Editing Mest (section)

==History==
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.

In 1998, the band self-released ''Mo' Money, Mo' 40z''. Their debut album on [[Maverick (company)|Maverick Records]], ''Wasting Time'', was released in July 2000 and ''Destination Unknown'' in 2001. They toured as an opening band for [[Goldfinger (band)|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 (Mest album)|Photographs]]'', was released October 18, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_39|title=Get your hands off me, you damn dirty ape!|work=Alternative Press|date=October 16, 2005|access-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref>

In January 2006, the band announced on their [[MySpace]] blog that they would break-up following a U.S. tour.<ref name=AltPbreakup>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_347|title=Mest break up|work=Alternative Press|date=January 13, 2006|access-date=June 26, 2016}}</ref> The tour ran from late January until early March, with support from [[Allister]] and [[Scary Kids Scaring Kids]].<ref name=AltPbreakup />

Mest played a reunion show at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California, on April 17, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/28084/mest-plans-one-off-show-in-april|title=Mest plans one-off show in April|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 13, 2008|access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> 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.

[[File:Tony Lovato 2008.jpg|thumb|Frontman Tony Lovato in 2009]]
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 (band)|Rookie of the Year]], and [[Automatic Loveletter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/30218/mest-quietdrive-rookie-of-the-year-automatic-loveletter|title=Mest / Quietdrive / Rookie Of The Year / Automatic Loveletter|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=August 25, 2008|access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theofficialmest.com/free-mest-record-not-what-you-expected-download-here/ |title=Free Mest Record "Not What You Expected" Download Here!!! – Mest |publisher=Theofficialmest.com |date=September 21, 2013 |access-date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> Mest played 3 dates on the [[Warped Tour 2013]]. They self-released another album in 2014, entitled ''[[Broken Down (Mest album)|Broken Down]]''.

On October 25, 2018, Mest officially announced{{according to whom|date=February 2020}} that they had signed with [[El Hefe]], from [[NOFX]]'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]] 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 [[Alli Webb|Cameron Webb]].

Mest's album ''Masquerade'' was released on January 17, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2020/01/24/mest-masquerade-album-review/ |title=Mest – Masquerade (Album Review) |publisher=wallofsoundau.com |date=January 24, 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>

On April 12, 2024, Mest released a new song called "When We Were Young" featuring [[Jaret Reddick]] of [[Bowling For Soup]]. At this time the band also announced that their upcoming album will be called ''Youth'' and is set to be released May 31, 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://chorus.fm/features/interviews/tony-lovato-of-mest/ | title=Tony Lovato of Mest | date=May 17, 2024 }}</ref>