Bremerton, WA pop-punk band MxPx has a new album called Secret Weapon due out on Tooth & Nail Records in July, so I thought it might be a good time to revisit the band’s music. It is sometimes hard to believe that MxPx has been around for almost 15 years now. The band was formed when the members were still in high school and sound hasn’t evolved all that much. They play (and always have played) fast, poppy, and melodic punkish tunes that are generally of the non-threatening variety. They are often thrown into the Christian rock category, I think that is a bit of a mistake. Yes, the band subscribes to Christian ideals, but they don’t preach it in their music. It is more about skate rock and girls (IMHO).
I’ve been an MxPx fan for almost as long as they have been a band and I have just about everything they’ve released. And calling MxPx prolific would be a huge understatement. They are prolific almost to a fault. Although the band has grown over the years, they really haven’t progressed much musically or lyrically. I’m fine with that though. Maybe its nostalgia and the familiar predictability I know I can expect from MxPx, but they will always have a place in my music collection.
The songs below are a few of my faves.
MP3 | MxPx – Want Ad Pokinatcha
MP3 | MxPx – Let It Happen Punk Rawk Show 7”
MP3 | MxPx – Teenage Politics Teenage Politics
MP3 | MxPx – Summer Of 69 On The Cover
MP3 | MxPx – Rock And Roll Girl Move To Bremerton EP
MP3 | MxPx – Lifetime Enlightenment I’m Your Biggest Fan Comp.
MP3 | MxPx – Doing Time Life In General
MP3 | MxPx – GSF Small Town Minds 7”
MP3 | MxPx – Tomorrow’s Another Day Slowly Going The Way Of The Buffalo
MP3 | MxPx – Two Whole Years The Ever Passing Moment
MP3 | MxPx – Lonesome Town The Renaissance EP
MP3 | MxPx – Punk Rawk Show 2002 Ten Years And Running
MP3 | MxPx – Everything Sucks Before Everything And After
MP3 | MxPx – Heard That Sound Panic
MP3 | MxPx – Breathe Deep Let’s Rock
MP3 | MxPx – Role Remodeling Let It Happen (Deluxe Edition)
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how fun! i haven’t heard these tunes in years…
I’ve been checking out your blog over the last few months. Its great! Lately, you’ve taken me back to my high school days. Last week it was Screeching Weasel. This week its MxPx. Thanks! Keep up the good work!