The Mice were a young Cleveland-based power-pop trio active in the mid-80s. After printing 500 copies of a 7" single, Can You Walk on the Water, Baby?, they released an EP on the Herb Jackson Record label called For Almost Ever. The EP was followed up a year later with the full-length LP, Scooter on the St. Valentine record label. Scooter was also released in the UK on the What Goes On label.

The Mice played numerous Cleveland venues, performing a mix of their own songs as well as covers from The Who, The Beatles, Ramones, and others. After touring the mid-Western United States, they broke up when lead singer/songwriter/guitarist Bill Fox left the band, leaving behind the half-finished Canterbury Bells LP (which never saw a release) and cancelling plans for a European tour. The Mice song, Bye Bye Kitty Cat would be covered more than a decade later by the East-cost band, Superchunk.

In 2004, Scat Records released a reissue CD called For Almost Ever Scooter, which compiled together the two Mice professional releases, the For Almost Ever EP and the Scooter LP. The reissue CD was supposed to include the nine completed songs from the Canterbury Bells LP and selections of a live performance from Cleveland radio WRUW's Live in Cleveland show, but the extra material was taken out at the last minute at the band's request.