They performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and shared the stage with bands like 3 Doors Down and Creed.
Jesse Vest began as the bassist in an experimental rock/metal trio called Dead Reckoning, with Travis Meeks and Mat Taul.
In 1999 Jesse Vest co-founded the band Tantric with Hugo Ferreira and fellow former members of Days of the New: Todd Whitener, and Mat Taul.
This debut proved a success, but after their second album, Vest left the group wishing to spend more time with his family.
As of November 2020, Jesse Vest had finished recording the debut album of the new band Blisskrieg, along with former Eye Empire and Submersed vocalist Donald Carpenter, guitarist Todd Whitener, and drummer Mat Taul, both former bandmates of Jesse's from the bands Days of the New and Tantric.