On July 8, 2024, Much The Same posted a statement on their Instagram, announcing they are disbanding. McGrath posted his own statement that the breakup was due to increasing anxiety and the difficulty of maintaining a part-time band when the members lived in different states.
On November 28, 2021, Much the Same announced that Feliciano was joining the band as a permanent member.
On July 3, 2020, Quitters Never Win was re-released on vinyl and digitally with an updated mix. Soon after, Concord Music released Survive on vinyl.
In 2019, the band self-released their third and final album, Everything Is Fine , recorded by Nick Diener of The Swellers , which contained songs mostly written by O’Gorman before and during his cancer treatment. Vinyl editions of this album were released by Thousand Islands Records in Canada, Lockjaw Records…
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After recording a cover of Lagwagon ‘s song Making Friends for the documentary A Fat Wreck , the band announced on March 30, 2015 that they reunited with former Break the Silence drummer, Mike Ford, on drums, followed shortly by a performance at Groezrock Festival in Belgium. In April, 2017,…
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In April 2007, after the band’s European tour, McGrath left the band, prompting their first breakup.
Snoreck chose to leave the band early in 2004 and was replaced by Jevin Kaye, a drummer they’d met in St. Louis, Missouri , just as songwriting was beginning for their sophomore album. Friends and tourmates A Wilhelm Scream made introductions between Much The Same and Nitro Records , who…
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Much The Same again played the Chicago dates of Warped Tour in 2002 and 2003, when they won the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands, earning them an Ernie Ball sponsorship and twelve dates on the 2004 Warped Tour.
In December 2001, the new lineup recorded a 3-song demo which got the band signed to Anti-Flag ‘s label A-F Records , where they released their first full-length album, Quitters Never Win in 2003, which was recorded by 88 Fingers Louie and Rise Against guitarist Dan Precision at Bombshelter Studio…
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Lead singer and guitarist Chris “Gunner” McGrath, bassist Andy Simon, and drummer, Mike “Mook” Snoreck, began playing together in 1999. Shortly after, Adam Mufich took over bass duties as the band went on to play their first appearance on the Vans Warped Tour in Chicago in 2000. Simon briefly rejoined…
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