In 2014, the underground metalcore band Of Mice & Men put out their first album with then-new singer and bassist Aaron Pauley, and the band never looked back. That album spawned a couple of top 20 rock songs. Since then Of Mice & Men have been a proper metal band, but don’t think they don’t have any surprises up their sleeves. Their latest single, “Wake Up” has an acoustic guitar and Aaron tells us that they wanted Alanis Morissette to duet on the song, but her manager said no.
“We asked her to sing on the song, but she said no. I don’t know that she said no herself, but it did get as far as her management. And then we did get a no from her management.” But why Alanis? “Well, because she’s a big inspiration for me, and also for Tino. When we did a demo of the song, we called it ‘Alanis’ because it was just an acoustic guitar, and for some reason, it just reminded me of that.”
Look for Of Mice & Men’s new album Another Miracle due out November 14th.
