MxPx

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MxPx
Also known as	Magnified Plaid
Origin	Bremerton, Washington, USA
Genre(s)	Skate punk, Christian punk[1], Pop punk
Label(s)	SideOneDummy Records Tooth and Nail Records(Current) A&M Records Fat Wreck Chords
Associated acts	Arthur The Cootees Tumbledown
Website	Official website
Members
Mike Herrera Tom Wisniewski Yuri Ruley
Former members
Andy Husted

MxPx is a Christian punk band that formed in 1992 in Bremerton, Washington, United States as teenagers. The band has recorded 8 studio albums, 4 EPs, 3 compilation albums, a live album, a VHS tape, and a DVD.

History

MxPx began as three 15-year-olds who called themselves Magnified Plaid. They started playing music inspired by The Descendents, NOFX, and other Southern California skate punk bands. The trio — Mike Herrera, Yuri Ruley, and Andy Husted — were classmates at Central Kitsap High School in nearby Silverdale, WA. The name was a tribute to the original guitarist's fascination with plaid shirts but did not fit on the band's posters. Consequently, the name was abbreviated to M.P. But in Yuri Ruley's handwriting, periods appeared as "X"'s, and since he made up the show posters for the band, the four-letter moniker stuck. 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. Their first major album, Pokinatcha (1994), was released while the band was still in high school.^[2] Guitarist Andy Husted soon left the band and was replaced by Tom Wisniewski. 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, and marked a radical departure from their old sound. In 2005, MxPx dropped A&M, signed with SideOneDummy Records, and released their seventh full-length album Panic. In 2006, MxPx came out with 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.

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. On November 21, 2006, Tooth & Nail Records re-released "Let It Happen Deluxe Edition" with a bonus DVD featuring 12 music videos, new artwork, photographs and some other goodies. Let's Rock, MxPx's second 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. MxPx spent early 2007 on an international tour through parts of Australia and Europe. In March of 2007, MxPx played at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin, Texas, and from May through June, they headlined the Tooth and Nail Tour, also featuring Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan, Project 86, and Run Kid Run. In early November 2007, they held a concert at Northern Michigan University, in the University Center. Currently, MxPx is touring to promote their latest album, Secret Weapon. In February 2008 MxPx will be touring the United Kingdom with Punchline and The Get Go on the fourth instalment of the Good To Go Tour.

Band lineup

• Mike Herrera – Bass Guitar, Lead vocals, Keyboard
• Tom Wisniewski – Guitar, Background Vocals
• Yuri Ruley – Drums, Background Vocals

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.

Discography

Studio albums

EP's

Compilation albums

Live albums

DVDs

Singles

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" (fan club track) (2001) from Happy Christmas Vol. 2 released by BEC Recordings
• "Scooby Doo" (2002) from the Scooby Doo Movie soundtrack
• "Wrecking Hotel Rooms" (2003) from the Bad Boys II Movie soundtrack
• "Shout" (2003) cover song and music video as part of the release of the Double Secret Probation Edition of Animal House.
• "Wrecking Hotel Rooms (Live)" (2003) from Ozzfest 2003
• "Christmas Night of Zombies" (2003) A Santa Cause It's A Punk Rock Christmas
• "Play It Loud" (2003) was used in the snowboarding game, SSX 3, for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube systems.
• "Play It Loud" (2003) was used in the MTV movie Wuthering Heights.
• "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
• "First Day of the Rest of Our Lives" (2004) from Before Everything & After has been used in the family film, "A Cinderella Story"
• "GSF" (2005) from Kung Fu Sampler #2: The Gone With The Wind Of...
• "Heard That Sound" appears prominently in the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 videogame Burnout Revenge.
• "The Setting Sun" (2006) for the 3D Realms first person shooter Prey.
• "Late Again" was used in the console version of The Sims 2

Notes

1. ^ Chapman, Jackie A. (January 15, 2007). Starting Over... Sort of. Christian Music Today. Retrieved on 2007-10-14.
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

External links

• MxPx Official Site
• MySpace Site
• MxPx on PureVolume
• Interview with MXPX on TruePunk.com
• 2007 Interview with Yuri Ruley
• Interview @ Christian Music Today (01/07)
• Interview with MxPx on Mania TV
• Interview With Yuri on The Punk Site
• Interview with Yuri for "More Important Than Music
• Interview with Yuri Ruley on Indiependentmusic
• Interview with Tom on Ultimate Guitar
• Burning Stars interview with Yuri