Video Interview: Of Mice and Men

Video Interview

I recently spoke with Tino Arteaga, drummer of the metalcore band Of Mice & Men. Arteaga talked at length about the band’s NINETH studio album, “Another Miracle.” We discussed what inspired the song writing, how songs came together, and much more. It is a feat of any band to still be going strong after sixteen years, but OMAM credited their longevity to their fans and the community they curated over time as well as their new platform… MICESPACE.

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Of Mice & Men’s Austin Carlile Talks About His Heart Surgery

Of Mice and Men

Austin Carlile from Of Mice & Men spoke with Christina O’Neill at Team Rock about how he was “clinically dead for three hours” during heart surgery:

It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever gone through. It’s hard to go through something like that that’s dangerous in general, and just to not know if you’re gonna be there, four, five or six hours later. When I had my heart surgery, my heart was stopped.

“They put my head in a whole thing of ice, to stop your brain activity, you’re dead. I was clinically dead for three hours while they did the procedure.