Tony Lovato

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Tony Lovato
Birth name	Anthony John Lovato
Born	(1980-06-20) June 20, 1980
Origin	Blue Island, Illinois
Genres	Pop Punk
Occupations	Singer, Guitarist
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1995–present
Associated acts	Mest, Kisses for Kings

Anthony John Lovato (born June 20, 1980, Blue Island, Illinois) is a singer and guitarist best known for his time fronting the pop-punk band Mest.

Musical career

Confederate Storm

Lovato started his music career at age 13, playing drums for white power band Confederate Storm, something he later apologized for.^[1]^[2]

Mest

Lovato, his brother Steve Lovato, and their cousin Matt Lovato founded Mest in 1995. He wrote the majority of the lyrics for their self-released debut Mo' Money, Mo' 40z. Their major label debut, Wasting Time, came out in 2000 on Maverick Records, followed by their 2001 effort, Destination Unknown. Their self-titled third major label album was released in 2003, and their fourth and final, Photographs was released in 2005. In 2006 Mest announced on their Myspace page that they were disbanding.

In October 2008, Tony staged a reunion tour of Mest, with Steve Lovato taking bass guitar duties, Chris Wilson (formerly of Good Charlotte) taking over on drums, and Ryan Clayton covering lead guitar. None of the other former members of Mest took part in the reunion.

Tony stated tho Twitter that in 2012 MEST would be releasing a new record, which is yet to be titled. A new video was posted on YouTube in early March 2012 for their first single "Almost" which was Directed by his good friend Jeff Janke of Jeff Plus Amber and AMP Creative. Their new hit single "Radio" Directed by Jeff Janke Produced by Amber Janke featuring guest spots from Dennis Haskins aka Mr. Belding from Saved by the Bell and Jiffy Wild of the Chelsea Handler show, and BMX Pro Rick Thorne is set to be released September 26, 2013 with its official spotlight release from Alt Press.

A Permanent Holiday / Kisses For Kings

In 2006 after Tony moved to L.A, he started his new project "A Permanent Holiday". They released a few songs on their Myspace page before they changed their name to 'Kisses For Kings' in April 2008.

Other appearances

Lovato appeared in Good Charlotte's music video Festival Song. He also appeared in their song The Anthem along with his cousin Matt Lovato. Lovato also made an appearance in Escape the Fate's music video Something. He also made a brief appearance in Hollywood Undead's music video "Everywhere I Go". In 2010 he appeared in Good Charlotte's music video Like It's Her Birthday.

Guest appearances

"Festival Song (music video)" (Good Charlotte, 2001)
"The Anthem (music video)" (Good Charlotte, 2003)
"Something (music video)" (Escape the Fate, 2009)
"Everywhere I Go (music video)" (Hollywood Undead, 2009)
"Like It's Her Birthday (music video)" (Good Charlotte, 2010)
"One More" on On the Guest List (The Vibrators, 2013)

References

↑ "Mest". Punkmusic.about.com. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
↑ Degoratis, Jim (April 5, 2002). "Cosmetic changes work wonders". Jimdero.com. Retrieved June 12, 2010.

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Tony Lovato Jeff Czum Richie Gonzales Mike Longworth Matt Lovato Nick Gigler Steve Lovato Jeremiah Rangel Chris Wilson

Studio albums	Mo' Money, Mo' 40z Wasting Time Destination Unknown Mest Photographs Not What You Expected

DVDs	The Show Must Go Off!

Authority control	VIAF: 4294828

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Name	Lovato, Tony
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Short description	American musician
Date of birth	June 20, 1980
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