My Favourite Albums of 2018: MxPx - MxPx (July)

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MxPx - MxPx
Self Released via Kickstarter Campaign
Produced by MxPx
Released 25th July 2018

 Album Personnel
    Mike Herrera – lead vocals, bass guitar
    Yuri Ruley – drums, percussion
    Tom Wisniewski – lead guitar, backing vocals
    Chris Adkins – rhythm guitar, backing vocals.

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Released on these formats:

Black Vinyl 1st Pressing with Solid Teal, “Official Cover Artwork” limited to 1109 Copies.

Starburst Vinyl 1st Pressing Collector's Limited Edition, Numbered, with Silk Screen Cover 258 Copies.

 Teal Vinyl 1st Pressing limited to 564 Copies (Sold exclusively through Kickstarter).

 CD Digipak 1st Pressing limited to 1,638 Copies (Originally sold via Kickstarter).

Yellow Vinyl 2nd Pressing limited to 584 Copies (Released 20th November 2018).

Test Pressing limited to 27 Copies.

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The twelfth studio album from MxPx arrived in July via a Kickstarter Campaign as they are currently not signed to a particular label. 

It's their first album of brand new material since Plans Within Plans released 2012 on Rock City.

Life on the road, love, mad weekends, friendship, family are just some of the themes that come through the 11 tracks on the Self-Titled album. It's not rocket science just great Punk Pop tunes (not everything has to be a great debate about the state of the world!).

Twenty Four years down the road and MxPx are still out hitting stages and I would imagine this latest batch of songs will be going down a storm.

New Music 2018: Let's Ride - MxPx (June 2018)

Let's Ride - MxPx
From the fortchcoming album MxPx due out July 2018

 New Album Tracklist:
01. Rolling Strong
02. All Of It
03. Friday Tonight
04. Let’s Ride (RADIO SINGLE)
05. Uptown Streets
06. 20 / 20 Hindsight
07. The Way We Do
08. Life Goals
09. Pipe Dreams
10. Disaster
11. Moments Like This

Haters Gonna Hate!

MxPx Respond to "Fan" Comments

MxPx, now in their 26th year of life, are getting ready to unleash their crowd-funded Self-Titled new record, their tenth studio album by the way if you were counting. 

 

They released a brand new video for a song from the new self-produced work entitled Let's Ride. The album was recorded in their hometown of Bremerton, Washington. It will be available as a Download and I think the CD is only available to those who ordered it on the Kickstarter site for the album. Not totally sure about the Vinyl and what kind of quantities it will exist in.

BONUS:

MxPx

Live in Jarkartar, Indonesia

May 2018

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!: Day 355 - MxPx

10 Years and Running - MxPx

Tooth & Nail Records

Released December 2002
US Chart #147
US Christian Chart #8

Click on the links below for Promo videos, live and complete albums.

1 Punk Rawk Show (Re-recorded but originally from the Album Teenage Politics - 1995)   
2 My Mistake (New Song)   
3 Running Away (New Song)   
4 Chick Magnet (From the Album Life In General - 1996)     
5 Want Ad (From the Album Pokinatcha - 1994)    
6 Tomorrow's Another Day (From the Album Slowly Going The Way of The Buffalo - 1998)   
7 Doing Time (From the Album Life In General - 1996)    
8 The Broken Bones (From The Broken Bones EP - 2000)    
9 My Life Story (From the Album The Ever Passing Moment - 2000)   
10 Teenage Politics (From the Album Teenage Politics - 1995)    
11 PxPx (From the Album Pokinatcha - 1994)      
12 GSF (From the Album Let It Happen - 1998)      
13 Do Your Feet Hurt (From the Album Life In General - 1996)   
14 Let It Happen (From the Album Let It Happen - 1998)    
15 Lonesome Town (From The Renaissance EP - 2001)    
16 Dolores (From the Album Teenage Politics - 1995)    
17 Rock & Roll Girl (From the Album Let It Happen - 1998)    
18 Move To Bremerton (From the Album Life In General - 1996)    
19 Middlename (Live) (From the Album At The Show - 1999)

MxPx

Bass, Vocals – Mike Herrera
Drums – Yuri Ruley
Guitar – Tom Wisniewski 

Singles/EPs featured on Ten Years and Running

Tracks marked * are on the Album

A-Side: Punk Rawk Show* / Let It Happen*

B-Side: Hot And Cold / So Kill Me

Tooth & Nail Records

Released 1995

Move To Bremerton (Critter Version)* / Rock and Roll Girl* / Circumstances / Easier Said Than Done / Chick Magnet (Live on KNDD)

Tooth & Nail Records

Released 1996

      Punk Side
A1 Small Town Minds / First Class Mail
A2 Can't See Not Saying    
    Rock Side
B1 GSF*    
B2 Thoughts and Ideas

Tooth & Nail Records

Released 1997

(Australian CD Single Cover)

US Release
1 Chick Magnet*    
2 Correct Me If I'm Wrong    
3 New York To Nowhere    
4 Destroyed By You

Australian Release
1 Chick Magnet    
2 Blue Moon    
3 Educated Guess (Pre-Ever Passing Moment version) 

Tooth & Nail Records / A&M Records

Released 1997

 Live To Ride Side
The Broken Bones*    
Make Up Your Mind     
Ride To Live Side
Time And Season   
Blood And Guts

A&M Records / Rock City Recording Company

Released 2000

Released on Red Vinyl 7"

 A1 Lonesome Town*   
A2 Letting Go   
A3 Party II (Time To Go)   
A4 Time Will Tell   
A5 The Opposite   
B1 Don't Look Back   
B2 Talk Of The Town   
B3 The Struggle   
B4 Yuri Wakes Up Screaming

Fat Wreck Records

Released 2001

 Released on Clear with Red Splatter Vinyl 12" and CD

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 (Tom, Mike and Yuri)

A bit later than usual today as I had a few things to do so if you have been waiting for today's post I thank you for your patience.

There's a few more links below as well where you can listen to more from MxPx.

Ten Years and Running was the second major compilation by MxPx. It's not a "Greatest Hits" as such but more a casual glance over the first ten years of the life of the band.

Their first compilation was Let It Happen in 1998 (and reissued as a Deluxe Version in 2006 which included a DVD of 12 Promos and a few extra tracks that were not on the original release which meant a few six tracks from the original were removed).

I was recently listening to a re-recording of their Life In General album to celebrate its 20th Anniversary (it sounds pretty tidy to me) and thought it would be good to include an MxPx compilation here.

Two new songs were included on the album (My Mistake and Running Away) and a brand new recording of their classic single Punk Rawk Show (that one also appears on the excellent Acoustic Collection from 2014).

Two years prior to the release of Ten Years and Running, MxPx had released what I think was their best album, The Ever Passing Moment, which included the single Responsibility. That album reached #56 in the US Charts and and was the highest placed album until 2003's brilliant Before Everything & After (#51 and their highest placed album of their career). The 2005 album Panic is another favourite album of mine.

 

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!: Day 172 - MxPx

At The Show - MxPx

Tooth 'n' Nail

Produced by Stephen Egerton and Bill Stevenson

Released 27th July 1999

This is dedicated to my favourite kids 

from Larne, Northern Ireland.

They know who they are!

At The Show was the sixth album from MxPx and their first and only official live album release. It was recorded at The 930 Club, Washington, DC on August 24, 1998 and the TLA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 25, 1998. The band were out on tour promoting their latest album at the time, Slowly Going The Way of the Buffalo and also their compilation Let It Happen which were both released in 1998.

If you saw the MxPx post from a few days ago you might have already seen some footage of the band live in action. If not click on the link above and check 'em out.

This reminds me a little of when I was a lot younger and going to Punk Shows and you'd get this full on in your face performance with hardly a breath inbetween! Twenty Three songs crammed into forty eight minutes and 43 seconds - that's the way to do it!

It's probably not an album that is well known at all but it is one of my favourites and it seemed good to go with something that's maybe a little different from some of the other choices I might make this week (I have not actually written a list down but have rather just flicked through my collection finding things that get me excited to hear again). By the way there is no order of preference.

Enjoy.

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Tracklist of At The Show

1. "Tomorrow's Another Day" 
2. "Sometimes You Have to Ask Yourself" 
3. "Under Lock and Key" 
4. "Chick Magnet" 
5. "G.S.F." 
6. "Cold and All Alone" 
7. "Party, My House, Be There" 
8. "Downfall of Western Civilization" 
9. "Time Brings Change" 
10. "Fist Vs. Tact" 
11. "Small Town Minds" 
12. "Walking Bye" 
13. "The KKK Took My Baby Away" (The Ramones cover) 
14. "Andrea" 
15. "Want Ad"
16. "Lifetime Enlightenment" 
17. "Forgive and Forget"
18. "Invitation to Understanding" 
19. "Dolores" 
20. "Middlename"
21. "I'm OK, You're OK"
22. "The Theme Fiasco" 
23. "Punk Rawk Show" 

MxPx
    Mike Herrera - bass, vocals
    Tom Wisniewski - guitars
    Yuri Ruley - drums 

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!

MxPx - Both Ends Burning (Documentary 2011)

MxPx is an American punk rock band from Bremerton, Washington founded in 1992 as Magnified Plaid. The band has skate punk and pop punk leanings, with connections to the pop punk scene. 

The Classic Line-Up is Mike Herrera on lead vocals and bass, Tom Wisniewski on guitar and backing vocals, and Yuri Ruley on drums. The band's discography includes eleven studio albums, seven EPs, five compilation albums, a live album, a VHS tape, three DVD's and twenty three singles.

I hadn't actually seen the Both Ends Burning Documentary before today and as some kind soul posted it on You Tube I thought maybe I'd share it today.

I've also thrown in a couple of shows for good measure one from 2000, the other 2008 and both feature the classic MxPx line-up. 

MxPx - Both Ends Burning (Documentary)

MxPx

The Square, Harlow

 22nd October 2000

 Cold and All Alone, My Life Story, Party My House Be There, Sometimes You Have To Ask Yourself, Two Whole Years, GSF, Buildings Tumble, Andrea, Responsibility, Chick Magnet, Tomorrows Another Day, Punk Rawk Show.

MxPx

Bakersfield

6th October 2008

Tom and Mike in action at King Tuts, Glasgow

 (Picture by me)

Alphabet Beats #087: M is for....MxPx

M is for....

Dedicated to Joel and Danielle

MxPx is an American punk rock band from Bremerton, Washington founded in 1992 as Magnified Plaid. The band has skate punk and pop punk leanings, with connections to the pop punk scene. The Classic Line-Up is Mike Herrera on lead vocals and bass, Tom Wisniewski on guitar and backing vocals, and Yuri Ruley on drums. The band's discography includes nine studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums, a live album, a VHS tape, a DVD and 20 singles.

 Tom, Mike and Yuri

Left Coast Punk

Pokinatcha (1994).

Teenage Politics (1995).

On The Cover (1995). 

Life In General (1996).

Teenage Politics (1996).

Move To Bremerton EP (1997).

Let It Happen (1998).*

Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (1998).

The Ever Passing Moment (2000).

The Renaissance EP (2001).

Ten Years and Running (2002).*

Before Everything and After (2003).

Panic (2005).

Let's Rock (2006).*

Secret Weapon (2007).

MxPx The Ultimate Collection (2008).*

On The Cover II (2009).

Plans Within Plans (2012).

MxPx Acoustic Collection (2014).

MxPx Demos Collection Volume 1 (2014).

*Compilation 

(Tom and Mike - photo by Me - King Tuts, Glasgow 2008)

Promo Videos

Doing Time.

Chick Magnet.

Move To Bremerton.

Punk Rawk Show.

Teenage Politics.

Let It Happen.

Responsibility.

My Mistake.

Everything Sucks (When You're Gone).

Wrecking Hotel Rooms.

Heard That Sound.

Grey Skies Turn Blue.

Running Out Of Time.

Breath Deep.

Shut It Down.

Aces Up.

Live Bonus

Trillians, Newcastle, UK 24th April 2012.

New Releases From MxPx

Bremerton's favourite sons - Mike, Tom, and Yuri - have a couple of new albums released this month.

MxPx have always been one of my favourites, listening to them for some odd reason always puts a smile on my face.

Click on the links to enjoy the Music.

First up is an Acoustic Collection.

The album features 12 MxPx classics drawn from their extensive back catalogue.

Tracklist:
01 – Doing Time
02 – Tomorrow Is Another Day
03 – You’re On Fire
04 – Let It Happen
05 – Never Better Than Now
06 – My Mom Still Cleans My Room
07 – Secret Weapon
08 – Drowning
09 – Buildings Tumble
10 – Aces Up
11 – For Always
12 – Punk Rawk Show

You can listen to this album and get it via their Bandcamp Page.

And also the first volume of a Demos Collection.

The Album features 18 Demos drawn from their extensive Catalogue of music.

Tracklist:
01 – More Everything (Demo)
02 – Broken Hearted (Demo)
03 – Lucky Guy (Demo)
04 – Inside Out (Demo)
05 – First Day of the Rest of Our Lives (Demo)
06 – Sweet Sweet Thing (Alternate Bridge) (Demo)
07 – Everything Sucks (Acoustic Demo)
08 – The Capitol (Demo)
09 – Biting the Bullet (Demo)
10 – Play It Loud (Demo)
11 – You’re Not Alone (Demo)
12 – Everything Sucks With You Gone (Demo)
13 – You Make Me, Me (Demo)
14 – Tightly Wound (Demo)
15 – Every Light (Demo)
16 – It’s Alright (Demo)
17 – When It Comes To You (Demo)
18 – The Setting Sun (Demo)

You can listen to this and get it via their Bandcamp Page.

MxPx Live

Cornerstone 2006 (Full Performance).

Trillians, Newcastle 24th April 2012 (Full Performance).

At the Keystone Club, Hollywood (Full Performance)

 Live at the Mod Club, St Petersburg, Russia 5th May 2014 (Full Performance).

Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago 22nd June 2014 (Full Performance).

Tomorrow's Another Day.

 Albums

Life In General (1996).

Teenage Politics (1996).

Let It Happen (1998).

Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (1998).

The Ever Passing Moment (2000).

Panic (2005).

Let's Rock (2006).

Secret Weapon (2007).

Plans Within Plans (2012).

Promo Videos

Doing Time.

Chick Magnet.

Move To Bremerton.

Punk Rawk Show.

Teenage Politics.

Let It Happen.

Responsibility.

My Mistake.

Everything Sucks (When You're Gone).

Wrecking Hotel Rooms.

Heard That Sound.

Grey Skies Turn Blue.

Running Out Of Time.

Breath Deep.

Shut It Down.

Aces Up.

MxPx - 20th Anniversary Show: Anaheim 30th June 2012

Edit this setlist | More MxPx setlists

Baba O'Riley/Heard That Sound/Tomorrow's Another Day

Party, My House, Be There/First Day of the Rest of Our Lives/My Mom Still Cleans My Room

Far Away/Middlename

Invitation to Understanding/Move to Bremerton/Aces Up/Screw Loose

Secret Weapon/I'm Ok, You're Ok/My Life Story

Today is My Way (with Guest Benji Madden)

Chick Magnet

Responsibility

Drowning (Mike Acoustic)

Quit Your Life (Mike Acoustic)

Late Again (Mike Acoustic)

Doing Time

Should I Stay Or Should I Go

Punk Rawk Show