MxPx
Encyclopedia
MxPx is a pop punk
band from Bremerton
, Washington with connections to the Christian punk
scene. The band has recorded eight studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums, a live album, a VHS
tape, a DVD
and released 20 singles.
All the members of the band are Christians, and this is reflected in some of the band's songs. However, they prefer not to be called a Christian band. On the topic of their faith, Mike Herrera has been quoted saying "We are Christian. It’s not a cult or something. It’s part of our story and I guess it’s different and controversial. But it’s a personal thing. It’s what we choose to believe. That’s all there is to it. We don’t preach to anyone."
, NOFX
, Black Flag
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 and were 15 years old when they formed. 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.
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 that he lost his voice
. Their first major album, Pokinatcha
(1994), was released while the band members were still in high school. The album, though classified as christian punk
, incorporated the quick styles of hardcore punk
.
Guitarist Andy Husted
soon left the band to finish college
and was replaced by Tom Wisniewski. MxPx released two further albums with Tooth & Nail: Teenage Politics
in 1995, and Life in General in 1996.
. This deal first saw a re-release of Life In General. MxPx then released two more studio albums jointly distributed by Tooth & Nail and A&M: Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
in 1998, and The Ever Passing Moment
in 2000. Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
would be last album to incorporate hardcore punk
for some years and with the release of The Ever Passing Moment
, the band used frequent pop punk
styles. MxPx had fulfilled their contract obligations with Tooth & Nail and decided to part ways.
Before Everything & After
in 2003 was released exclusively by A&M, and marked a radical departure from their old sound.
, and released their seventh full-length album Panic
.
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.
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", an earlier rarities compilation, in a "Deluxe Edition" which included a bonus DVD featuring 12 music videos, new artwork, and two new songs.
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.
, The Classic Crime
, The Fold
, Sullivan
, Project 86
, and Run Kid Run
. In the same year their eighth studio album, Secret Weapon
, was released. It marked the band's return to Tooth and Nail Records, as well as the first album to use a hardcore punk sound since Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo nine years earlier. In an interview
with Christianitytoday.com Herrera said the band was now free to get back into more of the Christian Market. In promotion for the album MxPx was featured on the labels of 120 limited edition Jones Soda
bottles.
Drummer Yuri Ruley
told ThePunkSite.com that MxPx planned to start writing and recording a ninth album in January 2009, but Mike Herrera
more recently stated that there were no immediate plans to do so.
A six-song EP entitled Left Coast Punk EP
was released on November 17. A Christmas album, titled Punk Rawk Christmas
, was also released on December 1, 2009.
In late 2009, Mike Herrera teamed up with frontman of The Ataris
, Kris Roe and the drummer of The Summer Obsession
, Chris Wilson
(formerly of Good Charlotte
) for the MxPx All Stars tour in Japan
and South East Asia. The ensemble toured cities like Tokyo
, Yokohoma, Nagoya, Osaka
, Kuala Lumpur
and Bandung
.
Former member
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
band from Bremerton
Bremerton, Washington
Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 38,790 at the 2011 State Estimate, making it the largest city on the Olympic Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremerton Annex of Naval Base Kitsap...
, Washington with connections to the Christian punk
Christian punk
Christian punk is a form of Christian music and a subgenre of punk rock with some degree of Christian lyrical content. Much disagreement persists about the boundaries of the subgenre, and the extent that their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies among bands...
scene. The band has recorded eight studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums, a live album, a VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
tape, a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and released 20 singles.
All the members of the band are Christians, and this is reflected in some of the band's songs. However, they prefer not to be called a Christian band. On the topic of their faith, Mike Herrera has been quoted saying "We are Christian. It’s not a cult or something. It’s part of our story and I guess it’s different and controversial. But it’s a personal thing. It’s what we choose to believe. That’s all there is to it. We don’t preach to anyone."
Early start (1992)
MxPx began in July 1992 with the name Magnified Plaid. Initially, they started playing music inspired by DescendentsDescendents (band)
The Descendents are an American punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California. As of 2011, they have released six studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums and three EPs. The Descendents broke up and reformed several times over the years, sometimes with different musicians...
, NOFX
NOFX
NOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...
, Black Flag
Black Flag (band)
Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band...
and other Southern California skate punk
Skate punk
Skate punk is a sub genre of punk rock, originally a derivative of the West Coast hardcore punk scene, that is named after its popularity among skateboarders and association with skateboarding culture. Skate punk most commonly describes the sound of melodic hardcore bands from the 1990s with an...
bands. The trio—Mike Herrera
Mike Herrera
Michael Arthur Herrera is an American musician most widely known as the vocalist and bass guitarist for the pop punk band MxPx, as well as being the front-man of his new band Tumbledown.-Early life:...
, Yuri Ruley
Yuri Ruley
Yuri Zane Ruley is an American drummer who plays in the pop punk band MxPx. In 1992, while still in high school, Ruley started MxPx with Mike Herrera and Andy Husted; Husted was replaced by Tom Wisniewski two years later...
, and Andy Husted
Andy Husted
Andy Husted is the former guitarist for the Washington state pop punk band MxPx.Andy played guitar for MxPx starting with the release of their first album Pokinatcha. After he refused to go on a Tooth & Nail tour in 1994, the other members decided it would be best to find another guitarist...
—were classmates at Central Kitsap High School
Central Kitsap High School
Central Kitsap High School is a secondary school located in Silverdale, Washington. It is one of six secondary schools in the Central Kitsap School District. CKHS educates grades 10-12. It is a closed campus...
in nearby Silverdale, WA and were 15 years old when they formed. The name was a tribute to the original guitarist's fascination with plaid
Tartan
Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland. Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns...
shirts but did not fit on the band's posters. Consequently, the name was abbreviated
Abbreviation
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...
to M.P. But in Yuri Ruley's
Yuri Ruley
Yuri Zane Ruley is an American drummer who plays in the pop punk band MxPx. In 1992, while still in high school, Ruley started MxPx with Mike Herrera and Andy Husted; Husted was replaced by Tom Wisniewski two years later...
handwriting
Handwriting
Handwriting is a person's particular & individual style of writing with pen or pencil, which contrasts with "Hand" which is an impersonal and formalised writing style in several historical varieties...
, periods appeared as "X"'s, and since he made up the show posters for the band, the four-letter moniker stuck.
Tooth & Nail years (1993-1997)
MxPx caught the attention of Tooth & Nail RecordsTooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in the U.S. state of California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington, where it is situated today...
when they played a showcase for the label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
in 1993 in Herrera's parents' back yard. Mike Herrera
Mike Herrera
Michael Arthur Herrera is an American musician most widely known as the vocalist and bass guitarist for the pop punk band MxPx, as well as being the front-man of his new band Tumbledown.-Early life:...
had practiced so much before the first show that he lost his voice
Voice
Voice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal...
. Their first major album, Pokinatcha
Pokinatcha
Pokinatcha is the debut album of the American pop punk band MxPx, released in 1994 . It is the only album to feature original guitarist Andy Husted. The album is popular with fans because of its quick, catchy rhythms and raw punk sound....
(1994), was released while the band members were still in high school. The album, though classified as christian punk
Christian punk
Christian punk is a form of Christian music and a subgenre of punk rock with some degree of Christian lyrical content. Much disagreement persists about the boundaries of the subgenre, and the extent that their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies among bands...
, incorporated the quick styles of hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
.
Guitarist Andy Husted
Andy Husted
Andy Husted is the former guitarist for the Washington state pop punk band MxPx.Andy played guitar for MxPx starting with the release of their first album Pokinatcha. After he refused to go on a Tooth & Nail tour in 1994, the other members decided it would be best to find another guitarist...
soon left the band to finish college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
and was replaced by Tom Wisniewski. MxPx released two further albums with Tooth & Nail: Teenage Politics
Teenage Politics
-Notes/Trivia:* Track 10, "Like Sand Thru the Hourglass...So Are the Days of Our Lives", is named after the quote from the opening sequence of Days of our Lives...
in 1995, and Life in General in 1996.
A&M years (1997-2004)
MxPx received a major distribution deal with A&M RecordsA&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
. This deal first saw a re-release of Life In General. MxPx then released two more studio albums jointly distributed by Tooth & Nail and A&M: Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo is the fourth studio album released by the American Skate punk/punk rock band MxPx in 1998. The album title was taken from a letter that a fan had written to the band, complaining that the band was changing, and, "Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo." The band...
in 1998, and The Ever Passing Moment
The Ever Passing Moment
The Ever Passing Moment is the fifth full-length album by MxPx, released on May 16, 2000.MxPx gained critical recognition for this album and landed a slot supporting for The Offspring and Cypress Hill on the Conspiracy of One tour. "Responsibility" proved to be a minor radio hit, peaking at #24 on...
in 2000. Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo is the fourth studio album released by the American Skate punk/punk rock band MxPx in 1998. The album title was taken from a letter that a fan had written to the band, complaining that the band was changing, and, "Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo." The band...
would be last album to incorporate hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
for some years and with the release of The Ever Passing Moment
The Ever Passing Moment
The Ever Passing Moment is the fifth full-length album by MxPx, released on May 16, 2000.MxPx gained critical recognition for this album and landed a slot supporting for The Offspring and Cypress Hill on the Conspiracy of One tour. "Responsibility" proved to be a minor radio hit, peaking at #24 on...
, the band used frequent pop punk
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
styles. MxPx had fulfilled their contract obligations with Tooth & Nail and decided to part ways.
Before Everything & After
Before Everything & After
- Trivia :* "Play It Loud" was featured on the SSX3 soundtrack and the Hilary Duff movie Raise Your Voice.* The album cover is a possible tribute to the cover of the Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers, which does not show hands...
in 2003 was released exclusively by A&M, and marked a radical departure from their old sound.
SideOneDummy years (2005-2006)
In 2005 MxPx was dropped by A&M, signed with SideOneDummy RecordsSideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...
, and released their seventh full-length album Panic
Panic (MxPx album)
Panic is the seventh full-length album by Christian band MxPx It was released on June 6, 2005- internationally and a day later in the United States. This was a breakthrough album when the single "Heard That Sound" proved a minor radio hit...
.
In September 2006, MxPx and the City of Bremerton started a marketing effort revolving around the band's song "Move to Bremerton
Move to Bremerton
Move to Bremerton is an EP by the band MxPx, released in 1996. The song was written about the city of Bremerton, Washington. The video takes place in downtown Seattle, Washington...
". 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
Admiral Theatre
The Admiral Theatre in Chicago, Illinois opened in 1927 as a vaudeville house. it was designed by Gallup and Joy and acquired by the Balaban and Katz circuit. The Admiral closed sometime in the late 1950s, and remained shuttered for many years until opening in 1969 as an all-cartoon venue. Unable...
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.
MxPx spent the majority of 2005 and 2006 touring in support of their 7th album Panic
Panic (MxPx album)
Panic is the seventh full-length album by Christian band MxPx It was released on June 6, 2005- internationally and a day later in the United States. This was a breakthrough album when the single "Heard That Sound" proved a minor radio hit...
. On November 21, 2006, Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in the U.S. state of California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington, where it is situated today...
re-released "Let It Happen", an earlier rarities compilation, in a "Deluxe Edition" which included a bonus DVD featuring 12 music videos, new artwork, and two new songs.
Let's Rock
Let's Rock (album)
Let's Rock is an MxPx compilation album of B-sides and unreleased material.-Track listing:# "You Walk, I Run" # "Every Light"...
, 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
B-Sides
B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...
and acoustic demos.
Return to Tooth & Nail (2007-2009)
In March 2007, MxPx played at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin, Texas. From May through June they headlined the Tooth and Nail Tour, also featuring Hawk NelsonHawk Nelson
Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...
, The Classic Crime
The Classic Crime
The Classic Crime is an Alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. The band consists of Matt MacDonald , Alan Clark , Robert "Cheeze" Negrin , and Paul "Skip" Erickson . It was announced in November 2011 that Justin DuQue was leaving the band.-Background:Their debut album Albatross was...
, The Fold
The Fold
The Fold is a high energy rock-pop band from Chicago, Illinois. They have released two full length albums and one EP on Tooth & Nail Records, and an independent album in 2009. Their single "Gravity" from the album This Too Shall Pass reached #1 on the CHR Rock charts.-History:Their debut album This...
, Sullivan
Sullivan (band)
Sullivan was a rock band from Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.Sullivan was involved in To Write Love on Her Arms.-History:Sullivan came together as a trio in 2001. In 2002, they recorded and released "Count the Time in Quarter Tones'on Forsaken/Tribunal Records. The EP sold well and extensive...
, Project 86
Project 86
Project 86 is an American Christian rock band from Orange County, California, formed in 1996. The line-up consists of bassist Steven Dail, vocalist and songwriter Andrew Schwab, and guitarist Randy Torres. The band has released seven studio albums, which have collectively sold over 500,000 units...
, and Run Kid Run
Run Kid Run
Run Kid Run is a Christian pop/rock band from Carmi, Illinois and Morganfield, Kentucky, formed in 2006. Their debut album This Is Who We Are, was released on May 18, 2006 through Tooth & Nail Records. All of the members, except Paul Stewart, were originally from punk rock band Side Walk Slam on...
. In the same year their eighth studio album, Secret Weapon
Secret Weapon (album)
Secret Weapon is MxPx's eighth full-length studio album, which was released on July 17, 2007. It is the band's first release on their original label Tooth & Nail Records since 1996's Life in General...
, was released. It marked the band's return to Tooth and Nail Records, as well as the first album to use a hardcore punk sound since Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo nine years earlier. In an interview
Interview
An interview is a conversation between two people where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.- Interview as a Method for Qualitative Research:"Definition" -...
with Christianitytoday.com Herrera said the band was now free to get back into more of the Christian Market. In promotion for the album MxPx was featured on the labels of 120 limited edition Jones Soda
Jones Soda
Jones Soda Co. is a beverage company based in Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington. It bottles and distributes soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, energy drinks, and candy. Jones Soda is a carbonated soft drink that has many unusual flavors that are not offered by other soft drink makers.Founded...
bottles.
Drummer Yuri Ruley
Yuri Ruley
Yuri Zane Ruley is an American drummer who plays in the pop punk band MxPx. In 1992, while still in high school, Ruley started MxPx with Mike Herrera and Andy Husted; Husted was replaced by Tom Wisniewski two years later...
told ThePunkSite.com that MxPx planned to start writing and recording a ninth album in January 2009, but Mike Herrera
Mike Herrera
Michael Arthur Herrera is an American musician most widely known as the vocalist and bass guitarist for the pop punk band MxPx, as well as being the front-man of his new band Tumbledown.-Early life:...
more recently stated that there were no immediate plans to do so.
A six-song EP entitled Left Coast Punk EP
Left Coast Punk EP
-Personnel:* Mike Herrera – Lead vocals, bass* Tom Wisniewski – Lead guitar, backing vocals* Yuri Ruley – Drums...
was released on November 17. A Christmas album, titled Punk Rawk Christmas
Punk Rawk Christmas
Punk Rawk Christmas is the first Christmas album from punk band MxPx. It was released on December 1, 2009. Tracks 2-12 were previously released exclusively to members of MxPx's fan club, PxPx.-Track listing:- Credits :*Mike Herrera - Bass, Vocals...
, was also released on December 1, 2009.
In late 2009, Mike Herrera teamed up with frontman of The Ataris
The Ataris
The Ataris are a rock band from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent E.P. was released on November 25, 2010 on the Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. It contained the brand new tracks "All Souls' Day" and "The Graveyard of The Atlantic"...
, Kris Roe and the drummer of The Summer Obsession
The Summer Obsession
The Summer Obsession is a punk band from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, United States. The band originally started in 2004 by Luke Walker & Fin Leavell. They went through several members until they recruited drummer Chris Wilson...
, Chris Wilson
Chris Wilson
Chris Wilson is an Australian blues harmonica player and vocalist. He has performed as part of the Sole Twisters, Harem Scarem and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, and fronted the band Crown of Thorns....
(formerly of Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. Since 1998, the band's constant members have been lead vocalist Joel Madden, lead guitarist and back-up vocalist Benji Madden, bass guitarist Paul Thomas and rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin...
) for the MxPx All Stars tour in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and South East Asia. The ensemble toured cities like Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Yokohoma, Nagoya, Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
and Bandung
Bandung
Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...
.
Upcoming album and DVD
MxPx is currently recording their ninth studio album. In addition, the band will be releasing a documentary entitled Both Ends Buring on December 1st, 2011.Band lineup
Current members- Mike HerreraMike HerreraMichael Arthur Herrera is an American musician most widely known as the vocalist and bass guitarist for the pop punk band MxPx, as well as being the front-man of his new band Tumbledown.-Early life:...
– lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards (1992–present) - Yuri RuleyYuri RuleyYuri Zane Ruley is an American drummer who plays in the pop punk band MxPx. In 1992, while still in high school, Ruley started MxPx with Mike Herrera and Andy Husted; Husted was replaced by Tom Wisniewski two years later...
- drums, percussion (1992–present) - Tom Wisniewski – lead guitar, backing vocals (1995–present)
Former member
- Andy HustedAndy HustedAndy Husted is the former guitarist for the Washington state pop punk band MxPx.Andy played guitar for MxPx starting with the release of their first album Pokinatcha. After he refused to go on a Tooth & Nail tour in 1994, the other members decided it would be best to find another guitarist...
– lead guitar (1992–1995)
Discography
Studio albums- 1994: PokinatchaPokinatchaPokinatcha is the debut album of the American pop punk band MxPx, released in 1994 . It is the only album to feature original guitarist Andy Husted. The album is popular with fans because of its quick, catchy rhythms and raw punk sound....
- 1995: Teenage PoliticsTeenage Politics-Notes/Trivia:* Track 10, "Like Sand Thru the Hourglass...So Are the Days of Our Lives", is named after the quote from the opening sequence of Days of our Lives...
- 1996: Life in General
- 1998: Slowly Going the Way of the BuffaloSlowly Going the Way of the BuffaloSlowly Going the Way of the Buffalo is the fourth studio album released by the American Skate punk/punk rock band MxPx in 1998. The album title was taken from a letter that a fan had written to the band, complaining that the band was changing, and, "Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo." The band...
- 2000: The Ever Passing MomentThe Ever Passing MomentThe Ever Passing Moment is the fifth full-length album by MxPx, released on May 16, 2000.MxPx gained critical recognition for this album and landed a slot supporting for The Offspring and Cypress Hill on the Conspiracy of One tour. "Responsibility" proved to be a minor radio hit, peaking at #24 on...
- 2003: Before Everything & AfterBefore Everything & After- Trivia :* "Play It Loud" was featured on the SSX3 soundtrack and the Hilary Duff movie Raise Your Voice.* The album cover is a possible tribute to the cover of the Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers, which does not show hands...
- 2005: PanicPanic (MxPx album)Panic is the seventh full-length album by Christian band MxPx It was released on June 6, 2005- internationally and a day later in the United States. This was a breakthrough album when the single "Heard That Sound" proved a minor radio hit...
- 2007: Secret WeaponSecret Weapon (album)Secret Weapon is MxPx's eighth full-length studio album, which was released on July 17, 2007. It is the band's first release on their original label Tooth & Nail Records since 1996's Life in General...