Of Mice & Men (often abbreviated OM&M) is an American rock band formed in Costa Mesa, California, in 2009.

The band's line-up currently consists of drummer Valentino Arteaga, guitarists Phil Manansala and Alan Ashby, and bassist and lead vocalist Aaron Pauley.

Since 2009, the band has released eight studio albums: Of Mice & Men (2010), The Flood (2011), Restoring Force (2014), Cold World (2016), Defy (2018), Earthandsky (2019), Echo (2021), and Tether (2023).

[8] With a question at hand asking of the departure of Kintz in a Q&A for the group, Bourget jokingly stated, "Jon didn't cut it."

"[9] After reaching 1,000,000 plays from their Myspace profile in just two months since its launch, the band uploaded a cover of Lady Gaga's song, "Poker Face".

[10] The song was mastered by Tom Denney, formerly of A Day to Remember and a copy of the demo was sent directly to Rise Records.

[11][better source needed] The group then traveled to the Foundation Studios in Connersville, Indiana on July 14, 2009, with Joey Sturgis to record their self-titled debut album.

[14][better source needed] The music video for "Second & Sebring" was released on Hot Topic's website[15] and made its television premiere on Headbangers Ball on March 15, 2010.

[17] Also in 2009, Of Mice & Men was support on the "Atticus Tour" along with Finch, Blessthefall, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Vanna, and Let's Get It.

Originally, Roush was a substitute for Austin Carlile on the Emptiness Tour in 2010 which featured the band along with Alesana, A Skylit Drive, the Word Alive, and We Came as Romans.

[25] Hall explained that the reasons for this decision were made to concentrate more on his personal life, as well as his clothing brand, Love Before Glory.

[26] Dane Poppin of A Static Lullaby, the former band for Phil, substituted as a bassist for Of Mice & Men's then upcoming tour dates after Hall's departure.

[31] Carlile was under an intention for months to start a new musical project, with fellow musician Alan Ashby, until his request to return to the group was made.

The group then underwent a slight arrangement, as they required a bassist after several substitutions to which Dane Poppin, of A Static Lullaby, contributed.

Shortly after the album's completion, the band headlined the 2011 annual "Artery Across the Nation Tour" with support from Woe, Is Me, Sleeping with Sirens, I Set My Friends on Fire, and the Amity Affliction.

[33] The band toured Europe and Australia in support of the Amity Affliction, along with I Killed the Prom Queen, and Deez Nuts.

[citation needed] From September 13, 2011 until October 14, 2011, Of Mice & Men supported We Came as Romans on the "I'm Alive Tour" along with Miss May I, Texas in July, and Close to Home.

[39] Afterward, the group headlined the "Monster Energy Outbreak Tour" with Iwrestledabearonce, I See Stars, Abandon All Ships, and That's Outrageous!.

On March 2, the band announced via Facebook that Austin Carlile would be taking over on all vocals for Of Mice & Men's third studio album.

For Vans Warped Tour 2012, Aaron Pauley of Jamie's Elsewhere substituted on bass guitar and clean vocals.

[47] The next day, the band announced their third studio album named Restoring Force, due for release on January 24, 2014, in North America.

[61] On June 28, 2016, the band announced their fourth studio album, Cold World, which was released on September 9, 2016 through Rise Records.

It was also revealed on February 17, 2017 that one of the other reasons Carlile had left the band was because he wasn't allowed to write what he wanted on the next record.

[69] In a reply to an Instagram comment about whether or not he would be working with Of Mice & Men in the future, he said "No I will no longer be writing with them, one of the reasons I left.

[1] Of Mice & Men released a short documentary on YouTube titled after the first track after Carlile's departure, "Unbreakable".

[75] Along with the release of "Warzone", the band announced their first complete record with Pauley as lead vocalist titled Defy.

[79] On February 14, 2019, the band released a new song called "How to Survive" which, as they stated, sounded much heavier than tracks from their previous album Defy.

[83] On September 5, the band released the fourth single of the album titled "Taste of Regret" along with an accompanying music video.

[92] On February 12, 2023, Of Mice & Men announced through social media that they have nearly wrapped up the material for their eighth studio album.

Of Mice & Men's influences include bands such as Alice in Chains, Deftones, Incubus, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Papa Roach, P.O.D., Rage Against the Machine, Slipknot, Staind and Tool.