Mest

Mest is a name of a pop punk band hailing from Chicago, Illinois with the cousins Matt Lovato and Tony Lovato who formed the band together in 1996. Jeremiah Rangel joined the band in 1999. Before that their guitarist was Steve Lovato, Tony´s brother. He quit the band when he had his son. Nick Gigler has played drums for Mest since 1996. Matt and his long time girlfriend Tracy had their first child in February of 2005, her name is Amelie.

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Pop punk - Chicago, Illinois - 1996 - 1999

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A few years later, in 1998, they released Mo' Money, Mo' 40z as self-released. Their debut album 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. Mest is currently on tour with a number of bands and will be ending their tour on November 13th near their hometown of Chicago. They have a new album, Photographs, coming out October 18th. They already have two singles released on the internet from it, 'Kiss Me, Kill Me' and 'Take me Away (Cried Out to Heaven)', which can be found at MySpace.

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1998 - Mo' Money, Mo' 40z - Wasting Time - July - 2000 - Destination Unknown - 2001 - Goldfinger - July 20 - 2002 - Las Vegas - DVD - The Show Must Go Off - January - 2003 - Chicago - Photographs

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