Ronnie "Mouse" Weiss

Mouse and the Traps was an American garage rock band from Tyler, Texas, United States, that released numerous singles between 1965 and 1969, two of which, "A Public Execution" and "Sometimes You Just Can't Win", became large regional hits. The leader of the band, nicknamed "Mouse", was Ronny Weiss. Two of their best known songs, "A Public Execution" and a cover of "Psychotic Reaction", are not actually credited to this band but, respectively, to simply Mouse and Positively 13 O'Clock instead. Their history also included one single that was released under the pseudonym Chris St. John. The band are not to be confused with the girl group Mousie and The Traps who recorded for Toddlin' Town Records around the same time.