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MxPx is a punk rock band that formed in 1992 in Bremerton, Washington, United States.

MxPx started as three 15-year-old kids calling themselves Magnified Plaid pounding out music inspired by and similar to The Descendents and other Southern California pop-punk bands. They didn’t really love their band name, however, which was a tribute to the original guitarist’s penchant for wearing one particularly loud plaid shirt. Consequently, the name was abbreviated to M.P., but in Yuri’s handwriting, periods become “X“‘s and since he made up the show posters for the band, the four-letter moniker stuck.

Andy Husted, the former guitarist, left the band in 1995 to continue college.

Andy was replaced by Tom to solidify the line-up that would take the band into their post-teen years. Maybe Tom’s background as a drummer made up for his relative inexperience playing guitar (he had only played for a year at the time). He and Yuri lock into backbreakingly fast rhythms that rank with vintage Minor Threat for speed and percussive attack. Mike then adds to the mix his signature sing-along melodies that call to mind SoCal punk bands from the early ’80s.

Bremerton had been a town most famous for its naval shipyards until MxPx caught the attention of Tooth & Nail Records when they played a “showcase” for the T&N label in 1993 in Herrera’s parents’ garage. Mike Herrera had practiced so much before the first show, he lost his voice.

MxPx released three albums with Tooth & Nail Records: Pokinatcha in 1994, Teenage Politics in 1995, and Life in General in 1996. After a falling out with Tooth & Nail, MxPx left the label and signed with A&M Records.

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The Ever Passing Moment
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1	Wrecking Hotel Rooms	870
2	Heard That Sound	759
3	Responsibility full track	683
4	My Life Story full track	664
5	Secret Weapon full track	637
6	The Darkest Places	629
7	Grey Skies Turn Blue	553
8	Tomorrow's Another Day full track	456
9	Chick Magnet	440
10	Party, My House, Be There full track	322
11	I'm OK, You're OK full track	295
12	Punk Rawk Show	293
13	One Step Further	285
14	Move to Bremerton	282
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_Vall wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

LOL

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XRiSTO- wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

New ep <3 [2]

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Sexcakesss wrote:
Saturday afternoon

they're okay.

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isalkribs wrote:
Saturday morning

nice song blue moon . like this

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mrjake2002 wrote:
last week

Quite like the new ep.

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tickle-tickle wrote:
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new ep <3

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uvaclint wrote:
last week

GSF = "Girls, Schmirls" Foundation. Okay, I'm going back to 2009 now

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Matthewof1979 wrote:
last month

Lets go to the Punk Rock Show !

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one3rd wrote:
last month

Girls Schmirls Foundation

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MxPxFan1 wrote:
last month

Someone please tell me what GSF stands for!

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dogfacedboy wrote:
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slowly going the way of the buffalo was their peak.

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M_Diogo wrote:
last month

The best band!!!! 0/

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Dahminator wrote:
last month

I still have to give Before Everything and After a chance. I really didn't like it the first time I heard it minus a few songs. Anyways, I'm so excited to see them making a new EP. They were probably the first band to get me into punk music and I do get nostalgic listening to some of their old albums.

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1o1man wrote:
September 2009

обожаю их)

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Maxie_The_Ted wrote:
September 2009

Play It Loud.... their best by far.

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batdaughter wrote:
September 2009

More laughter, more tears, more reasons, more cheers, more kissing in the car, more staring at the stars, more colours outside the line, more undivided time, more everything in all the ways, and more.

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eternalcowboy2 wrote:
September 2009

christian

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Kruppo wrote:
September 2009

Life in General and Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo are classics...I still get nostalgic when I hear them played..

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gottaluvthefray wrote:
August 2009

They are a pretty good band. :) My oldest brother passed their music on down to me. :)

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gu_loverock wrote:
August 2009

Before Everything And After is a really good cd [2]

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