Unlike many singer-songwriters, Merz isn't real big on blabbing to you all about his personal life (though he will show you a picture of himself in the bathtub). However, here are some fun facts to content yourself with in case you're actually interested:

Mike Merz's favorite authors are Vladimir Nabokov and Robertson Davies.

His favorite artists are Kurt Schwitters, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and Andreas Gursky. German-speakers, basically.

His favorite foods are Indian cuisine and sushi.

He's a Leo.

His favorite mixed drink is the pina colada (White Russian: close second), though he usually just drinks beer.

Merz enjoys the films of Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman, John Sayles, Alfred Hitchcock, and Terrence Mallick.

His favorite TV show is "The Rockford Files".

Mike Merz really likes rabbits.

And of course, here are some potential band names he's collected if you're in need of one:

Act of God
The Ancient Greeks and Romans
Beasts of the Field
Billy Pilgrim
Blue Thunder
Casual Fridays
Cheese Wheel
Citizens Band
Control Freak
The Control Group
Daylight Savings
Disney
Don Music
Floating Holiday
The Focus Group
The Forensics
Gas Giant
The Golden Parachutes
Gung-Ho
Hard Hat Area
Jiffy Squid
Job Jar
The Kids' Table
Koko's Kitty
The Madding Crowd
The Man
Mensa
Monster Plonster
The O'Leans
One Fell Swoop
Three Little Fonzies
Pain Cave
Party Ball
The Prawns
Projectile Pus Pellet
The Resume Builders
Saucy Jack
Sebulba's Podracer
Secret Satan
Shazbat
Suck Knob
The Swarm
Target Market
Tech Support
$10,000
Thighs of Steel
Tidy Whitey
Turnip Truck
Unamerican Band
Rowdy Yates & the Cheap Dates
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