Their single, "Sick Inside," from their first album, Coming Up for Air, spent eight weeks as the most-requested song on St. Louis-area alternative rock radio station KPNT.
Modern Day Zero has had songs included in the video games NHL 2004 and NASCAR Thunder 2004 and has toured with bands such as Puddle of Mudd, Nickelback, Velvet Revolver, Hoobastank, and Guns N' Roses.
In June 1995, Brian Pearia and Rich Criebaum of the Saint Charles, Missouri-based band Ten Stories Tall were in search of a new lead singer after losing theirs.
They approached Scott Gertken while he was singing and playing rhythm guitar for a Foristell, Missouri-based band called Trailer.
The band began playing shows at local bars and clubs with sets composed popular radio hits and some of their original music, and they released a self-titled four-track EP in 1997.
[1] Mesh played a CD release party show for Ripple Effect on May 22, 1999, at Rotary Park in Wentzville, Missouri, and then followed up the following day with the opening performance on the main stage at Pointfest 11.
Mesh's fan base in St. Louis expected big things from the power rock group as they were on the verge of signing with Capitol Records in 2000.
"Maybe Tomorrow" hit rock radio airwaves nationwide on August 14, 2001, and then the group filmed the music video for the single inside the abandoned Herald Examiner building in Los Angeles.
Lowercase was remixed by Tom Lord-Alge and repackaged for its major-label release on November 20, 2001, and Mesh STL embarked on a rigorous tour schedule alongside Puddle of Mudd.
[citation needed] "Believe Me" was released in the spring of 2002 as the second single from Lowercase, and the group continued touring in 2002 with other successful acts including Tantric.
"[5] Late that year, Mesh STL announced their farewell show would take place on December 13 at The Pageant in St. Louis.
In early 2006, the band entered their studio to begin work on a new album, and they began giving fans a preview of the new tracks at live shows.
Thom & Jeff of 105.7 The Point began playing "Superhuman" which quickly became a top requested song and turned into the new single.
In November 2007, Modern Day Zero posted a blog on their MySpace page that said the band was going to be taking an extended, indefinite break so that everyone can focus on the other aspects of life.
Modern Day Zero played their final show together on December 20, 2007, at Ameristar Casino's Bottleneck Blues Bar in St. Charles, Missouri.
MDZ also played the Mississippi Nights Reunion Show at Delmar Hall on March 29, 2018, alongside a number of other Saint Louis area bands including The Urge.