Army of Me is a band formed in Washington, D.C. Vocalist and guitarist Vince Scheuerman grew up in a Gaithersburg, Maryland religious community.
Scheuerman and long-time friend John Hutchins, bass, joined a ska band, Sidewinders SC, but quit to start their own project.
They changed their name to Army of Me not long after winning the WHFS Big Break contest which granted them an opening slot at the 2001 HFStival.
The band has toured with The Used, The Almost, Emery, Envy On The Coast, OAR, Dave Matthews, Switchfoot, Blue October, The Damnwells, Mae, The Bled, Fiction Family.
The band's single "Going Through Changes" has been in rotation on MTV,[1] as well as several commercial radio stations in the US, including KROQ and DC101.
On July 16, 2013, the Army of Me official website and Facebook announced the new album name (Searching For You) and release date (Oct 15, 2013).
[3] On July 25, Vince Scheuerman posted an update to Tumblr explaining the battle he fought from 2009 through 2012, in brief, explaining how in April 2007, "a number of misfortunes struck, perhaps the most significant was a serious vocal cord injury" in which Vince lost his voice for several years.
While he was unable to sing, his band members and team moved on and he doubted himself, only friends and supporters encouraged him to keep going and release the "Make Yourself Naked" EP.
"Fast forward to early 2012, I was invited to play guitar with Canon Blue for a couple of nationwide tours.