Of Mice & Men Lyrics

Of Mice & Men Info:

From:
Costa Mesa, California

Genres:
Metalcore, nu metal

Years active:
2009-present

Associated acts:
Attack Attack!, A Static Lullaby, Sky Eats Airplane, Me Versus the Moon, Odd Project, Jamie's Elsewhere, Covette, Though She Wrote, Chapters, Dayshell, Confide

Name Orign:
The name of the band is derived from John Steinbeck's novel of the same title.

"The book Of Mice and Men says 'the well laid plans of mice and men often falter.' You make plans, and they get screwed up. [Jaxin Hall] and I both had plans for life, and they both got screwed up, so now we're making the most of what we can."

Members:
Phil Manansala -
lead guitar (2009-present)

Valentino Arteaga -
drums (2009-present)

Austin Carlile -
lead vocals (2009-2010, 2011-present)

Alan Ashby -
rhythm guitar (2011-present)

Aaron Pauley -
bass, clean vocals (2012-present)

Past Members:
Jon Kintz - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2009)
Jaxin Hall - bass, backing vocals (2009-2010)
Shayley Bourget - clean vocals (2009-2012), bass (2011-2012), rhythm guitar (2009-2011)
Jerry Roush - lead vocals (2010-2011)

Touring Members:
Joel Piper - bass, backing vocals (2011)
Dane Poppin - bass (2011)
Justin Trotta - bass (2011-2012)

Of Mice & Men Quotes:
"The main theme of [Of Mice and Men] is the American Dream [...] and being self sufficient [...] As a band, I was thinking about that when Austin and I were thinking about forming this band that we wanted this to be our American Dream, especially considering that I'm not from America [...] So this was to be our self sufficient thing that we could live off and make our own and achieve this dream. [...] So I looked at things that happened with [past relationships] and that everyone had the best intentions with things, and that they didn't quite work out the way we wanted it to."
-Jaxin Hall

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