this month Elgin James, member of Righteous Jams and the founder of FSU, who was charged with extortion after attempting to get protection money from… August 16, 2012 Interviews: Tony Lovato (Mest) Earlier this year, Mest revealed their reformation, and this time round, it's back to square one, with no major label backing and plans to self-release their new album. Soon after, they announced their return to the live music circuit with a month-long European tour where… April 09, 2012 Videos: Mest: "Almost" Mest have posted the video for their song, "Almost." the track is the first single from the band's upcoming album titled Not What You Expected. Next month, the band will hit the road with Escape the… March 07, 2012 Media: Mest: "Almost" Mest have released a new single titled "Almost." The song was promised two weeks ago and also came with the news that the band would be releasing a new album in the Spring. Mest's last studio album Photographs was released in 2005 on Warner Bros. Records. The… February 15, 2012 Tours: Escape the Fate / Attack Attack! (US / Canada) In what is sure to be the tour of the year, Escape the Fate and Attack Attack! are hitting the road together for their "The World is Ours" tour. The tour will also feature The Word Alive, Secrets, and Mest as "special… February 08, 2012 Tours: Mest to release new single on Valentine's Day Mest frontman Tony Lovato posted on his Twitter account that the occasionally-reunited pop-punk rockers are going to release a new single in two weeks, on Valentine's Day (February 14th), called 'Almost'. Tony… February 07, 2012 Punknews Podcast: The week of March 15, 2011 It may be St. Patrick's Day, but we know most of the true drinkers stay in on this night to let the amateurs dominate the scene with their cheap plastic beads, Irish Car Bombs and general mishandling of themselves. So, why not sit at home,… March 17, 2011 Punknews Podcast: Elgin James gets sentenced to a year in prison for Mest extortion scheme Almost two years after his arrest, FSU founder, Righteous Jams member and filmmaker Elgin James has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison. The extra day allows him to be released after serving 10 months. The claimed extortion took place when an undisclosed band was on tour in 2005 and 2006, prosecutors say. The issue stems from an… March 10, 2011 Streams: The A-Gang: "EP" Our stream today comes from Detroit, MI-based The A-Gang. The band boasts a long and diverse resume with members coming from Fordirelifesake,… November 09, 2009 Streams: Mest revealed to be musicians threatened by Elgin James According to a Rolling Stone report, the previously unidentified victims of extortion by FSU's Elgin James were Maverick-signed pop-punk outfit Mest. As originally reported here, James is the alleged founder of infamous punk/hardcore gang FSU. He is also of… July 24, 2009 |
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Cousins Matt Lovato and Tony Lovato 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 and has been their drummer ever since.
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 of Good Charlotte.
In 2005, a tour with Social Distortion 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, was released October 18, 2005.