MxPx

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MxPx

Background information
Origin Flag of United States Bremerton, Washington, USA
Genre(s) Pop punk, Christian punk[1]
Years active 1992–present
Label(s) SideOneDummy Records
Tooth and Nail Records (Current)
A&M Records
Fat Wreck Chords
Associated
acts		 Arthur
The Cootees
Website Official website
Members
Mike Herrera
Tom Wisniewski
Yuri Ruley
Former members
Andy Husted

MxPx is a Christian pop punk band that formed on July 6, 1992[citation needed] in Bremerton, Washington, United States.

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[edit] History

MxPx started as three 15-year-old kids calling themselves Magnified Plaid playing music inspired by and similar to The Descendents, NOFX and other Southern California skate-punk bands. The trio were classmates at Central Kitsap High School in nearby Silverdale, WA. They didn't really love their band name, however, which was a tribute to the original guitarist's fascination with plaid shirts. Consequently, the name was abbreviated to M.P., but in Yuri Ruley's handwriting, periods become "X"'s and since he made up the show posters for the band, the four-letter moniker stuck.[citation needed]

MxPx caught the attention of Tooth & Nail Records when they played a "showcase" for the label in 1993 in Herrera's parents' back yard. Mike Herrera had practiced so much before the first show, he lost his voice.[citation needed] Their first major album, Pokinatcha (1994), was released while the band was still in high school.[2]

MxPx released two further albums with Tooth & Nail, Teenage Politics in 1995, and Life in General in 1996. They then received a major distribution deal with A&M Records. After the re-release of Life In General, MxPx released two more studio albums jointly distributed with Tooth & Nail and A&M: Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo in 1998, and The Ever Passing Moment in 2000. MxPx had fulfilled their contract obligations and decided to part ways with Tooth & Nail. Before Everything & After in 2003 was released exclusively by A&M. In 2005, MxPx dropped A&M and signed with SideOneDummy Records and released their seventh full-length album Panic. In 2006, MxPx came out with Let's Rock, a b-sides compilation album released by SideOneDummy, and Let it Happen deluxe edition, a Tooth and Nail Records re-release of Let it Happen with new songs and a DVD of their music videos.

MxPx receiving keys to Bremerton from Mayor Cary Bozeman, September 2006.
MxPx receiving keys to Bremerton from Mayor Cary Bozeman, September 2006.

In September 2006, MxPx and the City of Bremerton started a marketing effort revolving around the band's song "Move to Bremerton". Bremerton's Community Renewal Agency secured rights for the song to be played in a promotional website for the city, and MxPx played a concert at the downtown Admiral Theatre on September 16, 2006 with local bands The Divorce and Ruxton Towers. The band was also given keys to the city by Mayor Cary Bozeman, in recognition of their contributions to Bremerton. [3][2]

MxPx spent the majority of 2005 and 2006 touring in support of their 7th album Panic. MxPx spent early 2007 on an international tour through parts of Australia and Europe.

[edit] Current status

In February 2007, MxPx began recording their 8th album, tentatively titled Secret Weapon, which is due for release on July 17th on Tooth & Nail Records.[4] Live streaming footage via webcam of the recording can currently be watched on the band's official website.

Let's Rock, MxPx's brand new rarities album, was released on Side One Dummy Records on October 24, 2006. The album consists of many previously unreleased songs, re-recorded b-sides and acoustic demos. A new full-length album from their side project Arthur is slated for a 2007 release.

On November 21, 2006, Tooth & Nail Records re-released "Let It Happen Deluxe Edition" with a bonus DVD featuring 12 music videos, new artwork and photographs and some other goodies.

The Pokinatcha Punk, which has become the band's logo.
The Pokinatcha Punk, which has become the band's logo.

[edit] Band lineup

[edit] Previous members

Andy Husted, the founding guitarist, left the band in 1995 to continue college. He was replaced by Tom Wisniewski to solidify the line-up that would take the band into their post-teen years.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Album Cover Year Title Label Format Other information
1994 Pokinatcha Tooth & Nail CD
  • Debut album.
  • Only album recorded with former guitarist Andy Husted.
1995 Teenage Politics Tooth & Nail CD First album recorded with guitarist Tom Wisniewski.
1996 Life in General Tooth & Nail CD Last release on Tooth & Nail Records, until 2007's Secret Weapon
1998 Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo A&M CD
  • First release to be distributed by a major label A&M Records.
  • The album recently went Gold.
2000 The Ever Passing Moment A&M CD
2003 Before Everything & After A&M CD Last release on A&M Records.
2005 Panic SideOneDummy CD First album released on SideOneDummy Records.
2007 Secret Weapon Tooth & Nail CD

[edit] EPs

Album Cover Year Title Label Format Other information
1995 On the Cover Tooth & Nail CD This EP features only song covers.
1996 Move to Bremerton Tooth & Nail CD
2001 The Renaissance Fat Wreck Chords CD Only release on Fat Wreck Chords.
2004 The AC/EP SideOneDummy CD

[edit] Singles

  • 1994 17 7" vinyl
  • 1995 Punk Rawk Show 7" vinyl
  • 1996 Life In General Pre-Release Teaser
  • 1997 Chick Magnet
  • 1997 Small Town Minds 7" vinyl
  • 1997 North America Loud Punk Series Vol. 4 (McRackins Split) 7" vinyl
  • 1998 I'm Ok, You're Ok
  • 1998 Tomorrow is Another Day
  • 2000 The Broken Bones 7" vinyl
  • 2001 Fat Club (Fat Wreck Chords) 7" vinyl

[edit] Videos

[edit] MxPx Fanclub singles

  • 1998 Christmas Day
  • 1999 Christmas Only Comes Once a Year
  • 2000 Coming Home for Christmas
  • 2001 You're the One I Miss This Christmas
  • 2002 Christmas Party
  • 2003 So This Is Christmas?
  • 2004 It's Christmas and I'm Sick (download only)
  • 2005 2005 (download only)
  • 2006 The Late Great Snowball Fight of 2006

[edit] Compilation albums

Album Cover Year Title Label Format Other information
1998 Let It Happen Tooth & Nail CD B-Sides album containing pre-1998 material.
2002 Ten Years and Running Tooth & Nail CD
  • Compilation material released on Tooth & Nail.
  • Contains two new unreleased songs.
2006 Let's Rock Side One Dummy CD B-Sides album.

[edit] Compilation appearances

  • "I Can Be Friends With You" (1996) from Never Say Dinosaur A tribute album to the contemporary christian rock band, Petra
  • "Chick Magnet" (1996) has been used in the comedy film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
  • "Party, My House, Be There" (1999) from A Compilation Of Warped Music II released by Side One Dummy Records
  • "The Next Big Thing" (2000) Can be found in the Motocross 2000 game for Nintendo 64.
  • "Christmas Day" (2001) from Happy Christmas Vol. 2 released by BEC Recordings
  • "Scooby Doo" (2002) from the Scooby Doo Movie soundtrack
  • "Shout" (2003) cover song and music video as part of the release of the Double Secret Probation Edition of Animal House.
  • "Christmas Night of Zombies" (2003) A Santa Cause It's A Punk Rock Christmas
  • "Doing Time" (2004) from the New York Minute movie soundtrack.
  • "The Empire" (2004) co-written by Mark Hoppus for The Passion of the Christ soundtrack
  • "GSF" (2005) from Kung Fu Sampler #2: The Gone With The Wind Of...
  • "Heard That Sound" appears prominently in the Playstation 2 and Xbox videogame Burnout Revenge.
  • "The Setting Sun" (2006) for the 3D Realms first person shooter Prey.
  • "First Day of the Rest of Our Lives" (2004)from Before Everything And After has been used in the family film, "A Cinderella Story"

[edit] Live albums

Album Cover Year Title Label Format Other information
1999 At the Show Tooth & Nail CD Recorded live during the Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo tour.

[edit] DVDs

DVD Cover Year Title Label Format Other information
2004 B-Movie SideOneDummy DVD
  • Combination of live concert footage and a documentary of the band.
  • Features the five-track acoustic EP The AC/EP.

[edit] Trivia

  • Before joining MxPx, Tom had only played guitar for a year. He did however, have experience as a drummer.
  • Yuri is the only current member of MxPx who does not have any tattoos or piercings.
  • Yuri drives the tour bus on occasion.
  • One of their songs ("The Setting Sun", recorded especially for the game) is in the Xbox 360 game Prey. Go to the jukebox in the roadside casino (At the start of game) and go to the end of the song list to change songs. (The last one on the list)
  • The Song "I'm Ok, You're Ok" is a cover of The Cootees, the band's side project.
  • "No Brain" is another cover of The Cootees, but only MxPx has done a recording of it.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.christianmusic.com/mxpx/bio.html
  2. ^ a b Stagg, David (January/February 2007). "Bremerton MVPs MxPx". HM Magazine (123): 40-43. ISSN 1066-6923. 
  3. ^ Kitsap Sun, Punknews.org, SeattlePI, The Stranger
  4. ^ Punkbands.com

[edit] External links

MxPx
Mike Herrera | Tom Wisniewski | Yuri Ruley
Andy Husted
Discography
Full-lengths: Pokinatcha (1994) | Teenage Politics (1995) | Life in General (1996) | Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (1998) | The Ever Passing Moment (2000) | Before Everything & After (2003) | Panic (2005) | Secret Weapon (2007)
EPs: On the Cover (1995) | Move to Bremerton (1996) | The Renaissance (2001) | The AC/EP (2004)
Other releases: Let It Happen (1998) | At the Show (1999) | Ten Years and Running (2002) | Let's Rock (2006)
DVDs: B-Movie (2004)
Singles: "Chick Magnet" | "Responsibility" | "Heard That Sound"
Related articles
Arthur | The Cootees | Tooth & Nail Records | Bremerton, Washington
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